22 Taiwanese films, shorts and documentaries will come under the spotlight at the annual Singapore Chinese Film Festival (SCFF), which is returning this year from April 29 through May 8. SCFF 2022 will be a mixed format of in-cinema and virtual events with a total of 52 titles from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Taiwan-based China Airlines and EVA Air were among 25 airlines which received the Resilience Award at the annual Changi Airlines Awards on Wednesday for their continued operations at the Singaporean air hub.
Taiwan offers high quality higher education, including higher education in the vital technical and vocational area, training the skilled professionals needed by modern industries. The pandemic has not yet subsided but this has not dampened Taiwan’s efforts to encourage international students to study in Taiwan.
Taiwan inaugurated the International Education Programme 2.0 for Primary and Secondary Schools with Indian partners with a signing ceremony at Mount Abu Public School in Rohini, New Delhi on March 24, 2022, conducted by the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India. 26 principals in India attended the ceremony in person, while 28 principals from Taiwan joined them online.
The Education Division of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Malaysia visited Sarawak in East Malaysia from March 19 to 21, 2022 to promote study in Taiwan. During the visit they met with the mayor of Miri City, Pei Min Middle School educators, representatives of Riam Road Secondary School and local education groups and discussed school education cooperation.
Taiwan is a top-flight destination for global students seeking to study Mandarin on the back of the country’s advanced programs, government-sponsored initiatives and welcoming environment.
In line with the global trend of integration and preservation of cultural assets and museums, the Bureau of Cultural Heritage (BOCH) organized a forum titled “LINKING: The Exchange Forum for International Organization of Cultural Preservation (鏈結：文化保存國際組織交流論壇)” on April 15 and 16, inviting members of relevant organizations as well as experts who actively participated in International Non-governmental Organizations (iNGO) in recent years to share their professional knowledge and experience.
Nine Top 100 Global Innovators from Taiwan including several-time winners ITRI, Foxconn, MediaTek, Quanta, and TSMC as well as new entrants AU Optronics, Delta Electronics, Wistron, and RealTek were presented the award by Clarivate in Taipei on April 20. Supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, ITRI was on the list for the fifth consecutive year and sixth time overall, thanks to its technical distinctiveness, success, influence, globalization and volume of patents.
An art exhibition aimed to showcase India’s rich culture opened at the Indian representative office in Taipei Friday with over a dozen works by a locally-based Indian artist who showcases how her art is influenced by sculptures found in famous ancient caves in India.
For Taiwanese-Australian multi-instrumentalist Matt Hsu, his 70s soul-inspired hip-hop track “Welcome to the Neighbourhood: Taiwan” (就當家裡), which won an award at the 2022 Queensland Music Awards (QMAs) earlier this week, was part of a process of coming to grips with internalized racism from growing up in Australia.
