Taiwan Foreign Minister Tan-sun Chen said yesterday in Santo Domingo that Taiwan would spur its businessman to invest in the DR, especially in the area of technology. Chen, Taiwan ambassador John Feng and the visiting mission members, met with the president of the Senate, Andres Bautista Garcia yesterday. Bautista spoke of the communication lines that have permanently existed with the government of Taiwan. A high-ranking mission from China visited recently, hosted by the ruling party, PLD. During his first day in the DR, Tan-sun Chen and his colleague, Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso signed a letter of intent for the discussion of a free trade agreement between the DR and Taiwan.