Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/29
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan, CNA staff reporter 

It’s been almost a year since Vietnamese immigrant Ho Thanh Nhan (or Hu Ching-

Ho Thanh Nhan (胡清嫻, left)

hsien, 胡清嫻) was made a presidential advisor, but even though she has not been given the opportunity to actually advise President Tsai ing-wen (蔡英文) in person on issues of concern to her fellow immigrants, she has been busy compiling a list of requests.

She is nonetheless hopeful that she will get to sit down with Tsai someday before her unpaid term ends May 19, 2018.

Hu is among a group of 56 presidential advisors Tsai named in December 2016 to help her set policies. She works as a translator and assistant to social workers at the Haohao Women’s Rights Association in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan.
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