TOASTING WHAT?Those invited to Oct. 10 festivities would be stunned, as they celebrate the nation’s birth, but the cause for celebration is missing, a KMT official said
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 01, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Unlike in the past, invitations for next week’s Double Ten National Day celebrations
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Culture and Communications Committee deputy director Hung Meng-kai holds up invitations to the national day celebrations at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
sent by President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration do not include the nation’s flag and name, and are aimed at discrediting the Republic of China (ROC), Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Culture and Communications Committee deputy director-general Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) said yesterday.
The national title and flag were missing on invitations for the celebrations in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, as well as for an evening party at the athetics field of the National Taiwan University of Sport in Taichung.
Both events are themed “Better Taiwan” in English and “Let us become better in 2017” in Chinese. [FULL STORY]