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Manuscripts of 'Father of Modern Taiwanese Literature' Lai Ho donated to NMTL
The manuscripts of author Lai Ho (賴和), who is hailed as the "Father of Modern Taiwanese Literature," are of great value in the history of Taiwanese literature and art. To mark Lai's 129th posthumous birthday this year, Lai Yueh-yen (賴悅顏), the author's eldest grandson who is also the founder of the Laiho Cultural and Educational Foundation, has arranged to donate a diverse collection of his artifacts to the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL). This momentous occasion was marked by the presence of Culture Minister Shih Che, who presented Lai Yueh-yen with a certificate of appreciation, alongside the author's family and esteemed guests including National Culture and Arts Foundation chairman Lin Chi-yang (林淇瀁). NMTL specially invited the Taiwanese band Tau-lau-jiat New Folk Band (鬥鬧熱走唱隊) to bring a performance adapted from the literary works of Lai. Minister Shih expressed gratitude to the Laiho Cultural and Educational Foundation for their longstanding efforts in preserving these valuable cultural artifacts, which served as a tangible link to the entire era of the past, for the Taiwanese community. He pledges that the government will not only preserve the manuscripts at a national level but will also make efforts to ensure that the literary works will be passed down from generation to generation. Lai Ho, born in 1894 and passed away in 1943, was a doctor and author. He was a member of the Taiwanese Cultural Association (臺灣文化協會) and served as an editor of the literature column of The Taiwan Minpao (臺灣民報), playing an important role in promoting Taiwan's New Literature Movement (臺灣新文學運動). He primarily focused on creating prose and novels with themes of freedom, equality, and opposition to oppressive power. To commemorate his 100th posthumous birthday, the Laiho Cultural and Educational Foundation was established in 1994. Following that, the Lai Ho Memorial Hall (賴和紀念館) was founded, which houses a collection of materials related to Lai Ho, making it a representative local literature hall.

