The China Post
Date: November 8, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao

TAIPEI, Taiwan — President Tsai Ing-wen announced Monday that the southern port of Kaohsiung would serve as the base for Taiwan’s efforts to increase trade and investment with Southeast Asian countries.

She called for a “dual track” approach utilizing both central and local government resources to increase the scope and effectiveness of the “New Southbound Policy” — a cornerstone policy of the president that aims to expand Taiwan’s economic ties beyond existing partners such as mainland China.

Tsai, speaking at a weekly policy coordination committee meeting, emphasized the importance of municipal participation in carrying out economic proposals and said Kaohsiung, as Taiwan’s largest southern city, was optimally suited to be a key base of operations for the policy, according to Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang.

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu was also in attendance and presented ways in which the city could cultivate the talent, industrial knowhow and cooperation necessary for the policy to succeed, Huang said.    [FULL  STORY]