Taiwan Today
Date: October 18, 2016
Memorial services are being held in cities across Taiwan to mark the passing of Thailand’s King
Mourners pay their respects Oct. 15 at a memorial service for Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Taichung’s ASEAN Square. (CNA)
Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died Oct. 13 at the age of 88.
Thai nationals, as well as many Taiwanese, have been paying tribute to the king at ceremonies in northern Taiwan’s Taoyuan City, central Taiwan’s Taichung City, as well as Kaohsiung and Tainan cities in the south. President Tsai Ing-wen and Foreign Minister David Tawei Lee paid their respects Oct. 17 at the Thailand Trade and Economic Office in Taipei.
TTEO provided portraits of King Bhumibol to the Taoyuan City Government’s Department of Labor, which is holding a service lasting until Oct. 30 in the main hall of the old Taoyuan railway station. Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan attended the memorial Oct. 16, conveying his condolences to the late king’s family and the people of Thailand.
Just two days before, the mayor had participated in a Thai cultural event, where he spoke of the city’s close ties with Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states as well as its efforts to improve the lives of Thai immigrants. Cheng said Taoyuan City, which has the largest population of Thai foreign workers and new immigrants in Taiwan at 15,964 and 2,271 respectively, is very multicultural and a city of passion. [FULL STORY]
