Ambassador Jessica Lee, accompanied by Minister Counselor, Franklin Chen of ROC (Taiwan) Embassy were welcomed by Frank Kyota , President of PNOC and Baklai Temengil, Secretary General and Presidents of Federation to attend the handover ceremony of 4 sets of table tennis and auxiliaries on February 8, 2024.
The 4 sets of tables were gifts from Ms. Shirley Chang from Taiwan, who attended the first Omal Marathon and felt in love with the hospitality and beauty of Palau. Shirley also expresses it’s her small gesture of good will to help table tennis players. Ambassador Lee expresses that not only does the ocean connecting us but also sports uniting us. These gifts from Shirley demonstrate the strong ties between our people from two sides, and also to promote the combat with NCDs.
In her remarks, Ambassador also shared that the Lunar New Year is coming, which is February 10, and we also look to more prosperous events and interactions between Palauan and Taiwanese people. There will be a good goodwill fleet visit in April and water sports activities and races in June, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Taiwan and Palau diplomatic relations.
Among the dignitaries, both Mr. Frank Kyoda, President of PNOC and Governor Dwight Ngiraibai, President of Table Tennis of Palau welcomed the goodwill between country to country and people to people, and express their anticipation of the enhancement of Palau Table Tennis Sport, and their appreciation to the generosity to Ambassador Lee and her good friend, Shirley.
The ceremony was held at the PNOC, the Palau National Gym and attended by Attorney General Ernestine Rengill, and dozens of the Palauan table tennis players and athletes.
