Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/18
By: Wang Shwu-fen and Kuan-lin Liu
Kaohsiung, Nov. 18 (CNA) The 56th annual meeting of the Orient and South East Asia
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) speaking at the 56th Orient and South East Asia Lions (OSEAL) Forum on Saturday in Kaohsiung.
Lions (OSEAL) is currently underway in Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan, where an estimated 20,000 members of local Lions clubs in Taiwan and eight nearby regions are in attendance.
The four-day forum kicked off on Friday and coincides with the centennial of the Lions Clubs International, which was founded in 1917.
In his welcome message, Forum Chairman Carl Chou (周榮家) said that it was a great honor for Taiwan to host the forum in such a special year, noting that “all the Lions in Taiwan are working to prepare unique love of Lions’s 100 years.”
He also invited all those attending the forum, from Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Guam and the Philippines, to check out the food, culture and beautiful scenery in southern Taiwan. [FULL STORY]
