Taiwan Today

Oct. 11. Tourist arrivals in this year's first nine months number 1,045,400, up four percent compared with the same period last year, new statistics show. 12. The torch for this year's Taiwan Area Athletic Games is lit at Tzuhu, Taoyuan, where the late President Chiang Kai-shek's mausoleum is now located. 13. Taipei Mayor Lee Teng-hui presents a Key to Taipei to Mayor Leon Amon of Ivory Coast's Dimbokro City. Maj. Gen. Jonosenojo Handajanigrat of Indonesia and Gilbert B. Mar of the Republic of China are elected president and deputy president of the Asian Tennis Federation. 14. Fu Jen Catholic University and San Francisco State University of the United States set up sisterhood relations at a ceremony on the campus of Fu Jen. 15. A 30-member Japanese judo team, headed by Isaku Shiozawa, arrives in Taipei for a four-day visit. 17. A group of more than 100 former officers of the U.S. Air Force's 14th squadron, better known as the Flying Tigers, arrives here to visit Chinese friends. The Chung Cheng Cup International Tai Chi Chuan (shadow boxing) Tournament opens at Taipei Physical Education College. Nearly 2,000 entrants from 10 countries are participating. 18. Lloyd I. Watkins, president of Illinois State University, and his wife arrive for a weeklong visit to institutions of higher learning and cultural complexes of the country. A four-member delegation led by Lawrence Hogan, chief of Prince Georges County, Maryland, arrives for a four-day visit. The 1981 Autumn National Abacus Competition commences at Taipei's Sungshan Commercial Vocational High School. 19. The Chinese-Ryukyu Cultural and Economic Association hosts a luncheon in honor of the visiting study mission of the Ryukyu Managers Association. Mayor Henry Cisneros of San Antonio declares his historic Texas city will become a sister to Kaohsiung. 20. Monsignor Vito Roberti, archbishop of Caserta Diocese, Italy, arrives for a week-long visit. An 86-member study mission from the Republic of Korea visits the China Youth Corps. 21. Eight Saudi Arabian youths who came to Taiwan for training receive their taekwondo attainment degree certificates. Sheikh Abdul Hadi Al-Habshi, deputy director-general of Saudi Arabia's Directorate General of Posts, arrives to take part in the 1981 Philatelic Exhibition. 22. Former President Yen Chia-kan celebrates his 77th birthday as more than 100 friends and relatives go to his home to offer congratulations. Everett Drumright, former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of China, and his wife visit the export processing zones here. West Germany beats Holland 4-0 to win the 1981 World Women's Invitational Soccer Tournament in Taipei. New Zealand is second and the ROC third. Rene G. Frand, 80 year old president of the International Federation of Hockey, says the Republic of China is the friendliest country he has visited during his 31-years in that world body. A South Korean labor union study mission led by Lim Hong Sul of the Federation of South Korean Labor Unions attends a briefing on Chinese workers' living conditions. 23. Vice President Shieh Tung-min receives an overseas Chinese group composed of retired athletes from Hongkong. The chairman of the Chinese Association of Commerce and Industry, Koo Chen-fu, returns from a visit to India. 25. The 1981 Philatelic Exhibition opens with a total of 116 countries and areas participating. Five Japanese sports reporters arrive for an eight-day visit at the invitation of the Taipei Sports Reporters Association. 26. The 1981 Taiwan Area Games, the biggest ever, open at the Taoyuan County Sports Stadium, with overseas Chinese teams taking part for the first time. A 180-member goodwill mission from Okinawa visits cultural establishments here, including the National Palace Museum and Lungshan Temple. The first seminar on French marine equipment and related industries opens. The "Tung-Hsin" goodwill mission sponsored by the China Television Service returns after completing a month-long visit to the United States. 29. The Chinese National Federation of Industries and the Chamber of Industry of Guatemala sign a cooperation agreement to promote economic, trade and cultural relations. 30. The Republic of China Chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers is formally inaugurated in Taipei. The 18th Golden Horse Awards ceremony is held at Kaohsiung's Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center. 31. People throughout the island mark the 95th birthday of the late President Chiang Kai-shek, holding memorial services, visiting the late President's temporary resting place at Tzuhu and staging various performances presenting historical data on the late President's life. The Chung Cheng Aviation Museum, the largest of its kind in Asia, opens its doors to the public on the birthday of the late President Chiang Kai-shek. The museum is named after him. Adm. Soong Chang-chih, chief of the General Staff, presents citations to winners of the 17th Literature Awards, the 17th Chinese Armed Forces Troop Entertainment Competitions, and the 8th Military Scholastic Writing Awards. Premier Sun Yun-suan receives J .A. Guevara Moran, minister of agriculture and pasture of the Republic of El Salvador. A 15-member delegation of the West Berlin City Council arrives in Taipei for an eight-day visit. Nov. 1. A 40-member delegation of Zontians from 12 countries, led by former Zonta International President Harriette Yeckel, arrives for a nine-day study tour. Representatives of business gather at the Taipei City Hall to mark the 35th Merchants' Day, with Economic Minister Chang Kwang-shih addressing the ceremony. 2. National Assembly members jointly cable messages to U.S. President Ronald Reagan and all U.S. Congressmen and Senators, calling on the U.S. to uphold world peace and avoid selling weapons to the Chinese Communists. A two-week exhibition of Japanese paintings and other artistic works opens at the National Museum of History. 3. Some 500 rare editions of books belonging to the late Chang Li-sheng, an elder statesman of the Kuomintang, are donated by the members of his family to the Academia Sinica. 6. A Chinese delegation to the 5th Joint Conference of the USA-ROC Economic Council and the ROC-USA Economic Council leaves for Atlanta, Ga. The first ambassador of Tuvalu to the Republic of China, I. Ionatana, presents his credentials to President Chiang Ching-kuo. A Japanese scholar, Dr. Masaro Shimada, speaks at Chinese Culture University on the results of Japanese studies of Chinese judicial history. 7. More than 800 people from Taiwan and abroad take part in the Chung Cheng Cup Kung Fu convention at Taipei Physical Education College; Chung Cheng Cup Aikido and Football Tournaments also get under way. Former President Yen Chia-kan visits the Latin American Products Exhibition at Taipei's Sungshan Airport Terminal Hall. Awni Alhasri, minister of Public works of the Kingdom of Jordan, arrives for a four-day visit. 9. After five days of campaign forums sponsored by the candidates themselves, Election Commission-sponsored forums begin throughout Taiwan. The Upjohn Laboratories Ltd. of the United States opens its NT$250 million new pharmaceutical production plant at the Chungli Industrial Zone. The Republic of China wins five gold medals at the Nuremberg International Exhibition of New Inventions, accounting for one third of the gold medals awarded. Former Governor of Kwangtung Province Li Han-huen and Mrs. Li are received by President Chiang Ching-kuo. 10. The presentation ceremony of the fourth Wu San-lien Literary and Art Awards is addressed by former President Yen Chia-kan. The Ninth World Chinese Pharmacy Business Meeting opens at the Bureau of Commodity Inspection and Quarantine. The Republic of China's medical and health technology has been raised to the level found in the developed nations, Premier Sun Yun-suan tells conferees at the opening ceremony of the Symposium on Viral Hepatitis.