Chen celebrates the `spirit of Taiwan'

NATIONAL DAY The president said that the spirit of 1992 must be retained in future cross-strait talks, and that the `spirit of Taiwan' and the future of the nation must involve a public consensus

By Lin Chieh-yu / STAFF REPORTER

Conspicuous by their absence were displays of military weaponry or placards bearing images of past KMT leaders such as Sun Wen (孫文), former presidents Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石), his son Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) or even Taiwan's first native born president, Lee Teng-hui (李登輝).

The only military presence was that of a military police motorcycle detachment and the armed services band.