According to Jack Chen, the Solomon Islands' National Parliament is currently in recess, and won't be convened until June.
"The parliament, however, had passed a resolution to convene a provisional meeting on Monday in a bid to welcome Chen, who will address the parliament [on Monday]," Jack Chen said.
A state banquet was held last night to welcome Chen and his entourage, at which Chen gave a speech. During the speech, Chen congratulated the national youth soccer team of the Solomon Islands, which had won a semifinal game three to one over Vanuatu and will enter the final qualification game of the 2006 youth soccer competition for the Pacific region.
"I learned that originally, the national team of the Solomon Islands was zero-to-one behind the Vanuatuan team, and then your national team caught up and won the final game. That was really an enjoyable moment," Chen said.
"I would say the spirit of never giving up is indeed the spirit of the Solomon Islands, and it is the spirit of this country's young people -- I would like to say that it is also the spirit of Taiwan," Chen told the audience at the banquet.
Chen will today make visit to an agricultural technical mission at King George, and the National Referral Hospital, which is funded by the Taiwanese government.
Before returning to Taipei Monday night, Chen and his entourage will make a brief "transit stop" in Guam, where he is slated to attend a banquet to be held in his honor by Taiwanese expatriates.
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