On Oct. 12, Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr hosted a farewell dinner for Ambassador to Palau Wallace Chow (周民淦), who is to become director-
general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Almost all of Palau’s important politicians, including Palauan Vice President Raynold Oilouch, Cabinet ministers, and the presidents and speakers of the Senate and House of Delegates attended the dinner, as did the ambassadors of Japan and Australia.
It is unusual for departing ambassadors to be sent off in person by the head of state of the country in which they are stationed, so this