Colonel Carlos Hunberto Romero, secretary of defense and pacific security of El Salvador, arrives for a six-day visit.
12. Gonzalo J. Facio, minister of foreign affairs of Costa Rica, arrives for a six-day visit.
The Kuomintang, ruling party of the ROC, issues a statement urging the Chinese people of the mainland to join in the anti-Communist struggle.
Klaus Senegelmann, minister of agriculture and livestock of Nicaragua, arrives for a six-day visit.
14. A goodwill mission of businessmen leaves for the U.S. Bicentennial celebrations.
An agricultural mission headed by Chang Hsuin-shwen, commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry of the Taiwan Provincial Government, leaves for a visit to Saudi Arabia.
A total of 3,460 students from 642 middle schools compete in the Taiwan Area Games.
U.S. Senator Robert B. Morgan arrives for a three-day visit.
15. Dr. Alfredo Lamaison, a member of the State Council of Uruguay, and Arg Gustave Nicolich, president of the National University, arrive for a nine-day visit.
17. Chinese Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan and Costa Rican Foreign Minister Gonzalo J. Facio sign a communique on friendship and trade.
Eleven U. S. Congressional aides headed by James Guirard Jr. arrive for an eight-day visit.
18. A soccer football team from the New York overseas Chinese community arrives for two games.
19. A group of 12 American newspaper editors, columnists and radio and TV broadcasters arrives for a week's visit.
Yu Kuo-hua, governor of the Central Bank of China, leads a mission to Jakarta to take part in the 1976 Board of Governors meeting of the Asian Development Bank.
20. A 12-member mission from the Furukauri Takeshi Educational Research Institute of Japan arrives to observe the supplementary educational system.
A service in memory of Genghis Khan 0162-1127), founder of the Chinese Yuan dynasty (1280-1368), is held with Tsui Chui-yien, chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, officiating.
21. Dr. Han Lih-wu, chairman of the Sino-Thai Cultural and Economic Association, cables congratulations to Thai prime minister-designate Seni Pramoj.
A bus-train accident, the worst in more than a quarter of a century, claims the lives of 41 persons in central Taiwan.
Nils Olsson, vice president of the Swedish Ekman International A. B., arrives on a business trip.
22. Tschudi Shipping Co. and Eitzen Shipping Co. of Norway sign a contract with the Taiwan Shipping Corporation to build two barges of the 20,000-ton class.
A cancer research center is set up. South Korean Reconstruction Minister Kim Jae Kyu arrives for a four-day visit.
23. Premier Chiang Ching-kuo receives the visiting press mission from the Western states of the U. S.
24. The 1976 convention of 4-H Clubs opens with more than 300 delegates taking part.
Lee Byung Hee, member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, arrives for a six-day visit.
A five-men team returns from London after winning third place in the third World Kendo Championships.
25. Mrs. Alen M. Schanel, national president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion, arrives for a three-day visit.
26. The Fourth Asian Writers Conference of International P.E.N. opens with some 90 leading writers of Asia, Europe and America attending. President Yen Chia-kan addressed the opening session.
The government of the Republic of China and the government of the Republic of South Africa announce the elevation of consulates general to embassy status.
Brig. Gen. Dan A. Brooksher of the U.S. Air Force arrives to replace Brig. Gen. David O. Williams Jr. as chief of staff of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command.
John A. Fruit, president of United Fruit and United Brands Co., arrives for a four-day visit.
27. President Yen Chia-kan receives visiting Ahmed Sahah Tamjoon, publisher of the Medina in Saudi Arabia.
Frank F. Fasi, mayor of Honolulu, arrives for a three-day visit.
Gen. Lai Ming-tang, chief of the general staff, presents to outgoing U.S. Brig. Gen. David O. Williams Jr. the Special Cravat of the Order of Cloud and Banner.
An opera troupe headed by Miss Yang Li-hua leaves for Singapore for a month of charity performances.
28. Chu Hui-sen, vice minister of education, decorates visiting Antonio Garcia De La Fuente, secretary general of the International Judo Association, with a sports medal.
Delegates headed by Dr. Ku Cheng-kang, honorary president of the World Anti-Communist League, leaves for Seoul and the Ninth General Assembly of WACL.
29. Edward Y. Kuan, vice minister of foreign affairs, is named by the Executive Yuan as first ambassador to South Africa.
The Sino-U.S. Seminar on Food Science and Nutrition opens with 24 food scientists attending. Twenty-seven experts from South Korea and Japan were present as observers.
L. K. Chen, president of Taipower, discloses that U.S. banks will provide US$200 million in loans for purchase of fuel for two nuclear power plants.
May 1. Two thousand labor representatives gather at Taipei City Hall to celebrate Labor Day. Some 200 model workers were cited by Interior Minister Lin Chin-sheng.
More than 100 present and former Taiwan Provincial Assemblymen meet to mark the Assembly's 30th anniversary .
The nation observes the 2348th birthday of Mencius with Interior Minister Lin Chin-sheng officiating at the ceremony.
Gen. Lai Ming-tang, chief of the general staff, is host at a party for U. S. military personnel and their families to mark the 25th anniversary of the U. S. Military Assistance Advisory Group.
W.C. Haraldson, former director of the International Cooperation Administration, is honored at a reception given by the Federation of Asian Women's Association.
2. The West Team of the Youth Goodwill Mission returns from a 56-day trip to 20 states of the U.S.
3. Alian Belkiri, secretary general of the government of the Ivory Coast, arrives for a week's visit.
Armando Gellona, chairman of the Olympic Committee of Chile, arrives for a week's visit.
4. Anet Bile Clement, vice president of the National Assembly of the Ivory Coast, arrives for a nine-day visit.
President Yen Chia-kan receives Boon Campbell, manager of the United Newspaper Group and former deputy general manager of Reuters News Agency.
Writers and artists observe Literary Day. Wu Chun-tsai, director of the Department of Culture and Information of the Kuomintang, presented medals to 13 writers and artists.
5. Albert Steerforth Mohale, Lesotho, minister of transport and communications, and Bereng Augustinus Sekhonyana, assistant secretary to the prime minister, arrive for a four-day visit.
Dr. E. R. Bertermann, an evangelist, addresses the mass media seminar of the Communications Institute of the Lutheran Church.
China Express Ltd. holds a reception for three visiting officials of British Airways: T. E. Orpin, A. D.G. Shaw and D. L. Ford.
6. The Seventh College Athletic Meet opens with 2,427 competing.
Juan Rafad Estrella Rojas, mayor of Santo Domingo, arrives for a three-day visit.
7. Dr. Ku Cheng-kang, honorary president of the World Anti-Communist League, holds a reception for visiting world anti-Communist leaders. Guests included Sabit Asman Avei, first vice president of the ruling party of Turkey; Alvaro Gomes Hurtato, senator from Colombia; and S. Rozychi, president of the Captive Nations Convention.
Erik Van Frenckell, member of the International Olympic Committee from Finland, arrives for a week's visit.
9. Twelve industrialists and businessmen led by Vivian Wu, board chairman of the Tai Yuan Textile Company Ltd., leave for the U.S. Bicentennial celebrations.
10. Yuanshan Lions Club of Taipei and Shin Meihi Lions Club of Osaka mark the establishment of fraternal relations.