President Chiang Kai-shek has instructed government agencies to provide more funds for physical education facilities in the schools and for the promotion of sports in general.
President Chiang gave the instructions at a reception for the Chinese delegation to the Sixth Asian Games.
President Chiang said that by adding more physical education facilities in schools and promoting sports activities, athletes may be discovered and trained for international competition.
The President heard reports on the Sixth Asian Games and Taiwan physical education.
General Yang Sen, chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee and leader of the Chinese contingent to the Bangkok games, told the President that though the team failed to win as many gold medals as expected, its showing was better than in 1966.
Gunsun Hoh, a sports leader, emphasized the importance of setting up a physical education department in the Ministry of Education.
The reception was held at the Chungshan Building on Yangmingshan. President Chiang presented a medal to Miss Chi Cheng, winner of a gold medal for China at the Sixth Asian Games. Madame Chiang presented gifts to athletes who won medals.
The Chinese team won 1 gold, 5 silver and 11 bronze medals. Chi Cheng's gold medal was in the 100-meter dash.
Lee Chung-ping, an overseas Chinese living in the United States, won two silver medals, one in the 400-meter dash and the other in the 110-meter hurdles.
Hsu Tung-hsiung, a 16-year-old high school student from Taitung county, won 4 bronze medals in swimming events.
Mainland seminar delegates honored
President and Madame Chiang Kai-shek gave a reception at the Chungshan Building on Yangmingshan for participants in the First Sino-American Conference on Mainland China.
President Chiang urged scholars and experts to make more comments and suggestions and to exchange views on mainland happenings.
The participants were led by Wu Chen-tasi, chairman of the conference and director of the Institute of International Relations.
Ninety-six delegates and observers took part in the five days of discussion. Papers and reports were discussed.
The American participants included Glenn Campbell, director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Martin Wilbur, professor of the East Asia Institute at Columbia University; Robert A. Scalapino, professor of the University of California, Berkeley; Allen Whiting, professor of the University of Michigan; Anthony Kubek, head of the history department of the University of Dallas; and Michael Lindsay, professor of American University.
Sino-U.S. project on cervical cancer
A Sino-American research project to study immune responses in cervical cancer will be undertaken in Taiwan under the auspices of the National Science Council and the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Cervical cancer is becoming a major disease among Chinese women.
The study will determine whether patients develop immunity to their own or others cancer cells and develop further methods for study and treatment.
Taiwan was chosen because there is more tumor tissue available and because a study of cervical cancer is already under way at National Taiwan University.
Cervical cancer can be effectively treated in its early stages and is often so diagnosed in the United States.
The project was proposed by Dr. James Yang. He will be the principal investigator on the U.S. side. He will work with Dr. Chiang Wen-tsuo of the Obstctrics and Gynecology Department of the National Taiwan University Hospital.
Colorless tube-like bacteria known as achromobacter are effective in fighting some forms of cancer, according to Dr. Chang Kuo-li, a Chinese physician living in Japan.
Dr. Chang discovered achromobacter 10 years ago in "winter worm," a kind of herb medicine.
With the help of Yamaguchi University and Osaka University, he conducted experiments on animals.
Initial results in treatment of humans showed the growth of cancer cells was checked, especially in nose, throat and skin cancer.
Dr. Chang will discuss cancer therapy with physicians of the National Defense Medical Center and Veterans General Hospital. He said he is willing to offer his findings to domestic medical circles for further research.
Experts swap views on Asian manpower
An 11-day International Manpower Development Conference was held on Yangmingshan in December.
First of its kind in Taipei, the meeting was sponsored by the Institute for International Partnership of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of West Germany. It was attended by 35 delegates from eight Asian countries and areas.
Adolf Herkenrath, director of the institute and Lord Mayor of Siegburg, Germany, presided.
Main topics included the quality of manpower, development of employment opportunities and improvement of working conditions and wages.
Countries and areas represented were Ceylon, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Korea, West Germany, Hongkong and the Republic of China.
The Chinese delegation was headed by Tracy T.S. Cheng, director of public relations of the Council for International Economic Cooperation and Development.
Ch'ing relics displayed at Museum of History
A week-long exhibition of the relics of the Ch'ing Dynasty was held at the National Museum of History in Taipei in late December.
Portraits of the 10 Manchu emperors and famous personalities of the late 19th century and pictures of the Opium War and the Eight-Nation Joint Military Operation in China in the wake of the 1900 Boxer Incident were displayed.
Among the exhibits were a large square flag with a tiger embroidered on it and a black triangular banner, both used by the Boxers.
The flags were donated by an American non-commissioned officer whose grandfather obtained them in Peiping while a member of the American forces.
Another item of interest was a large portrait of the Empress Dowager Tsu Hsi in oil by an American lady painter. It was originally a possession of the National Gallery in Washington D.C.
The oil painting, exhibited for the first time in Taipei, stands 15 by 8 feet wide.
A series of 36 special exhibitions will be held in 1971 to mark the 60th anniversary year of the Republic of China.
Vice Premier's U.S. tour tops '70 news
Vice Premier Chiang Ching-kuo's trip to the United States and the attempt on his life in New York was listed first among the top 10 domestic headlines of the year. The selection was made by the Chinese National Editors' Association.
The Cambodian coup and Khmer Republic's struggle for democratic survival was voted the top foreign story.
The other nine domestic stories:
2. Severance of diplomatic relations with Canada and Italy.
3. Passage of the revised draft of the Maoist "constitution" by the Chinese Communist Party's 9th Central Committee at its second plenary session.