Manuscripts of 'Father of Modern Taiwanese Literature' Lai Ho donated to NMTL

2023-05-31
The manuscripts of author Lai Ho (賴和), who is hailed as the "Father of Modern Taiwanese Literature," are of great value in the history of Taiwanese literature and art. To mark Lai's 129th posthumous birthday this year, Lai Yueh-yen (賴悅顏), the author's eldest grandson who is also the founder of the Laiho Cultural and Educational Foundation, has arranged to donate a diverse collection of his artifacts to the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL). This momentous occasion was marked by the presence of Culture Minister Shih Che, who presented Lai Yueh-yen with a certificate of appreciation, alongside the author's family and esteemed guests including National Culture and Arts Foundation chairman Lin Chi-yang (林淇瀁). NMTL specially invited the Taiwanese band Tau-lau-jiat New Folk Band (鬥鬧熱走唱隊) to bring a performance adapted from the literary works of Lai. Minister Shih expressed gratitude to the Laiho Cultural and Educational Foundation for their longstanding efforts in preserving these valuable cultural artifacts, which served as a tangible link to the entire era of the past, for the Taiwanese community. He pledges that the government will not only preserve the manuscripts at a national level but will also make efforts to ensure that the literary works will be passed down from generation to generation. Lai Ho, born in 1894 and passed away in 1943, was a doctor and author. He was a member of the Taiwanese Cultural Association (臺灣文化協會) and served as an editor of the literature column of The Taiwan Minpao (臺灣民報), playing an important role in promoting Taiwan's New Literature Movement (臺灣新文學運動). He primarily focused on creating prose and novels with themes of freedom, equality, and opposition to oppressive power. To commemorate his 100th posthumous birthday, the Laiho Cultural and Educational Foundation was established in 1994. Following that, the Lai Ho Memorial Hall (賴和紀念館) was founded, which houses a collection of materials related to Lai Ho, making it a representative local literature hall.
The 2023 Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award are now open for submissions, starting from April 6th.Designers from all fields worldwide are welcome to participate and showcase their exceptional design talents on this international stage! Originating in 1981 and currently organized by the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and executed by the Taiwan Design Research Institute,the Golden Pin Design Award recognizes outstanding design works each year by awarding them the Golden Pin Design Mark.The award aims to encourage businesses to value design and research and development,enhance brand value through design,and provide certification of quality design for consumers and the market.It also aims to elevate public awareness and appreciation of design value and aesthetics.Since its global expansion in 2014,the award has attracted numerous renowned companies and design firms from around the world,establishing itself as a reputable and influential accolade. The Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award encompass diverse categories,including Product Design,Communication Design,Spatial Design,and Integration Design. Each year,a panel of global design experts is invited to serve as judges,ensuring a strong lineup of expertise.Among the internationally renowned judges announced in the initial lineup for this year's awards are Vo Trong Nghia, a Vietnamese architect acclaimed for innovative modern bamboo architecture,and Kazushige Miyake,a prominent Japanese product designer. In the preliminary and secondary selection stages,experts such as Yu Yamada,a Japanese design procurement specialist,and Hjalti Karlsson,co-founder and creative director of the top visual design studio Karlssonwilker in New York,will contribute their diverse perspectives.The complete list of juries will be announced soon. The Golden Pin Design Award invites submissions for commercially available and market-ready product designs or completed spatial/integration design works. Entries can be submitted by businesses or design teams. Each year,outstanding design works are selected and awarded the Golden Pin Design Mark. Additionally, the prestigious "Best Design Award" and "Special Annual Award" are presented to recognize exceptional works that embody industrial innovation. The registration fee for the Golden Pin Design Award is NT$5,000 per entry, and the registration deadline is 5:00 PM on July 5th (GMT 8). Participants who complete their registration and payment before June 12th can enjoy an early bird discount,with a registration fee of NT$3,500 per entry. The Golden Pin Concept Design Award encourages innovative design concepts and has no registration fee. Entries can be submitted by individuals or groups, including students, designers,or companies, for works that have not been produced or sold in the market or for unrealized proposals.The registration deadline is 5:00 PM on June 29th (GMT 8). In addition to awarding the Golden Pin Concept Design Mark to outstanding conceptual works each year, three winners will be honored with the "Best Design Award", receiving a prize of NT$400,000 each. For detailed registration information and guidelines, please visit the official website.

2023 Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award: Call for Global Entries is Now Open!

