At the Taiwan International Balloon Festival on August 2, the National Immigration Agency Taitung County Service Center’s Southern District Affairs Brigade informed attendees and international pilots about anti-corruption election. The director (林明道) of the NIA Taitung County Service Center also reminded the populace to remain impartial and reject election bribery behaviors if any candidate or unit offered free travel or gifts in different ways during the election period.
Six 2022 Tang Prize laureates from around the world were honored with the award for advancing the development of humanity in four fields in Taipei on Tuesday.
Winners of the 12th Presidential Culture Awards were announced on July 18, with five individuals and groups honored for their cultural contributions. Organized by the General Association of Chinese Culture, the award ceremony will be held on Oct. 17.
Control Yuan President Chen Chu, who is also chair of the National Human Rights Commission, received a delegation from Amnesty International June 27 in Taipei City.
National Immigration Agency (NIA) organized a ‘New Immigrant Family Education Program’ to let new immigrants experience different festival cultures. They specially invited Teacher Li Liyun to lead the immigrant sisters in making triangular zongzi decorations.
National Immigration Agency New Taipei City Service Center collaborated with the New Taipei City Banqiao New Immigrant Family and Women Service Center to improve students’ awareness of Southeast Asian culture in rural elementary schools. A Myanmar cultural event (緬麗飛行) was recently organized in New Taipei City’s Gongliao Elementary School. A new immigrant (張麗英) from Myanmar was invited as the lecturer to the event.
National Immigration Agency Tainan City First Service Center recently invited new immigrants from various nations to learn how to make rolled paper cards, which they could then send back to their hometowns to express their longing for their mothers and share in the festive atmosphere of Mother’s Day.
The Education Department, New Taipei City Government will host a Southeast Asian Language Competition and an International Language Competition on the purpose of fostering students' interest and motivation in learning Southeast Asian languages as well as to provide them the opportunity to exhibit their learning outcomes. June 1st to June 30th will be the registration period. Thai, Cambodian, Burmese, Malay, Vietnamese, Hindi, Cambodian, and Filipino are among the seven participating languages. B
The Green Island Human Rights Art Festival will be held on the island off the coast of southeastern Taiwan in mid-May, showcasing the history of Taiwan under authoritarian rule and current human rights issues through the works of young artists.