4. Vice President C. K. Yen's visits to the United States and Japan.
5. Miss Chi Cheng's world records in the 100-yard, 220-yard and 200-meter dashes.
6. Dispute with Japan over the Tiaoyutai islets north of Taiwan.
7. Convening of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) 10th Central Committee's Second Plenary Session.
8. U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's second visit to Taiwan.
9. Start of construction on Taiwan's first nuclear power plant.
10. Trial of Quintin and Rizal Yuyitung, publisher and editor, respectively, of a Chlnese-language newspaper in Manila.
In foreign news, the other nine stories were:
2. Successful return to earth of the damaged Apollo 13.
3. Cyclone and tidal wave in East Pakistan.
4. Anti-Communist riots in Poland.
5. Publication of the Amerasia papers by the U.S. Senate.
6. Death of Egyptian President Nasser.
7. Suicide of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima.
8. Allied moves into Cambodia.
9. Expo 70 at Osaka.
10. Death of French President Charles de Gaulle.
Commission helps graduates get jobs
Eighty-eight of every 100 college graduates were placed in jobs after applying to the Youth Advisory Commission of the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) during the last five years.
Of 15,800 applying, 12,661 got jobs.
The commission recommended that steps be taken to equalize job placement in rural and urban areas. Most college graduates want to work in urban areas. High pay and such fringe benefits as housing and quicker promotions are proposed for those willing to go to rural areas.
The commission will conduct placement examinations for college graduates annually.
Commissioners suggested the retirement program be intensified to provide more opportunities for the young.
College graduates with majors in electrical and textile engineering, geology, mining, physics, chemistry, etc., are the easiest to place in jobs.
Improvement urged in 9-year education
An evaluation of the nine-year free education system and several proposals were made at a Control Yuan meeting by Wang Hsuan-ching. He said results of the nine-year plan are encouraging but that improvements are needed.
First, he said, salaries of primary and junior high school teachers are too low.
Second, the quality of junior high graduates appears to be decreasing and the difference between the top and the bottom is widening.
Wang suggested that recommendations made by the Fifth National Education Conference on establishment of special classes for special students should be implemented as soon as possible.
Third, the very poor cannot pay school expenses and drop out or do not enter junior high. Wang suggested social welfare funds of city and provincial governments be used to help needy students.
Finally, the nine-year program has been unfavorably influenced by the appearance of private junior high schools, he said.
According to Wang, wealthier families have been establishing private schools because they believe the quality of public school education is too low.
Wang sees these institutions as offering unfair advantages to the wealthy and violating the nine-year program's objective of eliminating the pressure of examination competition to get into the seventh grade.
Taipei junior highs prepare for influx
The Taipei Municipal Government has earmarked US$51.5 million for public junior high schools.
The City Bureau of Education estimated that the next three years will see 100,000 students eligible for junior high annually, compared with the 60,000 currently enrolled.
To accommodate newcomers, some US$9 million will be spent to build five new schools and US$1.25 million for 350 additional classrooms at existing schools.
The balance of the money will be spent for improving school facilities, teacher training, technical training and playgrounds.
According to Taiwan Provincial Education Commissioner Pan Chen-chew, the shortage of primary school teachers is tapering off. He expects the supply to be adequate by 1976.
Pan said the shortage was the result of economic developments which lured many teachers to better-paying jobs.
His commission worked out a long-range program to train more teachers.
Seven authors win Chia Hsin Awards
The Chia Hsin Foundation presented awards to the seven top authors of the year. Honored were:
Lee An, 55, of Honan, for Historical Research on General Yueh Fel.
Nan Chih-liang, 62, of Peiping, for Interpretation of Jade Wares.
Ouyang Chung-hui, 34, of Yun lin, Taiwan, for Market Administration.
Chen Lieh-fu, 61, of Fukien, for The Democratic System of the Philippines.
Ku Nien-hsien, 39, of Kiangsu, for Research on the Rival Political Theories in. the Warring States.
Chang Tsai-yu, 55, of Anhwei, for Government Administration.
Ma Chi-hwa, 49, of Kweichow, for Political Psychology.
The first three awards were of US$1,000 and the rest of US$500.
The prizes have been given annually since 1965 by the foundation, which was established by the Chia Hsin Cement Corporation.
Taipei newspapers hold shipping forum
The English-language China News and China Daily News sponsored a shipping forum at the President Hotel in Taipei early in December.
More than 60 transportation and customs officials, heads of Chinese and foreign shipping companies, senior officials of the Keelung and Kaohsiung Harbor Administrations and representatives of the Shipper's Council attended.
Ting Wei-tung, director of the China News, and Tsu Sung-chiu, director of the China Daily News, presided.
Topics included the present condition and future prospects of the shipping industry, development of container service, improvement of harbor operations, quarantine and relations of trade and shipping.
Copyright protection urged by official
Troubles of the Taiwan publishing industry are largely attributable to inadequate protection of copyrights, said Hsiung Dun-seng, chief of the Publication Department, Ministry of Interior.
In an article in the China Time, Hsiung recalled that printed books appeared in China long before Gutenberg's Bible in Europe.
Hsiung likened book pirating to theft. He said the judiciary was too lenient in cases of pirating.
Before 1964, the maximum penalty for pirating was a fine of NT$1,500 (US$37.50). Since then jail terms of up to two years and fines of up to NT$6,000 (US$150) haw been on the statute books.
The pirating of Chinese publications is closely linked to the practice of pirating foreign books, he said. Although export of pirated books is forbidden, smugglers have managed to evade the law.
Hsiung reported books printed by pirates in Taiwan are openly sold in Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries. Foreign publishers arc about to make further protests, he said.
The publication chief urged publishers to show self-restraint and suggested that the government adhere to the Universal Copyright Convention.