2023-05-31
The 2023 Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award are now open for submissions, starting from April 6th.Designers from all fields worldwide are welcome to participate and showcase their exceptional design talents on this international stage! Originating in 1981 and currently organized by the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and executed by the Taiwan Design Research Institute,the Golden Pin Design Award recognizes outstanding design works each year by awarding them the Golden Pin Design Mark.The award aims to encourage businesses to value design and research and development,enhance brand value through design,and provide certification of quality design for consumers and the market.It also aims to elevate public awareness and appreciation of design value and aesthetics.Since its global expansion in 2014,the award has attracted numerous renowned companies and design firms from around the world,establishing itself as a reputable and influential accolade. The Golden Pin Design Award and Golden Pin Concept Design Award encompass diverse categories,including Product Design,Communication Design,Spatial Design,and Integration Design. Each year,a panel of global design experts is invited to serve as judges,ensuring a strong lineup of expertise.Among the internationally renowned judges announced in the initial lineup for this year's awards are Vo Trong Nghia, a Vietnamese architect acclaimed for innovative modern bamboo architecture,and Kazushige Miyake,a prominent Japanese product designer. In the preliminary and secondary selection stages,experts such as Yu Yamada,a Japanese design procurement specialist,and Hjalti Karlsson,co-founder and creative director of the top visual design studio Karlssonwilker in New York,will contribute their diverse perspectives.The complete list of juries will be announced soon. The Golden Pin Design Award invites submissions for commercially available and market-ready product designs or completed spatial/integration design works. Entries can be submitted by businesses or design teams. Each year,outstanding design works are selected and awarded the Golden Pin Design Mark. Additionally, the prestigious "Best Design Award" and "Special Annual Award" are presented to recognize exceptional works that embody industrial innovation. The registration fee for the Golden Pin Design Award is NT$5,000 per entry, and the registration deadline is 5:00 PM on July 5th (GMT 8). Participants who complete their registration and payment before June 12th can enjoy an early bird discount,with a registration fee of NT$3,500 per entry. The Golden Pin Concept Design Award encourages innovative design concepts and has no registration fee. Entries can be submitted by individuals or groups, including students, designers,or companies, for works that have not been produced or sold in the market or for unrealized proposals.The registration deadline is 5:00 PM on June 29th (GMT 8). In addition to awarding the Golden Pin Concept Design Mark to outstanding conceptual works each year, three winners will be honored with the "Best Design Award", receiving a prize of NT$400,000 each. For detailed registration information and guidelines, please visit the official website.
2023 International Sports Affairs Training Course kicks off - Strong team of lecturers from IOC × Paris 2024
The highly anticipated 2023 International Sports Affairs Training Course (2023 ISATC) for which 155 students have been accepted from more than 400 registrants will officially begin on a online teaching platform on May 19. Physical lectures will be held between June 3-4 and 10-11 at Mellow Fields Hotel, Tianmu, Taipei. The Sports Administration has recruited heavyweight domestic and foreign lecturers to teach, matched with experienced mentors and former students to allow the participating students who are prepared and willing to take the opportunity for professional enhancement to leave the course fully laden with new knowledge. The course this time has enlisted South Korea’s Mr. Seung Min RYU and Palau’s Ms. Baklai TEMENGIL, members of the International Olympic Committee, to talk on the topics of Olympic activities and international sports diplomacy and politics. Lin Li-rong, currently continental manager for the Paris Organizing Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Paris OC) and had took part in the organizing of the Qatar World Cup and Tokyo Olympics, and is also an outstanding graduate of the Course, will bring her professional knowledge and experience of Olympics organizing, execution and assessment to the course. Also, the IOC announced that from Paris 2024, designated global reception suppliers will cooperate with the Paris OC and be responsible for ticketing, travel, accommodation and unique in-venue and host city reception services. This Course has also invited Mr. Clement PORCHER of the Department of National Olympic Committee and Paralympic Relations of IOC designated supplier On Location to share new trends in the world of sport; Qatar Olympic Committee international relations and games management consultant Mr. Louis LOUIS has also been invited to come to Taiwan to lecture. The lecturers are all outstanding and the courses packed with information, giving students a chance to obtain in-depth and comprehensive international sports affairs competencies. The Sports Administration stated that widely borrowing the experience of elite will make the nurturing and development of international sports talents more diverse and will energize and enrich the course this time; this will achieve diversification and best benefits of talent use, together striving to promote international sports affairs to produce international sports affairs talent with quality and quantity and to realize and create value for Taiwan in international sports.

