Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/22
By: Lu Hsin-hui and Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, July 22 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) visited Taitung on Sunday,
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, front)
saying that she wanted to help promote the eastern county’s tourism and get a firsthand look at whether the needs of its sizeable indigenous population were being met.
Her first stop on her two-day tour of Taitung was at the site of an old sugar factory that is now a cultural park.
Trailed by reporters, Tsai explored the cluster of curio shops at the site and bought, among other things, a handmade backpack that she jokingly said will be used to carry “documents, including state secrets.”
During her two-day tour, she said, she planned to not only promote the county’s tourist attractions, but also meet with farmers to talk about marketing of their agricultural produce and to visit indigenous communities, which make up about one-third of Taitung’s total population. [FULL STORY]
