The Prime Minister of Taiwan, Vicent C. Siew is expected in Santo Domingo, 11 January. He will come on a state visit that will last through 13 January. He will visit accompanied by a 40-member delegation of Chinese officers and businessmen interested in investing in the DR. The visit has the objective of strengthening traditional friendship ties between the two nations. The DR has always voted in favor of Taiwan in the United Nations. During the delegation’s stay, mission members will meet with President Leonel Fern?ndez, Vice President Jaime David Fern?ndez, Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre, members of the National Congress, and leaders of the importing and exporting community. The wives of the visiting delegates will make donations to the National Children’s Committee and the Center for the Prevention of Cancer. Members of the committee include, aside from Minister Vicent C. Siew, his wife, Su-hsien Siew Hu; Minister of Foreign Relations Chih Chiang Hu and his wife Chao-Ling Hu Shaw; Minister of Economy Chih-Kang Wang and his wife Ye-li Wang Sung; Minister of Office of Information of the Government, Chien-jen Chen, the president of the Agriculture Council of the Executive Branch Twokwei Peng, and ambassador Lensong Koo, among others.
