Taipei Times
Date: Dec 29, 2017
By: Lu Yi-hsuan and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Facing imminent recall for approving the design of the nation’s newest passports, whose

Representative to Canada Kung Chung-chen, second left, and Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly, second right, pose for a group photograph on Nov. 3 at an event to unveil the site where the Memorial to the Victims of Communism is to be built in Ottawa, Canada.  Photo: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, provided by CNA

inner pages mistakenly feature a depiction of a US airport, Representative to Canada Kung Chung-chen (龔中誠) has protested the decision, saying he did not have the authority to make final decisions on issues regarding passports.

On Tuesday, a netizen posted on Facebook a photograph of a sample passport, saying that the Bureau of Consular Affairs had mistakenly based an illustration on its inner pages on Washington Dulles International Airport instead of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

After acknowledging the mistake, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it would recall passports issued since Monday, when they went into circulation, and would create a new batch without the error.    [FULL  STORY]