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Overseas Chinese acclaim Taiwan's accomplishments

Overseas Chinese returning to join in celebrations of Double Ten National Day yesterday acclaimed Taiwan's economic achievements.

Those returning from Hong Kong and Macau, on the other hand, called on the government to relax entrance restrictions for Chinese people who have work permits in these two areas.

Tom Lee (李木通), a member of the Overseas Chinese Commission, returned from Los Angles and delivered a speech on behalf of Taiwanese living overseas during a ceremony in front of the Presidential Office.

Despite the economic gloom of the past few years, Lee quoted a prediction of the Economist magazine that Taiwan's creativity would rank as No. 4 in the world in the next five years.

"Although we live abroad, our hearts are connected with Taiwan. We care about Taiwan," Lee said, adding that overseas Chinese would help to expand citizens' diplomacy to make Taiwan more competitive in the international arena.

Lee expressed his thanks to the commission for arranging performance programs and tours for returning overseas Chinese.

The Mainland Affairs Council also hosted a party for Taiwanese returning from Hong Kong and Macau on Thursday. About 500 people attended this celebration.

Wong Chang-ling (王乾麟), president of the Hong Kong and Macau Taiwanese Association and a businessman based in Hong Kong, called on the Mainland Affairs Council to allow more Chinese people with work permits in Hong Kong to come to Taiwan.

Because of the growing number of Chinese people working in Hong Kong, there has been an increase in the number of Chinese people who want to undertake business trips between Taiwan and Hong Kong, Wong said.

Around 300 Taiwanese returned from Hong Kong and Macau to attend the Double Ten National Day celebrations.

Feng Ho (馮好), a 71-year-old citizen of Hong Kong, was one of the people attending the Mainland Affairs Council party. She said she was very interested in taking part in the celebrations. Feng said it was her first trip to Taiwan.
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