Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim toured several development projects with support from Taiwan June 9 in Palau on the fourth day of her “Palau Prosperity Project” visit.
According to the Presidential Office, Hsiao traveled to Malakal Island to view tourist facilities built with support from Taiwan’s CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc. at Long Island Park.
The vice president called on the Palau National Aquaculture Center to inspect facilities farming black rabbitfish, sea cucumbers and milkfish with support from Taiwan Technical Mission. She then stopped at a nearby giant clam restoration center, where she was briefed by the Palauan Bureau of Fisheries on the agency’s efforts to boost the clam population and achieve sustainable fisheries.
Later the same day, Hsiao visited the National Belau Hospital for briefings by Taiwanese medical professionals stationed at the institution and thanked the doctors and nurses for their service and contributions to deepening the bilateral partnership.
Given President Lai Ching-te’s training as a medical doctor, public health is a high policy priority of his administration, she said, adding that Taiwan is honored to work with Palau to jointly enhance the health and well-being of the ally’s people.
The vice president also visited the Belau National Museum to better understand the Pacific ally’s colonial history. She left a warm message and her signature on the guestbook of the exhibition “Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan,” according to the PO. (SFC-E)
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According to the Presidential Office, Hsiao traveled to Malakal Island to view tourist facilities built with support from Taiwan’s CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc. at Long Island Park.
The vice president called on the Palau National Aquaculture Center to inspect facilities farming black rabbitfish, sea cucumbers and milkfish with support from Taiwan Technical Mission. She then stopped at a nearby giant clam restoration center, where she was briefed by the Palauan Bureau of Fisheries on the agency’s efforts to boost the clam population and achieve sustainable fisheries.
Later the same day, Hsiao visited the National Belau Hospital for briefings by Taiwanese medical professionals stationed at the institution and thanked the doctors and nurses for their service and contributions to deepening the bilateral partnership.
Given President Lai Ching-te’s training as a medical doctor, public health is a high policy priority of his administration, she said, adding that Taiwan is honored to work with Palau to jointly enhance the health and well-being of the ally’s people.
The vice president also visited the Belau National Museum to better understand the Pacific ally’s colonial history. She left a warm message and her signature on the guestbook of the exhibition “Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan,” according to the PO. (SFC-E)
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