GSE Team Visit from Taiwan

The GSE (Group Study Exchange) from Taiwan District 3500 gave a presentation with great pictures. Jason Eng -provided information about Rotary in Taiwan. There are 7 districts & 64 clubs. They have given $643,000 to the Rotary Foundation. They are sponsoring a program to assist young ones needing Surgery for hare lips. They sponsor food donations. They sponsored the construction of a community park. Josh Feng gave us a brief history of Taiwan. The population is 23,000,000. Mandarin is the official language. Tea is a big thing in Taiwan. Night markets are popular. Emerald Wu -her presentation was about architecture - she covered both traditional & modern. Celesta Chen- spoke about the festivals. New years -Big Dinners. Lantern festival. Dragon boat festival. Moon festival. Mid autumn festival. Sophie Huang talked about the economy. Service industries. High tech -they have a "silicon valley". Taiwan is a huge trading nation. They have 10 major trading partners. They have 10 national parks. The presentation was truly well done & informative. Notes taken this week by Jim MacKinnon. There was a wonderful dinner later that evening for the GSE Team and our club members and guests. It was a garden party hosted by Frederick and Donna. Many thanks to our hosts - a great time was had by all!!