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In order to attract more foreign visitors to Taiwan, in 2007, the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of Executive Yuan proposed an idea of creating an English-friendly environment in Taiwan. As prescribed in the "Action Plan of Creating an English Living Environment," RDEC took charge of integrating joint efforts and reinforce the cross-ministry |
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| collaboration. Accordingly, Kaohsiung City Hall initiated a special project to promote the English services in the neighborhood businesses around the school of English Village. If any foreigner happens to ask you which business in Kaohsiung provides English services, then, you must recognize the smiling mark. |
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The "English Service Emblem" is issued by the government as a nationwide certification mark. The mark is designed with the subject of "English Services" circled in golden or silver frame to distinguish the "Golden Class" or "Silver Class" English service that the business provides. When you are visiting stores with the Smiling Emblem, it means the stores has not only bilingual introductory brochures and facility instructions, but also English speaking service personnel to |
| help foreigners through language barriers so as to feel relaxed and comfortable in the consuming and living environments of Taiwan. |
Excellent and convenient life function and living quality are the key index for a city to march toward internationalization. The recent software and hardware construction and development of Kaohsiung in terms of economic industry, arts and culture, transportation and tourism, and medical health have been based on the reference point of international vision with a view to build up a bilingual and diversified environment of good quality and friendliness in order to attract more and more foreigners to work, live, and travel in the city and enjoy the convenience as well as respect that the city offers. |
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Since 2007, the City Hall of Kaohsiung has committed to promoting the English services in every different business in the city, and certified a total of 696 businesses in various industries with the "English Service Emblem " during these five years. Such an outstanding result is sufficient for us to witness the solid |
| growth and paid efforts of an "International city of friendliness" as well as the boundless potentials it is capable of. |
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