More countries and territories are interested in forming “travel bubbles” with Taiwan, the Tourism Bureau said yesterday.
Earlier this year, then-minister of transportation and communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) told a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee that, in addition to Palau, the nation was negotiating “travel bubble” agreements with the governments of Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Singapore.
Yesterday, bureau Director-General Chang Hsi-chung (張錫聰) told reporters on the sidelines of a committee meeting that more nations are seeking to ink “travel bubble” agreements with Taiwan.
Some of them have submitted proposals through diplomatic channels, while others have consulted the bureau, he said.
The bureau
Restrictions eased on foreign NPOs opening offices in Taiwan
03/17/2021 04:03 PM
Interior Minister Hsu Kuo-yung. CNA file photo
Taipei, March 17 (CNA) The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) issued a press release Wednesday detailing the easing of restrictions on the opening of foreign non-profit organization (NPO) branch offices in Taiwan, including those from Hong Kong and Macau.
In the press release, the ministry publicized the newly-revised Directions for Foreign Civil Institutions and Organizations to Apply to Set up and Register Offices in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The directions, which were first promulgated in 1987, were amended on Dec. 31, 2020, at which time several obstacles to foreign NPOs looking to set up contact points (offices) in Taiwan were removed, the ministry said.
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The nation’s success during the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday once again made headlines in a major publication, with a New York Times piece on Taiwan’s draw as a “bubble of normality.”
The reporters profiled a number of Taiwanese and foreign nationals who came to Taiwan to escape lockdowns in their countries, with a particular emphasis on tech workers.
YouTube cofounder Steve Chen (陳士駿), who now lives in Taiwan, told the Times that he believes it is a “golden era for tech,” as the entire Silicon Valley chain from entrepreneurs to investors are converging on Taiwan.