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Dear members and friends, here are the updates on upcoming meetings and events! - March 22, Wed at 9 am WHR School project chair, please come and join Richard Ing to present the checks to 2 elementary school principals:
Fern Elementary, March 22, at 9 am, with a check for $4200.00 ($3000.00 pay for school transportation for student's field trips at $ 500.00 each) ($1250.00 pay for students' shoes) Kalihi Uka Elementary School, March 22, at 9:45 am with a check for $3000.00 for school supplies March 31, 12 noon, in-person meeting, at Waikiki Yacht Club, thanks to Wesley Fong our Speaker is Director General: Mr. Richard Lin. The topic is: "Why is Taiwan important to the United States." Feel free to invite others who may be interested in hearing this presentation. Please don't forget to sign up on Doodle! Doodle Link/sign up: https://doodle.com/poll/p9vbpnh2rpnk2zwg?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
Mr. Richard Lin is the Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu. he Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) is the representative office of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Hawaii. On January 1, 1979, the Government of the United States established formal diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and severed the relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan. TECO in Honolulu is one of the 11 offices under the Washington D.C.-based Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), Taiwan’s de facto embassy in the United States in the absence of formal diplomatic ties. The jurisdiction area of the office covers the state of Hawaii, American Samoa and Palmyra Atoll. The staff of this office includes the dispatched officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD), totally 10 people headed by the Director General. Consular Services: Including the issuing of passports, visas, documents authentication, and the provision of emergency assistance to the Taiwan citizen overseas. Trade & cultural services, Oversea Chinese Affairs Services Click Read more for his bio: YEAR & PLACE OF BIRTH: April 18, 1966, in Taichung, Taiwan
EDUCATION: 1993 Institute of American Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan, 1988 BA in Foreign Literature and Languages, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
WORK EXPERIENCES
October 2022 Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu
October 2020 Deputy Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
July 2018 Director, Political Division, Taipei Representative Office in Hungary
January 2015 Division Director, Visa Division, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2013 Deputy Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle
July 2008 Director (First Secretary), Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle
2008 Foreign Service Officer of the Year
April 2004 Section Chief, Passport Section, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2003 Project Manager, Taiwan E-passport Project
July 2001 Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of China to the Solomon Islands
July 1997 Third Secretary, Taipei Economic, and Cultural Representative Office in Singapore
December 1993 Desk Officer, Office of Personnel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs **Details are forthcoming on more exciting events during the 2023 year:** District 5000 conference in Hilo, May 19-21 at Grand Naniloa Hotel; Rotary International Convention May 27 -31, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia - our club will form a small group traveling to Melbourne & Sydney to attend, details to be determined; The Kyoto West Sister Club Exchange youth visitation in July / August and David Malo Banquet for Nov. 2023... Looking forward to seeing you both in person and via Zoom, 
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