2023 International Sports Affairs Training Course kicks off - Strong team of lecturers from IOC × Paris 2024

2023-05-31
The highly anticipated 2023 International Sports Affairs Training Course (2023 ISATC) for which 155 students have been accepted from more than 400 registrants will officially begin on a online teaching platform on May 19. Physical lectures will be held between June 3-4 and 10-11 at Mellow Fields Hotel, Tianmu, Taipei. The Sports Administration has recruited heavyweight domestic and foreign lecturers to teach, matched with experienced mentors and former students to allow the participating students who are prepared and willing to take the opportunity for professional enhancement to leave the course fully laden with new knowledge. The course this time has enlisted South Korea’s Mr. Seung Min RYU and Palau’s Ms. Baklai TEMENGIL, members of the International Olympic Committee, to talk on the topics of Olympic activities and international sports diplomacy and politics. Lin Li-rong, currently continental manager for the Paris Organizing Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Paris OC) and had took part in the organizing of the Qatar World Cup and Tokyo Olympics, and is also an outstanding graduate of the Course, will bring her professional knowledge and experience of Olympics organizing, execution and assessment to the course. Also, the IOC announced that from Paris 2024, designated global reception suppliers will cooperate with the Paris OC and be responsible for ticketing, travel, accommodation and unique in-venue and host city reception services. This Course has also invited Mr. Clement PORCHER of the Department of National Olympic Committee and Paralympic Relations of IOC designated supplier On Location to share new trends in the world of sport; Qatar Olympic Committee international relations and games management consultant Mr. Louis LOUIS has also been invited to come to Taiwan to lecture. The lecturers are all outstanding and the courses packed with information, giving students a chance to obtain in-depth and comprehensive international sports affairs competencies. The Sports Administration stated that widely borrowing the experience of elite will make the nurturing and development of international sports talents more diverse and will energize and enrich the course this time; this will achieve diversification and best benefits of talent use, together striving to promote international sports affairs to produce international sports affairs talent with quality and quantity and to realize and create value for Taiwan in international sports.
With the aim of supplementing the number of mountain guide training institutions and extending the validity of existing training institutions, in 2023, the Sports Administration will handle mountain guide training institution extension and application operations according to the “Regulations for Testing Qualifications of Mountain Guides”. An online explanatory meeting will be held at 9am on May 26 in which eligibility, submitted documents and review process will be explained in detail. Units willing to be determined or recognized as mountain training institutions or training institutions that need an extension are invited to submit applications from May 26 to June 26, 2023. At present, mountain guides are divided into the four categories of hiking, river tracing, rock climbing and ice climbing. Government agencies (institutions) and administrative juridical persons, juridical persons, groups and institutions related to mountain activity operations or schools above junior college level that hold mountain guide courses or practical teaching, can submit documents including teachers, facilities, equipment, course planning etc. then apply for determination according to the guide type they want to apply for; they will receive a training institution certificate after successful review and can then handle mountain guide training base on the approved type of guide. Units interested in handling mountain guide testing or refresher training work must first be determined as a training institution, then submit an application for recognition with the related materials, after which they will receive a recognition certificate after successful review and can then undertake mountain guide testing and refresher training work on behalf of the Sports Administration. The duration of mountain guide training institution determination and the recognition certificate is four years, and they can be extended for four years each time in principle upon expiry. For the online explanatory meeting registration information and online meeting link for mountain guide training institution determination and recognition application and extension operations, please go to the Mountain Guide Special Page-latest news on the iSports information platform or call the executive team of the Visit and Guidance Program for Affairs Relating to the 2023 mountain Guide Training and Testing and Refresher Training Certification System (Tel.: 03-3283201 ext.8519).

Acceptance of 2023 Mountain Guide Training Institution Extension Applications and New Applications begins on May 26

