Newsmakers

Premier Chiang Ching-kuo received the Chinese Olympic athletes at Kaohsiung on July 22. He praised the athletes for their efforts in upholding the national dignity. Premier Chiang said, “What you have fought for is the official title of our country, our national anthem and national flag. They are the three aspects of a nation and are inseparable. They are the fruits of the blood and sweat of our revolutionary martyrs and tens of millions of our fellow countrymen. They are not to be lightly given up or to be insulted.”

A fleet of Republic of China naval vessels arrived at Pushan, Korea on July 22 on a two-day goodwill mission. It received warm welcome from Korean friends and overseas Chinese in Korea. The school band of Chinese Navy Officers and Chinese Navy honor guards gave a performance in the streets the next day. As they completed their good will mission and left Korea, they were deeply impressed by the enthusiasm and sincerity of Korean friends and overseas Chinese who came to see them off.

The 1976 national reconstruction seminar opened at the Armed Forces Officers' Club in Taipei on August 1, with Education Minister Y. S. Tsiang presiding. A total of 130 Chinese scholars and experts from home and abroad attended the 17-day meeting. The participants were divided into eight panel groups to discuss specific topics in their specialized field, education and culture, business and industry, financial and monetary affairs communications reconstruction, agricultural reconstruction, social Welfare, public health and urban development.