2022 08/12Taiwanese Junior Business Association of New Zealand holds a lecture Successfully linking Taiwanese youth together 1On July 16 in Auckland, the Taiwanese Junior Business Association of New Zealand (TJBANZ) held a skin care lecture Skin Care That Suits You. It was attended by almost 50 people, including OCAC councilmember Zi-Ying Chen, TJBANZ members and people from various walks of life.<br><br> First, TJBANZ President Michael Hsieh welcomed and thanked everyone and then introduced lecturer Jasmine Jheng, from Kaohsiung in Taiwan. After graduation from the Department of Industrial Engineering at I-Shou University in Taiwan, she began studying for a Masters in Commercial Analysis at the Victoria University of Wellington five years ago, and after graduation, was employed as a commercial analyst by the IT department of Fire and Emergency New Zealand. With a keen interest in skincare science, in her spare time she qualified as a skin care consultant by completing an in-service course. She currently lives and works in Wellington. For this occasion, she flew with her team to Auckland to share professional skin care knowledge with the members of TJBANZ.<br><br> With easy to understand examples and projected illustrations, Jasmine explained to everyone the structure of the skin and the causes of skin problems. Using her knowledge of industrial engineering gained at university. Jasmine explained Germany's Industrie 4.0 (Industry 4.0 (I40)) and the direction of industry. As most of the attendees are relatively new to the workplace and are keen to look their best to increase their competitiveness, they were very interested in her advice on skin care and makeup techniques. After the lecture ended, many went to ask questions and chat with the lecturer, creating a lively scene. The event built a good contact network between Taiwanese youth in Auckland and Wellington.<br><br>d99f7b73-c20e-42d6-98f6-0b9ca3b8db224
2022 08/12CAPE TOWN TAIWANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - JUNIOR CHAPTER Inaugural meeting Overseas compatriot youth join the ranks of those serving the overseas community 1The proposal of Cape Town Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce in South Africa – Junior Chapter (CTTCCJC) was launched by overseas compatriot youth at the Youth Cross-area Exchange Meeting hosted by Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town on May 22. Ya-Fan Wong, overseas lawyer of the Overseas Community Affairs Council's Global Overseas Compatriot Legal Consulting Advisory Group, was elected as convenor of the preparatory committee as the network of the young group was formed. Furthermore, it took them about two months to get ready for CTTCCJC. <br><br> The Inaugural meeting which held on July 24 chaired by Jimmy Wang, the President of Cape Town Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce. In addition, the meeting was joined by Shu-Ying Liu, Senior Adviser of Overseas Community Affairs Council, Bruce Lam, Honorary Vice President of Africa Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce, Director General David Yintso Lin, Lisa Lee, First Assistant Director, and Guan-Ting Luo, Third Assistant Director of Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town. During the meeting, Ya-Fan Wong was unanimously elected as the Inaugural President, with dentist Chun-Wei Lee and Tony Chang as the Vice Presidents. As a result of the meeting, the Bylaws of CTTCCJC was drafted, proclaiming that the CTTCCJC is affiliated with the Africa Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce.<br><br> In David Yintso Lin's speech, he envisions that the CTTCCJC becomes the platform for overseas compatriots to network and nurture business opportunities. He believes that the next generation is aspired to support one another in future obstacles. The assembly was delightedly adjourned as a generous donation by Shu-Ying Liu, Jimmy Wang and Ya-Fan Wong contributed towards the operating fund of the CTTCCJC.<br><br>b0597b39-48a5-46fa-886e-a24658c8b43b4
2022 08/08Overseas cultural seed teachers improve their teaching skill online to continue to promote Taiwanese culture. Learning continues in the pandemic! The Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) organized the 2022 Taiwanese Culture and Folk Art Teacher Training Program to continue enhancing overseas cultural seed teachers' teaching skills and online teaching capabilities during COVID-19 pandemic. The program content was presented through live broadcast and the E-Learning Platform by the undertaking unit the Open University of Kaohsiung from July 11th to 29th in 2022. A total of 79 participants from 32 regions in 19 countries around the world signed up for the Program. The trainees were full of praise for Program overall, including for the teachers and for the schedule. Through synchronous online digital courses, seed teachers from all over the world could synchronously interact with teachers in Taiwan, and they could learn repeatedly on the E-Learning Platform to improve learning effectiveness. This Program arranged general knowledge courses, including Taiwan's indigenous culture and the innovative design of online and physical overseas cultural activities. In addition, in the area of folk cultural skills, various practical courses were planned including Hakka Plant Dyeing, dynamic Amis indigenous tribe dance, and Plastic Diabolo Ring, which is popular with learners overseas. The Program's closing ceremony was held online on July 29th. The sharing of trainees' thoughts on participation and works was arranged in the event to display the learning achievements of the trainees. Roy Yuan-rong Leu, Vice Minister of OCAC, delivered a speech in the closing ceremony in which he congratulated the trainees on completing the 3-week overseas Culture and Folk Art Teacher Training Program. All the videos of this course will also be posted on the OCAC's HuayuWorld website (https://www.huayuworld.org) for reference any time in the future. Everyone is invited to make good use of Taiwan's high-quality digital teaching resources to promote Taiwan so that the world can hear us and see the cultural diversity and inclusion in Taiwan.
