Hsinchu County is a major Hakka region. County Magistrate Yang Wen-ke continues working hard to revitalize the Hakka language and promote Hakka culture. He recently led a delegation to Sabah, Malaysia to visit the Labuan Hakka Association, the Kota Kinabalu Hakka Association, and Sabah Tshung Tsin Secondary School.
On April 9, Taiwan and New Zealand signed amendments to add pineapples to the list of approved products in the export plan for fruit and vegetables from Taiwan into New Zealand at a joint management committee meeting on sanitary and phytosanitary measures under ANZTEC—the economic cooperation agreement between the countries. The breakthrough is the result of almost eight years of negotiations and will expand the sale of Taiwan’s agricultural products on the international market.
On the morning of April 10, President Tsai Ing-wen met with a delegation from the Project 2049 Institute, a think tank based in Washington, DC. In remarks, President Tsai, noting that today marks the 45th anniversary of the enactment of Taiwan Relations Act, thanked the United States administration, Congress, and private sector for continuing to work with Taiwan to deepen our bilateral cooperation and friendship.
Director General David Cheng-Wei Wu congratulated Professor Barney Glover, Western Sydney University VC, in person before Professor Glover assumed his new position as Jobs and Skills Australia Commissioner. They discussed potential collaboration on Advanced Skills training between Taiwan and Australia.
The “kua-á-siōng-tshenn: 2023 Taiwanese Opera Competition (歌仔上青－2023全國歌仔戲比賽)” organized by the National Center for Traditional Arts (NCTFA) was honored with the MUSE Creative Awards in the Cultural Event category.
Taiwan-grown pineapples have been approved for export to New Zealand, spotlighting government efforts to tap into new markets, the Ministry of Agriculture said April 9.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu hosted a dinner on April 8 to welcome a cross-party delegation of five parliamentarians from Australia. The group was led by Shayne Neumann MP, Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade; and Andrew Wallace MP, Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
