On 11 August 2022, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines held a send-off lunch for the first batch of English teachers and teaching assistants of the Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program (TFETP) at the New World Makati Hotel. Representative Peiyung Hsu personally congratulated the 14 English teachers and 3 teaching assistants who were present and wished them an enjoyable and memorable teaching experience in Taiwan.
The Taiwanese Halal Food & Plant-based Meat Cooking Contest was held for the first time ever during the Taiwan Expo 2022 in Malaysia in an effort to promote Taiwan’s halal ingredients here. The event was organized by the Taiwan Halal Center and the Bureau of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan.
Taiwan-The University of Sydney Scholarship is co-funded by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (MOE) and the University of Sydney. Up to five PhD scholarships is available each year. Five Taiwanese recipients awarded this scholarship in 2022.
Our DG Fiona Fan was honoured to be invited to give her remarks alongside Director Anton Helmke of Investment NSW, Director Nadia Court of S3B and Commissioner Murray Davis of Investment NSW.
A retired couple in Taiwan, who did not want to be named, has since 2019 funded the construction of school buildings in Myanmar through the Chit Myit Tar Foundation (CMT Foundation), a charitable organization in Myanmar.
On 28 June, Representative Anne Hung met with the members of Delegation of Intelligent Transportation Society of Taiwan (ITS), Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) and Taipei City Government, including Mr. Men-Feng Wu, ITS’ Ambassador of ITSWC, Mr. Mu-Han Wang, Counselor & Director General of MOTC’s Info.
DG Fan attended the 2022 Gala Dinner of Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce in Australia (TCCA). She praised the Chamber for maintaining the momentum over the past 2 years despite the impact of the pandemic, and congratulated Erica Liu, the TCCA President and her strong team for their astounding resilience.
Representative Anne Hung attended the Chinese Taipei School’s graduation ceremony on June 11, 2022. In her remarks, Representative Anne Hung expressed her appreciation for the opportunity to see the ceremony taking place again after two years and encouraged the graduates to demonstrate courage and fulfill their dreams in the face of challenges in the future.
The 2022 Multicultural Dragon Boat Festival is held on 5 June. Thousands of people flocked to Forest Lake to watch dragon boat race and get a taste of Taiwan through food and art performances.
Taiwan Women’s League of Queensland celebrated Mother's Day on 15 May, Director-General Edward Tao, Lady Mayoress Nina Schrinner, State Member James Martin, Cr Kim Marx and Taiwanese community leaders attended the events and were treated to a feast of home-made Taiwanese dumplings.
