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>Taiwan Church News

>2974 Edition

>February 23~March 1, 2009

>TCN NEWS IN BRIEF

YWCA invites entrepreneurs to focus on the environment

>Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

>Written by Lydia Ma

World-renowned author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman  sparked discussion all across Taiwan with his recent book entitled  “Hot, Flat, and Crowded”. During the recent YWCA 60th  anniversary celebration in Taipei, many entrepreneurs and members from  the media gathered to discuss “Green Wisdom”. The seminar  focused on how the current financial crisis could be an opportunity to  promote environmentalism.

Leaders from YWCA in Taipei recounted the early days of the organization  when it set up milk booths to help the poorest in society because it  felt compelled to serve those in need. Taiwanese society has evolved a  great deal since then, and one of the primary social concerns now is the  environment and global warming. This concern requires government  agencies and business organizations to cooperate with each other, which  is why the YWCA is now establishing a ministry called Corporate Social  Responsibility.

The organization held a ceremony to mark its anniversary and the  beginning of Corporate Social Responsibility on February 20th and guest  speakers at the event included Taiwanese Vice-President Vincent Siew.

>TCN NEWS IN BRIEF

Organizations celebrate women, marriage and family

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying

>Written by Lydia Ma

Taiwan Successful Family Association organized a contest beginning on  February 20th through February 28th and invited all ladies above the age  of 38 who considered themselves to be genuine, beautiful, joyful, and of  good character to register in the contest by submitting a form and a  short essay of no more than a thousand Chinese characters describing  their life story. The organization will declare the top ten winners of  the contest on March 2nd.

Successful politicians and business entrepreneurs helped the association  publicize the contest. During a press conference, Taiwanese legislator  Trong R. Chai praised his wife for her undying support throughout his  career when he was often busy and unable to spend a lot of time with  her. A.S.O shoe store CEO Luo Shui-mu, who now owns a successful  women’s shoe store chain in Taiwan, also shared about his  successful of marriage to his wife of 56 years.

The event received full support from the Ministry of Interior and a  spokesperson for the ministry wished all married couples a happy  marriage and urged them to focus on building strong family  relationships.

Besides this event, Taiwan Successful Family Association is also  planning another event geared at encouraging couples to spend more  family time as key to building a happy and successful family.

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