ROC President Ma Ying-jeou Oct. 6 mapped out the future of Taiwan as a cultural giant and center of quality higher education in the East Asian region, as well as a green country with sustainable development.
The National Palace Museum Southern Branch in Chiayi County will open to the public in 2015 as part of efforts to shape Taiwan into a quality cultural empire, ROC President Ma Ying-jeou said Oct. 6.
Taiwanese families with preschool children will soon be able to apply for a tax credit of NT$1,250 (US$41) or NT$3,000 per child, under a government initiative aimed at arresting the country’s declining fertility rate, according to the Ministry of Finance.
A Taiwan wetland and park design master plan has won a professional award from the U.S.-based American Society of Landscape Architects, the Council of Agriculture said in a statement Oct. 6.