President Chen Shui-bian (
"The tour will showcase the infrastructure and economic-development progress that has been made in the last three years. These achievements have been blurred by political controversy, and the president hopes to show what has been achieved directly to these media leaders," said James Huang (黃志芳), spokesman of the Presidential Office.
"On the first day, the group will visit two government-run companies in Kaohsiung. Over the last three years, the government has led an extensive reorganization, making the companies much more efficient," Huang said.
"The companies are free of debt and various other troubles and are now turning a profit," Huang said.
The group is also scheduled to visit the Wujih High Speed Rail station in Taichung, in order to get a better idea of Taiwan's economic future.
"Of the two corporations, one is in the traditional industrial sector, while the other is in high technology. Both adhere to [Chen's] call to keep their roots in Taiwan but also to have an international outlook," Huang said.
This showed that even traditional industries, if the principles of the knowledge economy are applied, can also be very successful," Huang said.
"As to the visit to the Wujih High Speed Rail station, President Chen sees this as an opportunity to showcase Taiwan's economic future," Huang said.
When the rail line is completed in October 2005, and becomes integrated with various other large scale national development projects, it will see Taiwan turned into a `one day community (一日生活圈),' with the five main stations serving as the focus of regional development. The whole economic environment of the country will change, bringing up the standard of living for everyone," Huang said.
The state-run companies on trip had been plagued with problems, but have managed to turn losses into profit.
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