Taiwan News
Date: 2019/01/13
By: Stanley Cheung and Wu Sheng-hung,Central News Agency

Taiwanese fruit on display in Hong Kong. (By Central News Agency)

Hong Kong, Jan. 13 (CNA) Taiwan launched a promotional campaign to sell winter-harvested fruit such as jujube, guava, wax apples, oranges, pineapples, papaya, grapes, atemoya and honey apples in Hong Kong on Friday, the Council of Agriculture (COA) announced.

“We would like to share the sweet taste from Taiwan with the people of Hong Kong as the Spring Festival approaches,” said COA divisional chief Tang Shu-hua (唐淑華), at a promotional event that day.

This is the first time the Cabinet-level council has worked with the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the nation’s foremost nonprofit trade promoting organization, to promote and sell fresh seasonal fruit from Taiwan in the special administrative region of China.

In addition to promotional activities, the two are also arranging meetings between Hong Kong sellers and representatives of farmers’ associations and cooperatives in Taiwan to boost business contacts, according to TAITRA.    [FULL  STORY]