TAIPEI, TAIWAN - MediaOutReach - 2 August 2019 - TheTaipei 2020 the 38th Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) AsianInternational Stamp Exhibition opens at the Hall 1 of Taipei World Trade CenterOct. 23-27 in 2020. As a cordial invitation to the world's philately lovers,the host Chunghwa Post, Taiwan's national postal service, organized adelegation led by its President Chiang Jui-Tang to promote the Taipei eventduring the 2019 36th Asian International Stamp Exhibition inSingapore. On the evening of Aug. 1, a special "Taipei Night" banquet to promotethe 2020 FIAP exhibition was held at Conrad Centennial Singapore. A total of300 guests including Taiwan's representative to Singapore, officials of Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP)and Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP), referees, commissioners andrepresentatives of postal administrations, stamp dealers and members of theoverseas Taiwanese community all attended in the event.
ChunghwaPost-hosted "Taipei Night" in Singapore
From left to the right-
Vice President of the Chinese TaipeiPhilatelic Federation Mr. Michael Ho
President of the Chinese Taipei PhilatelicFederation Mr. Michael Lin
Honorary President of the Chinese TaipeiPhilatelic Federation Mr. Yu-an Chen
CEO of Postal service at Singapore PostLimited Mr. Vincent Phang
President of Chunghwa Post Co.,Ltd. Mr. Jui-Tang Chiang
Representative of Taipei RepresentativeOffice in Singapore Francis Mr. Kuo-Hsin Liang
President of the FIP Mr. BernardBeston
President of the FIAP Mr. PrakobChirakiti
Chairman of the SINGPEX ExecutiveCommittee Mr. Richard Tan
Former President of the FIP Mr.Peng-Hian Tay
The Taipei Night banquet continued the theme "IN . Taiwan"with carefully designed programs such as sound of Taiwan, a blessing ceremonyand Taipei Feast to present tribal music, the ritual of blessing and Hakka'sPounded Tea (Leicha) culture of Taiwan. According to Chunghwa Post, Taiwan hascultural diversity, beautiful views and rich ecological resources as well asworld-renown food scene. This event is aimed to promote Taiwan and inviteinterested parties to attend the Taipei 2020 the 38th Federation of Inter-AsianPhilately (FIAP) Asian International Stamp Exhibition and personally experiencethe beauty of Taiwan. All are welcome tocome to Taiwan for the "Wandering in the Stamp World" and experience the charmof Taiwan
An area for early bird promotion was designed to encouraged advancedregistration from international exhibitors, offering a chance for pre-eventcommunication to understand the needs and expectations of interested parties.Chunghwa Post hopes that Taiwan is able to maintain a friendly bond withinternational philatelic circles through hosting the Asian International StampExhibition once again while improving Taiwan's visibility in the worldstage. The Taipei 2020 38th AsianInternational Stamp Exhibition certainly will be an exceptional exhibition andwelcomes all to visit Taipei next year.