President Chiang Ching-kuo receives visiting Nobel physicist Samuel C.C. Ting.
President Chiang Ching-kuo, speaking as chairman of the Kuomintang, asks party members to be alert for mainland Chinese students seeking freedom abroad,
12. The Executive Yuan approves the appointments of Feng Yueh-tseng, director of the African Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as ambassador to the Republic of Malawi and Clement A.K. Tsien, director of the Treaty Department of MOF, as ambassador to the Kingdoms of Tonga and Tuvalu.
President of the South African Military Academy F.S. Mulder arrives for a week's visit.
A 21-member ballet troupe from Los Angeles arrives to perform at the International Arts Festival.
13. The birthday of Tien Kung (the Jade Emperor), supreme deity of Taoism, is marked at early morning rites.
A 31-member U.S. and Canadian trade mission arrives in Taipei for an eight-day visit.
15. Taiwan Governor Lin Yang-kang leads Provincial Councilmen and office chiefs on a visit to Ping-tung County,
A 120-member religious mission leaves for Manila to pay their respects to Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Philippines, Premier Sun Yun-suan inspects Wuchiu on the Kinmen frontlines on behalf of President Chiang Ching-kuo.
President Chiang Ching-kuo visits Ilan County to encourage farmers.
16. A 15-member goodwill mission organized by the Taipei City Government and the Taipei City Council leaves for the United States on a week's visit.
Minister of State K.T. Li returns to Taipei after attending a board meeting of the Allan Institute of Management.
Premier Sun Yun-suan goes to Penghu to inspect construction projects and convey President Chiang Ching-kuo's regards to people and servicemen,
17. Congressman Joel Bullard and Lucien Cheneson arrive from Tahiti for a seven-day visit.
Daniel T. Millaud, vice chairman of the Tourist Committee of the French Senate, arrives for a seven-day visit.
A 13-member Indian trade delegation headed by K.H. Modi arrives for a three-day visit.
General Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al Alsheikh, director general of public security of Saudi Arabia, calls on the director general of the National Police Administration, Ho En-ting.
The International Workshop on Chinese Library Automation closes at the National Taiwan Institute of Technoloty.
18. Ridzwan Dzafir, director of Singapore's Trade Bureau, arrives for a three-day visit.
Lin Yung-hung is sworn in as director of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Joseph Chen as director of the Kaohsiung Police Headquarters,
The Executive Yuan approves appointment of Chang Ming-che, president of National Tsinghua University, as chairman of the National Science Council.
Curt R, Strand, president of the Hilton International Company, arrives for a three-day visit.
Konsin Shah, representatives of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs in the United States, returns for home consultations.
Observance of the Lantern Festival closes the two-week Chinese New Year's season,
20. Admiral Maurice P. Weisner, former U.S. commander-in-chief of U.S. Forces in the Pacific, calls on Admiral Soong Chang-chih, chief of the general staff.
A discussion seminar on recovery of mainland China is held in Taipei with some 500 attending.
22. The director of the Tourism Bureau of the Netherlands, J. Cornelissen, arrives for a three-day visit.
Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador to the Holy See Dr. Prudencio Llach Schonenberg arrives for a five-day visit.
A three-day Buddhist festival opens in Taipei with hundreds of monks and nuns participating.
Four presidents of Austrian universities arrive for a seven-day visit.
A 17-member delegation led by Japanese Senator Enoue arrives for a five-day visit.
23. Colonel Donnario Flores Therefin, minister of national defense of Honduras, arrives for a six-day visit.
24. Dr. C.J. Verplanke, mayor of Ridderkerk City in the Netherlands, arrives for a seven-day visit.
25. Jozef Jeanne Wyninck and W. Arnold Jorissen, senators of Belgium, arrive for an eight-day visit.
Governor Lin Yang-kang presents awards to representatives of Taiwan government units credited with carrying out highly successful administrative projects last year.
26. The Directorate General of Posts announces 16 per cent increases in international airmail letter and parcel rates as of March 1.
27. The Republic of China receives another 151 Vietnamese refugees.
Government leaders attend a reception marking the national day of the Dominican Republic.
28. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew arrives for a five-day holiday.
Mar. 1. Premier Sun Yun-suan departs for Seoul at the head of a five-member mission to attend the inauguration of Chun Doo Hwan as the 12th president of the Republic of Korea.
A rally commemorating the 38th anniversary of Conscription Day is held at Taipei's Armed Forces Culture and Activity Center.
2. The president of the International Track and Field Association, Adriaan Paulen, and the secretary general, Frederick W. Holder, arrive for a two-day visit.
3. Charles Dabende Mofeli, minister of water, power and natural resources of Lesotho, and Augustine Paseka Mota, deputy permanent secretary of the ministry, arrives for an eight-day visit.
Shu Shien-siu, former chairman of the National Science Council, is decorated by Hsu Ching-chung, vice premier of the Executive Yuan.
The Taipei City Government approves increase of the basic bus fare to NT$7.
4. Some 30 officials from five county governments meet in Taipei to discuss acquisition of land for housing projects.
5. John Kirk, a parliamentarian of New Zealand, arrives for an eight-day visit.
A reception marks the 56th Boy Scout Day.
7. Vice President Shieh Tung-min visits the Fushing Chinese Opera School at Neihu in suburban Taipei.
Education Minister Chu Hwei-sen inspects schools on Kinmen.
8. Dr. John Saunders, president of San Francisco State University, arrives for an eight-day visit.
The general assembly of the Sino-Oceanian Cultural and Economic Association is held at Taipei with representation from Palau, Fiji, Saipan, Nauru, Guam, New Zealand, Australia and the Republic of China.
Over 100,000 women and children celebrate International Women's Day at the Taipei Youth Park.
9. Violinist Sitson Ma, who fled Red China several years ago, arrives for a series of recitals with his son at the piano.
10. Dr. Yen Chen-hsing, president of National Taiwan University, presents a ceramic lion to Dr. Mansoor Al-Turki, principal of Saudi Arabia's Riyadh University.
Admiral Soong Chang-chih, chief of the general staff, decorates Vice Admiral Cesar E. Cortese, commander-in-chief of Paraguay's navy.
The Sixth High School Student Handicraft Exhibition opens at the Provincial Panchiao High School with Governor Lin Yang-kang presiding.