A 27-member trade mission from Washington state, U.S.A., arrives for a four-day visit.
17. Joseph Jones, senior vice president of United Press International, arrives for a three-day visit.
19. Economic Minister K. T. Li returns from New Delhi after attending the annual conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East.
Hsueh Yu-chi, deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, returns for home consultations.
20. Education Minister Yen Chen-hsing takes a concurrent post as chairman of the Atomic Energy Council of the Executive Yuan (cabinet).
Korean Ambassador Kim Shin leaves for Seoul for home consultations.
21. The Executive Yuan appoints Li Ti-tsun as ambassador to Chile.
The Foreign Ministry announces China and Dahomey have resumed diplomatic relations.
Chou Yung-hsing and Shih Chung-tien, who escaped from the Chinese mainland by stowing away aboard a Japanese freighter, arrive in Taipei.
22. The Taiwan Tourism Council announces foreign tourists totaled 40,217 in the first three months of 1966, an increase of 12,889 persons over the corresponding period last year.
23. A four-member Brazilian parliamentary mission arrives for a three-day visit.
24. Defense Minister Chiang Ching-kuo leaves for Seoul for a six-day visit.
25. Ten farmers and fishermen who escaped the mainland aboard two sampans arrive in Kaohsiung.
26. A nine-member Chinese farm demonstration team returns from Sierra Leone after two years of service.
27. An 18-member Panamanian trade mission arrives for a two-day visit.
A Chinese agricultural team leaves for Africa for a month's survey tour.
The Taiwan Garrison Command conducts an islandwide air-raid exercise.
Hsu Tze-chiu, director of the Taiwan Provincial Health Department, leaves for Geneva to attend the 19th convention of the World Health Organization.
28. Turkish Minister of Rural Affairs Sabit Osman Avei arrives for a 10-day visit.
30. The Education Ministry announces the winners of the 1966 academic literary awards.
May 1. The two-week anti-TB seminar sponsored by the World Health Organization's West Pacific Region is opened in Taipei.
Kuo Chi, deputy secretary general of the Kuomintang's Central Committee, and two other top ranking KMT officials leave for Seoul for a goodwill visit.
The 71-kilometer Northern Cross-Island Highway is opened to traffic.
2. Philippine Vice President Fernando Lopez and Madame Lopez arrive for a six-day visit.
A 55-member Chinese medical team leaves for Tripoli to help improve public health in Libya.
A four-member Brazilian parliamentary mission arrives for a four-day visit.
3. The second Asian Conference of Chambers of Commerce is opened in Taipei.
An eight-member Chinese delegation to the 13th Asian Film Festival leaves for Seoul.
The Central Bank of China announces banknotes issued in 1965 amounted to NT$6,400 million (US$160 million), an increase of 13.2 per cent over the previous year.
5. The Executive Yuan appoints Tsai Wei-ping as ambassador to New Zealand.
The Executive Yuan appoints Liu Ching-chang as chief delegate to the 50th conference of the International Labor Organization in Geneva.
The Taiwan Provincial Government announces the island's population at the end of March totaled 12,716,417, an increase of 32,576 over the previous month.
David Brand, premier of Western Australia, arrives for a three-day visit.
6. A 15-member Hawaii state legislative mission arrives for a two-day visit.
8. An eight-member Chinese economic delegation leaves for Seoul for a week's visit.
10. Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Forces Pacific, arrives for a two-day visit.
A three-member Thai police mission arrives for a five-day visit.
11. Masayuki Yokoyama, Japan's roving ambassador for Vietnam peace talks, arrives for a five-day visit.
A 31-member goodwill mission from Kure, Japan, arrives for an 11-day visit.
14. Arturo Torres Wills, new Honduran ambassador, arrives.
Kaohsiung and Kure of Japan become sister cities.
15. A 16-member Chinese goodwill mission leaves for the Ryukyus for a four-day visit.
Ambassador to Korea Liang Hsu-chao returns for home consultations.
A seven-member Sabah cultural mission arrives for a week's visit.