To mark the 30th anniversary of Taiwan’s first direct presidential election, the Presidential Office is to be open to the public on Saturday from 9am to 4pm, featuring talks and exhibitions on the history of democracy, the office said today.
The event would include a 10am talk by Memorial Foundation of 228 executive director Lan Shi-bo (藍士博) on the development of democracy in postwar Taiwan, as well as a 1pm showing of the classic film March to Happiness (天馬茶房) followed by a discussion with the director and cast, the office said in a news release.
Registration for the talk and showing opened at 2pm today on the office’s official Web site, with limited spots available, the office said.
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A food truck market is to be held in the South Garden, featuring a variety of Taiwanese street foods including sausages, almond tea, tea eggs, guava smoothies, red bean cakes and aiyu (愛玉) jelly, it said.
The market would evoke Taiwan’s past street democracy movement and food truck culture, showcasing the diversity, inclusiveness and freedom of choice that characterize democracy, it added.
In addition to the permanent exhibition “Together as One with Taiwan: The Ark of Democracy” and the special exhibitions “Team Taiwan: Behind the Champion” and “Taiwanscapes Vol. 2: Taiwan in Panels,” the first-floor exhibition area would also feature the “1996.03.23 — A Turning Point in Time” exhibition, the office said.
Alongside “First Ballot for Democratic Taiwan: The First Direct Presidential Election” and the “Taiwan Strait Missile Crisis,” which opened on May 9, two additional exhibitions are to debut: “The World in Transition: US-Taiwan Relations in the 1990s and Taiwan in the World” and “The Contenders: Profiles of the 1996 Presidential Election,” it added.
Video cameras and large backpacks cannot be brought into the venue, but there are lockers on site to store personal belongings, the office said.
People can bring cameras or mobile phones, provided that they do not interfere with other visitors’ experience, it added.
Visit the Presidential Office’s Web site for more information.
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