17. President Chiang Kai-shek receives U.S. Navy Secretary Fred Korth.
18. An NT$400 million (US$10 million) loan fund is established to help farmers purchase land in the next ten years.
19. Ground is broken for a huge highland reservoir system near Nantou in southern Taiwan.
20. The Legislative Yuan passes an insurance law.
A group of Chinese emigrants, consisting of 55 persons in 19 families, leaves for Brazil.
21. The Taiwan Provincial Assembly adjourns after adopting 430 resolutions in an 80-day session.
Mrs. Kalaw Katigbak, chairman of the Philippine Senate's education committee, arrives for a five-day observation tour.
22. The Chinese government decides to sign the partial nuclear test ban treaty.
23. Chinese Ambassador to the United States T. F. Tsiang signs the nuclear test ban treaty.
24. The Legislative Yuan winds up its 31st session; about 20 important bills were passed.
25. Gen. Liu An-chi, commander-in-chief of the Army, leaves for a three-week tour of the United States at the invitation of Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, U.S. Army chief of staff.
26. A seven-man Italian trade mission led by Dr. Ottotino Borin, chief of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Affairs Department, arrives for an 11-day visit.
Ambassador to Italy Yu Tsune-chi returns for consultation with the government.
Three Spanish officers arrive for 10-month training with the Chinese armed forces.
27. The Republic of China is formally invited to participate in the 18th Olympic Games at Tokyo October 10-24, 1964.
28. Cameroun Foreign Minister Jean Faustin Betayene and his wife arrive for a week's visit.
Joseph Paul Mathenge, majority leader of Kenya's Senate, and his wife arrive for a six-day visit.
29. The 1963 Civil Service Examination begins. More than 10,000 applicants participate.
The death rate in Taiwan was reduced from 1.757 per cent in 1947 to 0.633 per cent in 1962, the Taiwan Provincial Health Department announces.
30. President Chiang Kai-shek receives Cameroun Foreign Minister Jean Faustin Betayene and his wife.
James Shen, director of the Government Information Office, presents a pennant bearing the words "freedom is indivisible" to the people of West Berlin as a symbol of the Chinese people's admiration.
31. The Foreign Ministry spokesman reaffirms the government stand against Japan's sale of a vinylon plant to Peiping.
Sept. 1. Gen. Jacob E. Smart, U. S. Pacific Air Force commander, leaves after a two-day visit.
The Council for International Economic Cooperation and Development is inaugurated to replace the former Council for U.S. Aid.
Hualien, eastern Taiwan city facing the Pacific, is opened as an international port.
2. Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan calls on French President Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
3. President Chiang leads government and civic leaders in Armed Forces Day tributes to the nation's war dead at the Martyrs Shrine.
Wang Ti-wu, publisher of the United Daily News, leaves for a two-month visit to the United States.
4. Dr. Muhammad H. El-Farra, Jordanian deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, arrives for a week's visit.
The Chinese soccer team, champions of Asia, return to receive a rousing welcome.
The team won the title at the Merdeka tourney in Malaya.
5. Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan returns from a two-and-a-half month tour of European and African countries.
6. General Chiang Ching-kuo, minister without portfolio, leaves for the United States for a two-week visit.
7. A seven-man delegation headed by Education Minister Huang Chi-lo is named to attend the International Atomic Energy conference in Geneva September 24.
8. Mrs. Ruth Kariuki Njiri, secretary to Kenya Premier Jomo Kenyatta, arrives for a five-day visit.
9. President Chiang Kai-shek receives the Chinese soccer team that won the Asian championship.
10. Dato Haji Mohammed, speaker of the Malayan lower house, and two other parliament members arrive for a four-day visit.
11. Typhoon Gloria lashes northern Taiwan, bringing heavy rainfall to drought-stricken fields. Floods claim more than 200 lives.
12. Georges Apedo-Amah, foreign minister of Togo, arrives for a four-day visit.
13. The 39-member Foo Hsing Chinese Opera Troupe returns after a 345-day performance tour in 76 cities of 23 countries in the Americas.
15. Cyrus R. Vance, secretary of the U.S. Army, arrives for a two-day visit.