Nieh Wen-ya, president of the Legislative Yuan, returns from a three-week private visit to the United States.
12. President Yen Chia-kan sends a message of congratulations to the fourth convention of the Chinese Benevolent Association of Canada in Vancouver.
President Yen Chia-kan receives Japanese Diet member Sadanori Nakayama.
13. A 75-member international music camp group led by Dr. Merton Utgard arrives to give seven concerts in major cities.
14. The Chinese Air Force celebrates the 40th anniversary of its victory over the Japanese at Hangchow with General Szetu Fu presiding.
Dr. Hans Binnendijk, counselor of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lt. Gen. Herbert Beckington arrive for a brief visit.
15. President Yen Chia-kan cables felicitations to President Park Chung Hee on the 32nd national day of the Republic of Korea.
The Democratic Socialist Party celebrates its 31st anniversary with more than 500 members participating.
A 16-member South Korean political group led by Kim Yong Chae, a member of the National Assembly, arrives for an eight-day visit.
16. General Szetu Fu, retiring commander of the Chinese Air Force, assumes his new post as board chairman of China Airlines.
General Wu Yueh, former deputy chief of general staff, assumes his post as commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force.
One hundred and seventy-four foreign youths from 24 nations take part in the International Youth Recreation Camp sponsored by China Youth Corps.
17. Dr. Benjamin Daniel Brown, deputy chairman of the U.S. Democratic National Committee, and his wife arrive for a week's visit.
C.S. Cross, president of the New Zealand National Olympic Committee, arrives for a nine-day visit.
18. Three American labor executives led by Martin Ward, vice president of AFL-CIO, arrive for a five-day visit.
The Asian-Pacific Physical Education Symposium for Elementary and Secondary Schools opens at the Chientan Youth Activity Center.
A five-member Korean police group led by Lew Jae Gook, deputy director of Seoul police headquarters, arrives for a three day visit.
19. President Yen Chia-kan receives Auguste Miremont, editor-in-chief of the Fratenit Daily News of the Republic of Ivory Coast.
The Modern Engineering and Technology Seminar on TV New Developments sponsored by the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering opens at Chengchi University.
20. Edgar Prudencio, postmaster of the Republic of Bolivia, arrives for a five-day visit.
22. Twelve women journalists from newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations in the United States arrive for a l0-day visit.
Seven Costa Rican legislators led by Elias Soley Soler, president of the Legislative Assembly, arrives for a five-day visit.
24. President Yen Chia-kan sends a congratulatory message to overseas Chinese of six Latin American countries meeting in Guatemala City.
25. Eleven Japanese Upper House members led by Shinji Sato, son of the late Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, arrives for a six-day visit.
President Yen Chia-kan cables greetings to President Aparicio Mendez on Uruguay's national day.
26. T.S. Cotran, chief justice of the Kingdom of Lesotho, arrives for a two-day visit.
A three-member team of the Japanese TBS Television Company arrives for a five-day filming tour.
A conference on modern Chinese economic history sponsored by the Academia Sinica opens with 130 scholars attending.
The Cabinet approves a three-year Sino-Lesotho technical cooperation agreement.
Premier Chiang Ching-kuo receives Richard Holbrooke, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Asian and Pacific affairs, at the Executive Yuan for a briefing on Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's trip to Peiping.
27. The third meeting of the International United Abacus Association opens at the Taipei City Auditorium.
The Second World Soft Tennis Championship Tournament opens at Taichung's Chungcheng Park.
A 31-member Bar Association group led by Tai Wen-quei leaves for Seoul to participate in the Fifth Conference of the Asian Law Institute.
28. China Airlines and Saudi Arabia Airlines sign an agreement on an air service between the two countries.
29. The Second National Symposium on Literature and the Arts opens in Taipei with more than 270 writers and artists taking part.
A Sino-American advisory meeting on earthquake engineering and landslides opens in Taipei with 70 representatives taking part.
30. Six Japanese Diet members of the opposition Democratic Social ist Party arrive for a six-day visit.
Stanley E. Schneider, president of Kiwanis International, arrives for a five-day visit.
Sept. 1. Journalists' Day is ob served in Taipei with Lee Shih-fen, chairman of the Taipei Journalists' Association, presiding.
The Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation launches the 14,800-ton multipurpose freighter Sincere Trade at Keelung.
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs H.K. Yang presents the Order of Brilliant Star to Saudi Arabia's outgoing charge affairs, Fawzi A. Shobokshi.
2. Ibrahim Ahmed Obaid, deputy minister of the Ministry of Posts, Telephone and Telegraph of Saudi Arabia, arrives for a 10-day visit.
3. Arthur K. Snyder, a member of the Los Angeles City Council, arrives for a week's visit.
A rally marking Chinese Armed Forces Day is held at the Armed Forces Cultural Activity Center.
The 1977 Conference of Professors of the Republic of China, Japan and Korea is held at the Grand Hotel in Taipei.
4. Sammy A. Mosly, director general for the Yanbu region of Saudi Arabia, arrives for an eight-day visit.
New York Times Hongkong correspondent Fox Butterfield arrives for a three-day visit.
5. Konka C. Molapo, Lesotho's principal assistant secretary of foreign affairs, arrives for a week's visit.
6. A 14-member mission from the Singapore Port Workers Union led by its president, Lin Ah Wah, arrives for an eight-day visit.
Nieh Wen-ya, president of the Legislative Yuan, and three other legislators leave for Korea.
Korean Education Minister Hwang Shan Duk accompanied by Chung Tai Soo, director of the Social Education Bureau, arrives for a brief visit.
7. Governor Charles C. Finch and a 12-member Mississippi trade mission arrive for a visit.
A management seminar sponsored by the China Productivity Center and the American Management Association draws attendance of 160 in Taipei.
8. A 25-member goodwill mission of the Japan-ROC Tourist Association arrives for a four-day visit.
The American Bureau for Medical Aid to China celebrates its 40th anniversary at the auditorium of the National Defense Medical College.
A two-day Workshop on Agricultural Foreign Trade Problems opens at Taichung.
9. A rally is held at the Armed Forces Officers Club in Taipei to mark Sports Day.
General Cheng Wei-yuan, the first president, announces inauguration of the Republic of China Parachutists Association in Taipei.
President Yen Chia-kan receives Charles O. Galvin, dean of Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas.
Dr. George H. Humphrey II, president of the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, arrives for a week's visit.
10. John L. Moore Jr., U.S. Ex port-Import Bank chairman, arrives for a four-day visit.
Dr. John K. Fairbank, professor emeritus of Harvard, arrives for a nine-day visit.
Nieh Wen-ya, president of the Legislative Yuan, and his party return from Seoul.
Hirokichi Nadao, senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party, arrives for a week's visit.
China's team leaves for the United States to compete in the Third World Taekwondo Championships.