Taipei Times
Date: Jul 03, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Tibetan community in Taiwan would be happy to see the Dalai Lama visit, the spiritual leader’s
People yesterday in Taipei wish the Dalai Lama well at an event held by the Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to celebrate the spiritual leader’s 82nd
birthday. Photo: CNA
representative to Taiwan said yesterday.
“There are many groups in Taiwan working to invite the Dalai Lama for a visit that would be purely religious in nature. We see it as a simple matter of making an application,” said Dawa Tsering, chairman of the Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama — the de facto embassy of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Taiwan.
Tsering was speaking at an event in Taipei celebrating the Dalai Lama’s 82nd birthday, which is on July 6th.
The Dalai Lama is on Thursday to host a celebration at his Choglamsar residence in Ladakh, India, the foundation said. [FULL STORY]
