Mayor will attend a smart cities forum: MOFA

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/03/09 
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (first left) visiting a Taiwanese art exhibition. (By Central News Agency)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The new mayor of the Czech capital Prague, Zdeněk Hřib, will visit Taiwan later this month to look at smart healthcare, transportation and energy on the island, reports said Saturday.

Hřib, 37, a physician who was elected mayor last year as a candidate for the Pirate Party, is no stranger to Taiwan as he spent a month in 2005 as an intern at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, New Taipei City.    [FULL  STORY]