On the eve of Mother's Day, President Chen Shui-bian (
"In this extraordinary time, let us remind and encourage each other to take care of ourselves and other people around us, so that mothers do not have to worry," Chen said.
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"Let's not increase the burden on the nurses because of oversight on our part. This should be our most basic gift to mothers and nurses this year," Chen said.
"I hope we can see mothers and nurses smiling, without any anxiety or stress, as soon as possible," Chen said.
Chen thanked Taiwan's mothers and nurses in his weekly television speech.
Chen also attended the Black Tuna Cultural and Tourism Season event at Tungkang in Pingtung County yesterday. Chen called for maturity and rationality in dealing with the SARS outbreak, and gave his assurance that the government will review every aspect of its operations and make improvements where necessary. He said he hoped the people of Taiwan would care for and respect health-care workers fighting on the front lines, as well as people under quarantine.
Meanwhile, Vice President Annette Lu said SARS is an asymmetrical war against an invisible enemy. In view of the panic that accompanies the spread of SARS, the way to tackle the psychological impact on society and industrial structure is an important issue, Lu said. Lu made the remarks at an annual technology symposium in Taipei.
The Presidential Office's consultant committee on technology, which is chaired by Lu, held its second symposium at the National Defense Medical Center yesterday. Lu stressed in her speech that, while the government is busy with epidemic prevention work, all people should think about the impact of SARS on society.
"SARS is not the only disease disturbing humanity now. There is an Ebola outbreak in Africa and avian flu in some parts of Europe. This shows that despite today's technology and civilization there are still various diseases opposing humanity," Lu said.
"Humanity therefore cannot be arrogant. We should understand that human beings are a part of the world, not its master," she added.
A group of Taiwanese-American and Tibetan-American students at Harvard University on Saturday disrupted Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng’s (謝鋒) speech at the school, accusing him of being responsible for numerous human rights violations. Four students — two Taiwanese Americans and two from Tibet — held up banners inside a conference hall where Xie was delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Harvard Kennedy School China Conference 2024. In a video clip provided by the Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), Taiwanese-American Cosette Wu (吳亭樺) and Tibetan-American Tsering Yangchen are seen holding banners that together read:
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