Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-28
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The Presidential Office announced Thursday that President Ma Ying-jeou will hold an international press conference later in the evening to brief reporters on his trip to Taiping Island.
The press conference will be held at 7 p.m. in Taipei after Ma returns in the afternoon from the island in the South China Sea.
Ma left Taipei in the wee hours of the morning for the southern county of Pingtung, where he boarded an Air Force C-130 for the 1,600-kilometer trip to Taiping Island.
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