US lawmakers on Wednesday last week introduced a bipartisan resolution in the US House of Representatives supporting the designation of Taiwanese American Heritage Week (TAHW) from May 10 to 16 to celebrate the more than 700,000 Taiwanese Americans in the US.
The resolution was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, marking the first US congressional resolution recognizing TAHW since 2010.
Taiwanese Americans have made important contributions across all sectors of US society, from leaders shaping the global semiconductor industry to Nobel laureates and those serving in the US Armed Forces, the resolution says, adding that this year marks the 47th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, a cornerstone of US-Taiwan relations.
Photo: Reuters
The resolution was introduced by US Representative Ami Bera, a cochair of the US Congressional Taiwan Caucus, along with US representatives including Michael McCaul, Young Kim and Greg Stanton.
Bera said he was “honored” to introduce the bill, as “Taiwanese Americans play an integral role in strengthening the close and enduring partnership between the United States and Taiwan.”
“For too long, Taiwanese Americans have been made invisible — our identity under threat of being absorbed, our heritage overlooked... The fight to be recognized as Taiwanese and Taiwanese American is real and personal for our community,” Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) president Kao Su-mei (林素梅) said.
FAPA said that it mobilized 44 chapters across the US to secure proclamations from more than 100 bipartisan elected officials nationwide to recognize TAHW.
This year’s campaign worked with 27 state governors — a record high, FAPA said.
Taiwanese American Heritage Week was first observed in 1999 and is celebrated the week after Mother’s Day in May.
Yangmingshan National Park authorities yesterday urged visitors to respect public spaces and obey the law after a couple was caught on a camera livestream having sex at the park’s Qingtiangang (擎天崗) earlier in the day. The Shilin Police Precinct in Taipei said it has identified a suspect and his vehicle registration number, and would summon him for questioning. The case would be handled in accordance with public indecency charges, it added. The couple entered the park at about 11pm on Thursday and began fooling around by 1am yesterday, the police said, adding that the two were unaware of the park’s all-day live
Fast food chain McDonald's is to raise prices by up to NT$5 on some products at its restaurants across Taiwan, starting on Wednesday next week, the company announced today. The prices of all extra value meals and sharing boxes are to increase by NT$5, while breakfast combos and creamy corn soup would go up by NT$3, the company said in a statement. The price of the main items of those meals, if ordered individually, would remain the same. Meanwhile, the price of a medium-sized lemon iced tea and hot cappuccino would rise by NT$3, extra dipping sauces for chicken nuggets would go up
Yangmingshan National Park’s Qingtiangang (擎天崗) nature area has gone viral after a park livestream camera observed a couple in the throes of intimate congress, which was broadcast live on YouTube, drawing large late-night crowds and sparking a backlash over noise, bright lights and disruption to wildlife habitat. The area’s livestream footage appeared to show a couple engaging in sexual activity on a picnic table in the park on Friday last week, with the uncensored footage streamed publicly online. The footage quickly spread across social media, prompting a tide of visitors to travel to the site to “check in” and recreate the
Minister of Digital Affairs Lin Yi-ching (林宜敬) yesterday cited regulatory issues and national security concerns as an expert said that Taiwan is among the few Asian regions without Starlink. Lin made the remarks on Facebook after funP Innovation Group chief executive officer Nathan Chiu (邱繼弘) on Friday said Taiwan and four other countries in Asia — China, North Korea, Afghanistan and Syria — have no access to Starlink. Starlink has become available in 166 countries worldwide, including Ukraine, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, in the six years since it became commercial, he said. While China and North Korea block Starlink, Syria is not
RSS