Event at Taipei Railway Station open until 6 p.m. Sunday
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/23
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The organization of an annual Asia Pacific Culture Day at
Premier Lai (center) and Foreign Minister David Lee (left) at the Asia Pacific Culture Day. (By Central News Agency)
the Taipei Railway Station can help the government’s New Southbound Policy (新南向政策), Premier William Lai (賴清德) said at the event Saturday.
Since the government of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) took office in May last year, the New Southbound Policy has been a key element in trying to promote relations with the countries of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
On Saturday, Lai visited the stalls of six Pacific allies and of 19 other countries in the region in the annual event organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central News Agency reported. [FULL STORY]