Minister of Economic Affairs Chang Kwang-shih leaves for South Africa to attend the 3rd Annual Sino-South African Economic and Technological Cooperation Seminar.
The Chinese National Federation of Industries holds a reception at the Chinese Armed Forces Officers' Club to celebrate the 33rd Industry Day.
12. A rally at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall marks the 114th birthday of the Founding Father of the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and the 14th Anniversary of the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement.
14. Education Vice Minister Li Mou presents sports medals to Guillermo Griffiths, chairman of the Peruvian Olympic Committee, and August Galvez, head of the Peruvian Physical Education Bureau, in recognition of their contributions to Sino-Peruvian friendship.
President Chiang Ching-kuo directs the Executive Yuan to strengthen its relief work on behalf of Indochinese refugees.
A 21-member trade mission from Wisconsin led by Robert Brunner, secretary of the Department of Business Development arrives for a five-day visit.
15. President Chiang Ching-kuo presides at the 1979 joint commencement ceremony for graduates of the Army, Navy and Air Force academies and Fuhsingkang College.
16. An eleven-member Korean delegation headed by former National Defense Minister Kim Yong U arrives to attend a seminar on military strategy in Northeast Asia.
Premier Y.S. Sun receives Warren L. Meeker, vice chairman of an American relief organization administering aid to Indochina refugees, after announcing the Republic of China's plans to accept more refugees and donate 30,000 tons of rice.
President Chiang Ching-kuo makes an inspection tour of Tainan.
17. Robert Parker, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce, returns to Taipei after attending a U.S. Senate hearing on Taiwan relations.
Vice President Shieh Tung-min visits the Machia aborigine cultural village and Tungkang Marine Experimental Institute in Pingtung, southern Taiwan.
A 10-member goodwill delegation of the Michigan legislature led by William Faust, majority leader of the State Senate, arrives for a visit.
Konsin C. Shah, ROC representative at the U.S. office of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs, leaves for Washington.
18. Vice President Shieh Tung-min tours the construction site of the Kaohsiung Chung Cheng Memorial Hall.
The Tatung Company, one of the largest private businesses on the island, marks its 61st anniversary.
A 13-member trade and commercial mission from Quebec arrives for a 10-day visit.
Forty delegates from Korea arrive for the 12th Joint Conference of Councils for Sino-Korean Economic Cooperation and Korea-china Economic Cooperation.
19. Fritz O. Widmer, secretary general of the International Equestrian Society, arrives for a six-day visit.
The Republic of China Consulate at Barranquilla, Colombia, is up graded to Consulate General. Japanese delegates headed by the former director of the Defense Agency, Shih Kanemaru, arrive to attend the Northeast Asian Military Strategy Seminar.
The Taiwan Provincial Assembly begins interpellation of the Provincial Government officials.
The Second Eastern Asia Area Water Supply Seminar opens at the Grand Hotel.
A five-member mission of the New Zealand Congress arrives for an eight-day visit.
20. A three-day conference on Military Strategy in Northeast Asia opens at Taipei.
Ambassador Wang Meng-hsien leaves for Paraguay to assume his new post.
Japan Asia Airways, a subsidiary of Japan Air Lines, opens twice-a-week service between Naha, the capital of Okinawa, and Taipei.
Everett F. Drumright, former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of China, and Mrs. Drumright lead a goodwill group to Taiwan for a two-week visit.
21. The ruling Kuomintang's Central Standing Committee approves Yu Kuo-hua as governor of the Central Bank of China, which was moved from the jurisdiction of the Presidential office to that of the Executive Yuan.
22. Councils of Sino-Korean Economic Cooperation and Korea-China Economic Cooperation hold their 12th conference.
Robert Parker, president of the American Chamber of Commerce, expresses thanks to the Free Chinese people on the occasion of U.S. Thanksgiving Day.
23. A group of 154 Indochina refugees arrives at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport for resettlement.
24. Robert Parker is re-elected president of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Republic of China.
The Taipei Central Lions club celebrates its 19th anniversary.
The 85th anniversary of the Kuomintang is marked by party chapters the world over.
25. The First Asian-Pacific Conference on Juvenile Delinquency opens at Taipei with the participation of 112 delegates from seven nations.
General Juan Bautista Sasiain, director general of the National Police Office of Argentina, arrives for a six-day visit.
President Chiang Ching-kuo receives 58 "good persons of exemplary deeds" at his office.
26. Robert J. Kane, chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee, arrives for a four-day visit.
Ms. Mary D. Crisp, co-chairman of the U.S. Republican National Committee, arrives for an 11-day visit.
27. The Second Sino-Saudi Cultural Cooperation Conference opens in Taipei.
Lungshanhzi (Dragon Mountain Temple) observes its 240th anniversary.
28. Members of the Alexander Roy London Ballet Theater arrive for five performances at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
Dec. 1. Richard W. Palmer, secretary general of the United Kingdom Olympic Committee, arrives for a five-day visit.
Premier Sun Yun-suan receives Dr. Mahmound M. Safar, deputy minister of higher education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Vona Houtz, national president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars, arrives for a five-day visit.
2. Nobusuke Kishi, adviser to Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party and former prime minister, arrives for a five-day visit.
4. A five-day Sino-Korean Seminar on Oceanography opens at Taipei.
5. President Chiang Ching-kuo attends memorial services for Chang Kai-hgau, a director of the International Commercial Bank of China.
6. Cardinal Angelo Rossi, prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples of the Vatican, arrives for a four-day visit.
U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater arrives for a six-day visit.
President Chiang Ching-kuo sends a congratulatory cable to newly elected President Choi Kyu Hah of the Republic of Korea
Senator Barry Goldwater receives an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Archbishop Stanislaus Lokuang, president of Fu Jen Catholic University.
7. The Young Women's Christian Association marks its 30th anniversary at Taipei.
8. Dr. Pedro Padilla Tonos, deputy secretary of state for foreign affairs of the Dominican Republic, arrives for a seven-day visit.
9. Jack Eby, business planning director for international operations of the Ford Motor Company of the United States, arrives for a four-day visit.
10. Chairman Chiang Ching-kuo opens the fourth plenum of the eleventh Central Committee of the Kuomintang in Taipei.
The 10th National Skills Contest is held at Taichung with 409 workers participating.
Scholars and others observe Human Rights Day.
The Taiwan Garrison Command inaugurates the 85-day year-end security alert.