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■ DIPLOMACY

MOFA reshuffles staff

A personnel reshuffle is in store for the nation's diplomatic missions overseas, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official said last night. Representative to Greece Tung Kuo-yu (董國猷) will become the deputy representative to the US, as his knowledge of international organizations could help the country's bid to gain membership in such bodies, the official said. Thomas Chen (陳經銓), the deputy representative at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Canada, will become the director of TECO in San Francisco. Huang Ju-hou (黃諸侯), chief executive officer of the ministry's Committee on Japanese Affairs, will take over as director of TECO in Los Angeles.



■ MEDIA

GIO opens media center

A news center for foreign reporters covering the March 22 presidential election is up and running, a Government Information Office spokesman said yesterday, adding that more than 100 reporters had registered so far to cover the poll. Chi Tung-yang (紀東陽), a secretary at the Information and Liaison Office, said the news center would provide foreign media with better access to information about the election. "Various programs, such as meetings with the foreign minister and the chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, will also be arranged by the center," he said. In 2004, around 680 foreign journalists covered the presidential election, including 130 reporters stationed in Taiwan. Pascal Liu (劉代光), head of the Information and Liaison Office, said he expected the number of foreign journalists covering this year's election to reach more than 700.
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