The Presidential Office held a press conference on the afternoon of November 21 following the 2020 APEC and Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM).
Taiwan has recently initiated two new measures to reinforce the management of medical masks. Since July 7th, 2020, the country began to implement border random inspection of medical masks. From September 24th, 2020, domestically manufactured medical masks are required to be marked with government-issued debossed stamps. These measures aim to control the quality of imported medical masks and differentiate domestic medical masks from those imported.
President Tsai Ing-wen said Nov. 23 that the government is sparing no effort in building Taiwan into a bilingual country by 2030 and affording the people every opportunity to fully participate in the international community.
Taiwan Provincial Highway 26 is a coastal road that circumnavigates the Hengchun Peninsula. Cycling along it, on one side you see the bright blue sky merging into the ocean, while on the other there are towering green mountain ridges. When you ride into small towns and wander around, it feels like opening an unread page in Taiwan’s history. Multiple ethnic groups have interacted in this area, leaving behind precious historical relics and stories.
The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) met with the Austronesian Forum’s envoy representatives in Taiwan to hold the 2020 Executive Council meeting in Taipei today. The meeting was chaired by Executive Council Chairperson Icyang Parod. Delegates to the meeting all highly approved of the Forum’s accomplishments in various projects, and confirmed that the Forum’s general assembly will be held in the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the latter half of the following year.
On November 22, Mayor Ko Wen-je attended the 2020 Water Lantern Festival near the Rainbow Bridge in Songshan District. He joined the representatives of Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia at the Xikou Wharf to release the floating lanterns with kids of new immigrant descent.
