Minister Without Portfolio John Deng (鄧振中) must skip the SelectUSA Investment Summit this week after testing positive for COVID-19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.
National Development Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) is to instead represent the nation at the summit, the ministry said.
Deng developed a cough and other symptoms upon arrival in Mexico City on June 18 and tested positive for the virus. He went into self-isolation in a hotel in accordance with Mexico’s disease prevention and quarantine regulations, and adjusted his itinerary.
Deng was diagnosed by a doctor and prescribed COVID-19 medication, the ministry said, adding that the minister
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National Development Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) is leading a delegation to the US to discuss exchanges on 5G development with tech giants including Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google.
The delegation departed on Saturday for the 11-day visit, with stops in San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, Kung said.
The 41-member NextGen Telecom Delegation is scheduled to visit Microsoft, Google and Amazon.com Inc to seek opportunities for 5G cooperation, Kung said.
The council has been pushing a massive eight-year infrastructure plan under the Special Act on the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program (前瞻基礎建設特別條例), which was passed by the legislature 2017 and proposes investing
BICOASTAL TOUR: Delegates are to visit US tech and telecom giants while attending high-profile forums on two coasts in efforts to bolster national infrastructure plans/ Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan would continue to enhance its role in global supply chains in a bid to join the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), National Development Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) said.
In an interview with Voice of America, Kung said that global supply chains have undergone a restructuring amid US-China trade tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many Taiwanese companies have remained resilient during the restructuring, Kung said, adding that they benefited from the changes and ensured Taiwan’s economic growth.
The nation’s economy last year grew 6.57 percent and is expected to grow 3.91 percent this year, he said.
Taiwanese firms have been moving