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<p>Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) The first meeting featuring heads of Chinese
language schools based in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
countries and South Korea kicked off in Taipei Monday in a move to
enhance closer cooperation between the Taiwan government and local
schools.<br><br>The meeting, organized by the Overseas Community Affairs
Council (OCAC), the government agency in charge of liaising with ethnic
Chinese and communities abroad, featured 108 school principals or top
managers from seven ASEAN countries -- Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia,
Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Cambodia, and South Korea.<br><br>The
two-day meeting is aimed at allowing the participants more
understanding of the government's ongoing push for its New Southbound
Policy targeting ASEAN countries, India, Australia and New Zealand, and
the country's decades-long support of Chinese-language schools overseas,
Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said in an address at the opening.<br><br>With
better understanding of Taiwan's policy in supporting overseas Chinese
language schools and overseas ethnic Chinese students, these overseas
Chinese language schools can serve as a bridge connecting Taiwan with
their respective countries, Lai said.<br><br>He said the New Southbound
Policy, initiated since President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) assumed office in
May 2016, has proven successful in further linking Taiwan with ASEAN
countries.<br><br>The number of travelers arriving in Taiwan from ASEAN
countries surged 27 percent in 2017 compared with the year before. The
number of students in Taiwan from ASEAN countries also increased 10
percent over the past year.<br><br>Taiwan's investment in ASEAN
economies increased 54.5 percent year on year in 2017, while inbound
investment rose 15.8 percent, he added.<br><br>The government is now
offering scholarships and more visa incentives to encourage ethnic
Chinese students to come to Taiwan to receive high school, vocational,
undergraduate and postgraduate education, Lai noted.<br><br>"These
incentives are meant to lure more youngsters from ASEAN to learn
specialties in Taiwanese schools. These skills will then help them to
start their own businesses after they return home, thus boosting
economic development in their respective countries," he added.<br><br>A
total of 14 vocational high schools that offer programs for overseas
ethnic Chinese students also sent representatives to the two-day meeting
so that school representatives from ASEAN countries can gain a deeper
knowledge of Taiwan's vocational education and encourage more of their
students to study here, according to OCAC. <br><br>(By Joseph Yeh)<br>Enditem/J</p>
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