The China Post
Date: October 17, 2017
By: Yeh Su-ping and Isabel Wang
TAIPEI (CNA) – Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) said Tuesday that Indonesia
Vice President Chen Chien-jen, right, meets a visiting Islamic scholar from the Indonesian Ulema Council at the Presidential Office on Oct. 17, 2017. The vice president said Tuesday that Indonesia tops the list of Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy target countries and that the government values the relations between the two sides. (CNA)
tops the list of Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy target countries and that the government values the relations between the two sides.
Chen made the statement during a meeting with a group of visiting Islamic scholars from the Indonesian Ulema Council at the Presidential Office.
Chen noted that over 250,000 Indonesian laborers are working in Taiwan, around 30,000 Indonesian spouses live here, and more than 5,000 students from Indonesia are studying here.
At the same time, approximately 200,000 Taiwanese tourists and businessmen travel to Indonesia each year, he added.
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