Number of expatriates returning for National Day up 40 percent

Focus Taiwan
Date; 2017/10/05
By: Elaine Hou and William Yen

Wu Hsin-hsing (吳新興), head of the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC)
Taipei, Oct. 5 (CNA) The number of expatriates returning to Taiwan for the Double Ten National Day celebrations next week has increased by 40 percent compared to last year, according to the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) Thursday.

This year, 5,300 expatriates are returning to attend the festivities on and around Oct. 10, Wu Hsin-hsing (吳新興), head of the OCAC, told the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee.

Last year, the figure was around 3,700.

Wu said that out of the current 5,300 expatriates returning to Taiwan, the OCAC has arranged for 2,000 of them to attend the National Day party in Taichung City on Monday.    [FULL  STORY]