Ambassador Chou Chung-hsing, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural office in Myanmar（TECO Myanmar）visited Bago Township, the capital of Bago Region on April 19, during the 2024 Water Festival and Myanmar New Year holidays, to donate food packages to the Region’s humanitarian federation. The donation was accepted by U Maung Win, chairman of the federation. The donation ceremony was held publicly at the Swemawdaw Pagoda, the tallest pagoda in Myanmar. Representatives from approximately 10 charity groups were all present.
Bago is about 3 hours' drive north of Yangon. The region has a population of nearly 5 million and abundant human resources, which is conducive to labor-intensive and agricultural and industrial development. There are currently about 20 Taiwanese enterprises in the Region, concentrated in the Bago Industrial Zone, mainly engaged in manufacturing of garments, sports shoes, furniture, electronic products, etc. The internationally renowned Taiwanese company Known-You Seeds (Myanmar) Co. Ltd. has an extensive research farm in the Region.
Taiwanese businessmen in Myanmar and the Taiwanese expat community have long established a giving-back-to-society tradition and have continuously donated to temples and other religious institutions, orphanages, nursing homes and other charitable organizations, or to give out food stuff and free meals in disadvantaged communities.
On the other hand, TECO Myanmar has been actively taking part in integrating the use of available charity resources to more effectively provide humanitarian assistance to the Myanmar communities in need, keeping expanding Taiwan’s “force for good.”
TECO Myanmar’s donation of food packages in Bago, is in observance of Thingyan 1386, carrying on its spirit of giving and sharing. In addition, it has the significance of taking a concrete action to demonstrate “Taiwan Can Help!”
