First lady Chow Mei-ching (周美青) made a low-profile visit to two schools in an Aboriginal community in Pingtung last week, sources said yesterday.
In her first such activity since retiring from Mega Bank as a legal specialist after President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) inauguration, Chow visited Taiwu Junior High School and Taiwu Elementary School in Taiwu Township (泰武).
Daisy Hung (洪蘭), the director of National Central University’s Institute of Neuroscience, who accompanied Chow on the trip, said Chow took the high speed rail with Hung and other academic from Taipei to Kaohsiung.
The schools were not notified of the plans until Chow arrived in Kaohsiung to avoid attracting media attention, Hung said.
After visiting the two schools in the Paiwan community, Chow raised NT$160,000 to help pay for lunches at the schools.
Chow also invited about 40 students at the schools to take the high speed rail from Kaohsiung to Taipei later this month to see an exhibit of artwork from the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, including works by the 19th century French artist Jean-Francois Millet.
The Millet exhibition, which opened at the National Museum of History in Taipei in late May, runs until Sept. 5.
Chow’s visit to the township was part of several charitable efforts she is engaged in to benefit children in Aboriginal communities, said Feng Yen (馮燕), dean of student affairs at National Taiwan University, who has worked with Chow for many years on the board of the Dwen An Social Welfare Foundation.
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