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Representative Wallace Minn-Gan Chow and MECO Chairman Silvestre H. Bello III posed for a photo with the 2023 International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) scholarship recipients.
 

To implement the “New Southbound Policy” which aims to enhance cooperation between Taiwan and its neighboring countries, the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the International Development and Cooperation Fund (Taiwan ICDF) have once again selected outstanding Filipino students as scholarship recipients to study in Taiwan.  This year, 18 students were awarded with the MOE scholarship, 45 students will study Mandarin through the Huayu (Mandarin) Enrichment Scholarship and 7 students were awarded with the Taiwan ICDF scholarship.

On 28 July 2023, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines (TECO) held the 2023 Scholarship Awards Ceremony for the 70 scholarship recipients. During the program, Representative Wallace Chow expressed his warmest congratulations to the scholars for their achievements and encouraged them to promote study opportunities in Taiwan to their friends and colleagues. He also talked about more future collaborations with leading universities in the Philippines for fields related to electronics, artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor and motivated everyone to take advantage of work opportunities in Taiwan in these fields.
 

Representative Wallace Minn-Gan Chow and MECO Chairman Silvestre H. Bello III posed for a photo with the 2023 Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) Scholarship recipients.
 

Some of the scholars shared their motivations for choosing Taiwan as their study destination. ICDF scholar Ms. Lindsey Yu said that she chose Taiwan for her master’s degree because of the country’s success in terms of democracy and freedom of speech. She hopes to come back to the Philippines after her studies at the National Tsing Hua University and help her country achieve the same success.

MOE scholar Karen Yu said that her reason for studying in Taiwan is because of its reputation of being one of the most accommodating countries to foreigners who wish to study abroad.  Furthermore, Taiwan’s proximity to the Philippines makes it feel like a home away from home. She will be pursuing her master’s degree at the National Chengchi University and she looks forward to exploring the city and meeting new people from her university to learn more about the culture.
 

Representative Wallace Minn-Gan Chow and MECO Chairman Silvestre H. Bello III posed for a photo with the 2023 Huayu (Mandarin) Enrichment Scholarship recipients.
 

Rubielyn Causapin lived in Taiwan before to study Mandarin and fell in love with the country’s culture, food, people, history, and breathtaking landscape. This year, she will return to Taiwan to further pursue Mandarin studies through the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship.  She is excited to visit Tainan’s Dadong Night Market to try the diverse selection of Taiwanese food.

TECO in the Philippines wishes this year’s scholars a pleasant stay in Taiwan and is determined to attract more Filipino students to study in Taiwan.
 

Representative Wallace Minn-Gan Chow and MECO Chairman Silvestre H. Bello III posed for a photo with the 2023 Taiwan Scholarship recipients.