FIVE-YEAR HIGH:A California resident was honored with a certificate for being the 5,000th returnee. Hundreds of foreign dignitaries have also arrived for the festivities
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 10, 2017
By: Lu Yi-hsuan / Staff reporter, with CNA
The number of Taiwanese expatriates returning for Double Ten National Day
Overseas Community Affairs Council Minister Wu Hsin-hsing, right, presents Sacramento, California, resident Liao Meng-su with a certificate yesterday in Taipei for being the 5,000th overseas compatriot to visit Taiwan for this year’s Double Ten National Day celebrations. Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
festivities is expected to reach a five-year high of 6,393 people, the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) said.
It is great to see so many compatriots returning to Taiwan, Overseas Community Affairs Council Minister Wu Hsin-hsing (吳新興) said yesterday after presenting a certificate and a bouquet to the 5,000th returnee, Liao Meng-su (廖孟素).
Originally from Taichung, Liao now works at a government agency in Sacramento, California, and has not been back to Taiwan for 10 years, he said.
Liao said the advertisements for this year’s Double Ten National Day were very creative, and she was delighted find out that she was the 5,000th returnee.
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