During a meeting with Australian Representative to Taiwan Gary Cowan on the morning of March 3, President Tsai Ing-wen thanked the Australian government for actively supporting Taiwan's international participation, particularly as we face the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) threat. Australia has spoken up for Taiwan at both the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board and the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), she said.
Taiwan is aiming to begin exporting pineapples to Australia by May, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday, after it announced a day earlier that Australia was now allowing such imports. Three pineapple farms in the southern county of Pingtung have already registered to ship their fruit to Australia, the COA said, adding that it has been in contact with Australian distributors. The first shipment of fresh pineapples to Australia is likely to be around late May, but first the fruit m
Young Taiwanese who are interested in becoming "youth ambassadors" and represent their country in the Pacific, Southeast Asia or South Asia will soon have their chance to get involved. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has begun accepting applications from Taiwanese university and graduate school students aged 18-35 for the openings in the 2020 program.
When it comes to service, the British emphasize elegance, while the Japanese focus on meticulousness, but both tend to generate a sense of aloofness. But in Taiwan, this little Pacific island off the coast of East Asia, friendliness does not need to be “unzipped,” and personable hospitality is in endless supply. This is what makes visitors into regulars, eager to come back over and over.So how does one get to feel this hospitality for oneself? Come stay a night in Taiwan!
The volume of passengers handled at Taiwan's airports last week fell by more than 50 percent compared with the same period last year, amid a global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said Monday. It said passenger volume between Taiwan and two other neighboring countries -- Japan and Singapore -- also dropped last week, due to COVID-19 preventative efforts.
Foreign envoys have praised Taiwan's “quick” and “effective” response to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, saying Taiwan has set an example other countries can learn from.
The Youth Cultural Gardeners project is fostering links with regional partners. Shao Sheng Vietnam Traditional Music Ensemble is one of the many beneficiaries of the Ministry of Culture’s Youth Cultural Gardeners project designed to boost exchanges with New Southbound Policy target countries.
Indonesian state-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) said Sunday that it has distributed thousands of surgical face masks for Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan in an effort to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Of that number, 2,000 pieces were distributed to Indonesian migrant workers in Tainan that day, BNI said.
The Council of Agriculture says that Taiwan has signed agreements with Australia and New Zealand to recognize each other’s organic produce. The council made the statement on Monday after Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Australia in January and with New Zealand in February.