2023-05-31
With the aim of supplementing the number of mountain guide training institutions and extending the validity of existing training institutions, in 2023, the Sports Administration will handle mountain guide training institution extension and application operations according to the “Regulations for Testing Qualifications of Mountain Guides”. An online explanatory meeting will be held at 9am on May 26 in which eligibility, submitted documents and review process will be explained in detail. Units willing to be determined or recognized as mountain training institutions or training institutions that need an extension are invited to submit applications from May 26 to June 26, 2023. At present, mountain guides are divided into the four categories of hiking, river tracing, rock climbing and ice climbing. Government agencies (institutions) and administrative juridical persons, juridical persons, groups and institutions related to mountain activity operations or schools above junior college level that hold mountain guide courses or practical teaching, can submit documents including teachers, facilities, equipment, course planning etc. then apply for determination according to the guide type they want to apply for; they will receive a training institution certificate after successful review and can then handle mountain guide training base on the approved type of guide. Units interested in handling mountain guide testing or refresher training work must first be determined as a training institution, then submit an application for recognition with the related materials, after which they will receive a recognition certificate after successful review and can then undertake mountain guide testing and refresher training work on behalf of the Sports Administration. The duration of mountain guide training institution determination and the recognition certificate is four years, and they can be extended for four years each time in principle upon expiry. For the online explanatory meeting registration information and online meeting link for mountain guide training institution determination and recognition application and extension operations, please go to the Mountain Guide Special Page-latest news on the iSports information platform or call the executive team of the Visit and Guidance Program for Affairs Relating to the 2023 mountain Guide Training and Testing and Refresher Training Certification System (Tel.: 03-3283201 ext.8519).
NTL & PONRM forge partnership to promote Taiwan's railway culture development
The Preparatory Office of National Railway Museum (PONRM) and National Taiwan Library (NTL) signed a referendum of understanding (MOU) on May 24 to strengthen future collaboration in academic research, exhibitions, and value-added applications related to railway culture through the sharing of professional expertise and resources. The memorandum was signed by NTL director Tsao Tsui-ying (曹翠英) and PONRM director Cheng Min-chang (鄭銘彰). At the signing ceremony, NTL director Tsao stated that NTL have previously worked with PONRM together on the digitalization of journals. She believes that the signing of the referendum is of great significance in deepening the exchange between the two parties for sharing research resources and promoting railway culture. PONRM director Cheng highlighted that NTL is the oldest public library in Taiwan, serving as a repository for a vast collection of documents and a crucial research hub. He expects that PONRM’s partnership with NTL will facilitate further development in the future and produce fruitful outcomes. Focusing on railway-related books and documents from the Japanese colonial period, NTL and PONRM will leverage their own expertise to optimize the digitized materials that were completed in the early stages. In the future, both parties will expand their collaboration in the collection and exhibition of cultural relics/artifacts and historical documents, as well as in academic research and promotional activities. By integrating a more diverse and rich content, the aim is to provide reading services, curate thematic exhibitions, and arrange academic exchanges. This endeavor seeks to produce more research accomplishments concerning Taiwan's railway culture. Designated as a national historic site in 2015, the Taipei Railway Workshop, which has accumulated the heritage of more than a century of industrial technology, is today reborn in the form of the national railway museum. The preparatory office was established in August 2019. The predecessor of NTL, known as the "Library of the Governor-General of Taiwan," was established in 1915. As Taiwan's first modern library, it is currently the largest national library in the country.

NTL & PONRM forge partnership to promote Taiwan's railway culture development

2023-05-25
The Preparatory Office of National Railway Museum (PONRM) and National Taiwan Library (NTL) signed a referendum of understanding (MOU) on May 24 to strengthen future collaboration in academic research, exhibitions, and value-added applications related to railway culture through the sharing of professional expertise and resources. The memorandum was signed by NTL director Tsao Tsui-ying (曹翠英) and PONRM director Cheng Min-chang (鄭銘彰). At the signing ceremony, NTL director Tsao stated that NTL have previously worked with PONRM together on the digitalization of journals. She believes that the signing of the referendum is of great significance in deepening the exchange between the two parties for sharing research resources and promoting railway culture. PONRM director Cheng highlighted that NTL is the oldest public library in Taiwan, serving as a repository for a vast collection of documents and a crucial research hub. He expects that PONRM’s partnership with NTL will facilitate further development in the future and produce fruitful outcomes. Focusing on railway-related books and documents from the Japanese colonial period, NTL and PONRM will leverage their own expertise to optimize the digitized materials that were completed in the early stages. In the future, both parties will expand their collaboration in the collection and exhibition of cultural relics/artifacts and historical documents, as well as in academic research and promotional activities. By integrating a more diverse and rich content, the aim is to provide reading services, curate thematic exhibitions, and arrange academic exchanges. This endeavor seeks to produce more research accomplishments concerning Taiwan's railway culture. Designated as a national historic site in 2015, the Taipei Railway Workshop, which has accumulated the heritage of more than a century of industrial technology, is today reborn in the form of the national railway museum. The preparatory office was established in August 2019. The predecessor of NTL, known as the "Library of the Governor-General of Taiwan," was established in 1915. As Taiwan's first modern library, it is currently the largest national library in the country.