Gifts for leaders of four Central American allies unveiled

Focus Taiwan
Date: 017/01/05
By: Lu Hsin-hui and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) The Presidential Office on Thursday unveiled gifts President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) will present to the leaders of four of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies during her upcoming trip to Central America.

Tsai is scheduled to depart Taiwan on Jan. 7 for Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador.

For Honduran President Juan Orlando, who loves to exercise, Tsai will give him a multisport GPS watch by Garmin, a brand co-founded by Taiwanese businessman Min Kao and American Gary Burrell, according to Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang (黃重諺).

In Nicaragua, Tsai will give President Daniel Ortega a replica of Taiwanese sculptor Huang Tu-shui’s (黃土水) “Water Buffaloes (水牛群像),” which represents Ortega’s spirit of working hard in a difficult environment, the spokesman said.    [FULL  STORY]

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