Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/24
By: Huang Hsu-sheng, Wang Hung-kuo and Bear Lee
Taipei, July 24 (CNA) A public funeral service will be held Monday afternoon for the 23 Chinese 
tourists, their Chinese tour guide, and two Taiwanese who were killed in a bus fire on a Taiwanese freeway July 19, Vice Minister of Transportation and Communications Fan Chih-Ku (范植谷) said Sunday.
Before the public funeral service, religious ceremonies — both Christian and Buddhist — will be held that morning, Fan said.
Some of the 24 Chinese victims will be cremated Monday morning after their family members, who have rushed to Taiwan over the past few days to tackle the aftermath of the accident, agreed to the move, Fan added.
The ill-fated group from Liaoning Province, along with their Taiwanese bus driver and a local tour guide, were on the bus heading toward Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport when a fire broke out in the vehicle on the No. 2 National Freeway. The tourists had arrived in Taiwan July 12 for an eight-day tour. [FULL STORY]