2022 08/02Young entrepreneurs introduce the tastes of Taiwan at Food Innovation Camp 2022 in Hamburg, Germany 1Owner of DEERLAND TEA, Angie Chen, was selected for Food Innovation Camp 2022, being the only stall out of 80-plus stalls to display products Made in Taiwan. The event attracted 1,300 buyers from across Germany, local businesses and innovative youth.<br /><br /> DEERLAND TEA's owner Angie Chen was one of the first Overseas Community Affairs Council Global Young Entrepreneur Stars. She said she entered the selection for Food Innovation Camp because she wanted to obtain information related to local entrepreneurship of German youth and go through the local innovative business selection process in person. She realized that the owner of a startup is vital. To better introduce Taiwan's excellent tea industry, she cooperated with Overseas Compatriot Card specially-engaged business Teamate and a Taiwanese company that imports Fu Wan chocolate from Taiwan, UROCISSA, to jointly exhibit fine Taiwanese teas, handmade tea drinks and Fu Wan chocolate that is made in Taiwan from start to finish from local-sourced ingredients, cleverly showing that Taiwan has the skills to produce international (EU)standard products. She also pointed out that Taiwan is one of the few democratic and developed countries that produces tea, coffee and chocolate, three fine agricultural products. By participating, visitors to Food Innovation Camp were able to see and experience the tastes of Taiwan.<br /><br /> The owner of Teamate said that he insists on the highest quality for Taiwanese handmade tea drinks. As natural tea is very sensitive to water quality, with the precondition of not adding any chemicals and using local materials and equipment, he solved the problem of tea drink quality instability caused by German water quality.<br /><br /> Descendant of Taiwanese calligrapher Cheng Chin-fa, Dr. Kalie Martin Cheng, his sister and an African friend also had a stall for their company Plastic2Beans GmbH. He said that this startup intends to improve the problem of plastic material use in developing countries by using his expertise to increase the plastic recycling rate and thus reduce the burden on the earth. The recycled plastic container they have developed is sold together with coffee grown in Ethiopia; they are now sold in supermarkets in Cologne.<br /><br /> This year's was the fourth Food Innovation Camp. Every year, 80 innovative food companies are selected for participation. After the pandemic, this year more than 90 businesses were selected, more than ever before. Partners included large local companies and media such as REWE Nord, Chefs Culinar, The Social Chain AG, Bünting Group, Jung, Veganz, Katjes Greenfood, Green Generation Fund, Open Kitchen and Hamburger Morgenpost.<br /><br />f2d7dfbc-3e5e-4af2-ab88-e58f6b2791325
2022 08/022022 Global Young Entrepreneur Stars Selection winners announced.Tung Chen-yuan personally presents certificates to winning young entrepreneurs 1The Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) held the Global Young Entrepreneur Stars Selection for the first time last year with the aim of helping global young entrepreneurs grow strong and increase their development capability; the activity received a lot of attention from overseas compatriot young entrepreneurs. The response was very enthusiastic for this year's second edition, with 69 young entrepreneurs from 21 countries on six continents registering. Finally, 30 people had the honor of being named 2022 Global Young Entrepreneur Star.<br /><br /> The Bay Area of San Francisco is located in world technology center, Silicon Valley, and has many young entrepreneurs. This year, five people from the area were named Global Young Entrepreneur Stars; they were Jeffrey Yen, Tang Chih-wei, Hsieh Pei-yin, Hsieh Tien-tse and Samuel Chien. OCAC Minister Tung Chen-yuan presented certificates to and congratulated three of the winners at Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in San Francisco on the afternoon of July 9.He said that Silicon Valley is the world center of innovation and technology and he expects more and more of its young entrepreneurs to take part in Global Young Entrepreneur Stars in future. He expressed the hope that Global Young Entrepreneur Stars can serve as models that inspire young entrepreneurs around the world. He said he was very pleased to be able to present digital certificates to winners in person, and felt gratified as this was the first awards ceremony held since the results of 2022 Global Young Entrepreneur Stars Selection were announced on May 11.<br /><br /> The winning young entrepreneurs took to the stage to give thanks and also shared films about their business operations. As Tang Chih-wei and Hsieh Tien-tse were unable to attend they made a prerecorded video to explain their feeling on receiving the award, Director-General of TECO in San Francisco Ming-Chi Scott Lai, Director of Culture Center of TECO in San Francisco (Milpitas) Sophia Chuang , ROC Centenary Overseas Compatriot Speaking Representative OCAC Senior Adviser Jean Lu , Dr. Lu, OCAC commissioners Jenny Tan, Charles C. Chung, Larry Wang, Catharina L. Gill, Johnney Lee, Anna Wei, first Global Young Entrepreneur Star Yatzu (Anya) Cheng , and overseas compatriot leaders from the Taiwanese American Chamber of Commerce-Northern California (TACC-NC), Global Federation of Chinese Business Women- Northern California and other organizations attended.<br /><br />06b6947c-22ea-4bf2-b5ce-89dd8d0e266e5
2021/10/08New live stream video on "Huayuworld.org": How to make use of the e-learning platform—"Taipei CooC-Cloud"
2021/10/08As long as you enter Taiwan from abroad, please kindly make an online health declaration within 48 hours before your flight arrives in Taiwan and fill in your health status and travel history on the Entry Quarantine System to help speed up your customs clearance when entering the country.
