Office at ITC building ends 3 years of absence

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/10/01
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan is preparing to launch its new representative office in Guam on Oct. 10, the Double Ten National Day, following three years of absence from the United States territory.

The office, named the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam, will be housed at the International Trade Center (ITC), where other tenants include the consulates of Japan, the Philippines, and Palau, CNA reported.

Taiwan’s new representative, Paul Chen (陳盈連), arrived in Guam on Sept. 23 and has since been supervising the office’s interior decoration work while also holding videoconference meetings with prominent local officials, such as Governor Lou Leon Guerrero and Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio.

The planned Oct. 10 opening ceremony will be modest, since Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions do not allow gatherings of more than 10 people on the island, Chen said.
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