2024/05/19

Taiwan Today

Taiwan Review

Events from day to day

April 01, 1975
Feb. 12. Premier Chiang Ching­-kuo visits Kinmen and Penghu to extend his Chinese New Year's greetings to troops.

13. The Cabinet decides to ban activities of the Christian Uni­fication Church after charges it was violating the customs of the Chinese people.

Sino-Guatemalan and Sino-Do­minican technical cooperation agreements are approved by the Cabinet.

14. More than 3 million people boarded buses and trains over the Chinese New Year holidays of the 11th, 12th and 13th.

Mao Ying-tsu, director of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, leaves on an official visit to In­donesia.

15. The U.S. Information Service opens an exhibition of children's books.

Kuo Chie-hsiung of the Republic of China fired a record 6-under­ par 66 for an eight-stroke victory in the Philippines Open Golf Championship.

16. Leading hotels in Taipei and Kaohsiung cut rates by 10 percent. They included the Grand, Hilton, President, Ambassador, Central, Imperial, Century, Plaza, Majestic, Gloria, Mandarin and Emperor in Taipei and the King­dom and Garden in Kaohsiung.

Eight Rotary Clubs of southern Taiwan meet at Cheng Ching Lake in suburban Kaohsiung to mark the 70th anniversary of Rotary International.

17. The sixth Youth Cup golf tournament opens at Linkou in suburban Taipei with 24 players participating.

The China Steel Corporation and Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago sign a US$200 million loan con­ tract to help finance construction of the Kaohsiung steel mill.

Dr. Chien Fu, director-general of the Government Information Of­fice, leaves for a speaking tour of the United States.

A 170-member goodwill mission of Japan's Seichyonoie (an anti­-Communist religious association) arrives in Taipei for a two-day visit.

18. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times co-sponsor an ex­hibition, "Building for the 1980s in the Republic of China," at the U.S. Trade Center in Taipei.

Vice President C.K. Yen meets with Dr. Ricardo Guillermo Con­staneda Cornejo, vice minister of foreign affairs of El Salvador.

19. The Wodeco No. VIII, first oil exploration vessel rebuilt in the Republic of China for the Chinese Petroleum Corporation, has a satisfactory trial run.

Fathi Yasin, newly appointed Jordanian ambassador, arrives in Taipei.

A six-month Mandarin language course for overseas Chinese opens at Chishiu High School in subur­ban Taipei.

20. Don E. Porter, secretary-gen­eral of the International Federa­tion of Softball Associations, re­ceives a sports medal from the Ministry of Education in recogni­tion of his contributions to Sino-American athletic relations.

21. The Taiwan Shipbuilding Cor­poration begins construction of a fifth 100,000-ton tanker for the Chinese Petroleum Corporation.

Premier Chiang Ching-kuo reports to the Legislative Yuan on gov­ernment administration.

He said detente undertakings of Washington, Peiping and Moscow represented "another form of cold war" and that they could not lead to real peace.

Amman Police Commissioner Brig. Gen. Diab Yousef Othmas Abu Shuba and his Taipei counterpart, Li Chun-hou, sign an agreement to establish sisterhood ties.

22. The 15th Annual Conference of District 345 Rotary Interna­tional opens at the College of Chinese Culture on Yangmingshan.

More than 1,200 delegates attended from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Vice President C.K. Yen spoke. He said Rotary objectives are consistent with Chinese cul­ture and the teachings of Con­fucius.

23. The first Chinese women's soccer team makes its debut in a game with high school boys.

24. China Airlines sets up a service center in Los Angeles to serve students returning to Taiwan. A liaison center opens in Taipei.

25. Lt. Gen. Othman Mohammed Al-Hamid, assistant national de­fense minister for logistics of Saudi Arabia, arrives for a two-week visit at the invitation of the Ministry of National Defense.

26. The Republic of China and South Africa sign a trade agree­ment in Taipei.

27. The Republic of China and Saudi Arabia sign an air agree­ment.

Saudi will fly from Jidda or Riyadh to Taipei or Kaohsiung and China Airlines from Taipei or Kaohsiung to Jidda or Riyadh via Hong Kong.

The Kuomintang Central Com­mittee presents a citation to Li Chung-tao, a reporter of Wah Kiu Yat Po in Hong Kong, in recogni­tion of his meritorious service in opposing Communism.

28. Vice Foreign Minister H. K. Yang presents Abdullah Mahdi, director-general of Saudi Arabian civil aviation, with the Order of Brilliant Star for contributions to the friendship and aviation cooperation of the two countries.

March 1. The new ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jor­dan, Brig. Gen. Fathi Yasin, pre­sents his credentials.

2. Gen. Yang Sen observes his 92nd birthday by climbing a mountain.

An avid mountain climber, Yang was head of the Repub­lic of China's sports federation for many years.

3. Premier Chiang Ching-kuo gives a reception to honor the women's basketball team of the Cathay Life Insurance Company.

The team won all 35 games it played in the United States and countries of Latin Ameri­ca.

4. The first Pan American World Airways flight touches down at Taipei International Airport.

5. The Executive Yuan announces appropriation of an additional NT$500 million to accelerate rural development in the first half of 1975.

6. Adm. Carlos Chubretovich of Chile and his wife arrive for a week's visit.

He received a sports medal from Education Minister Y.S. Tsiang.

7. The Taiwan Workshop of the Seattle chapter of the Pacific Area Travel Association opens at the Ambassador Hotel in Taipei.

8. Some 700 Chinese and foreign women leaders, including Mrs. C.K. Yen and Mrs. Edwin Snyder, wife of the U.S. Taiwan Defense Command chief, gather at the headquarters of the Chinese Wom­en's Anti-Aggression League to mark Women's Day.

9. The Honduran Consulate in Taipei reopens.

10. Lt. Gen. Alejandro Fretes Davalos, chief of the general staff of Paraguay, decorates Gen. Cheng Wei-yuan, commander-in-chief of the Combined Service Forces, and Lt. Gen. Chen Hung-chuan of the National Defense Ministry, for contributions to Sino-Paraguayan friendship and military coopera­tion.


Popular

Latest