 Hi, good day and welcome to Issues and Answers, a production of the Government Information Service. I'm your host, Jacques Henson Comte. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Taiwanese Technical Mission are hosting something called the 2022 Mango Expo at the end of June. And here with me to talk about it is Mr. Daniel Lee, who is the Taiwan Technical Mission Chief. Ms. Aileen Chen, who's the project manager on the project and also Ms. Sophia Chan, who is also a project manager. Welcome to the programme. Thank you. So Mr. Lee, let's start with you. Could you tell us a little bit about what the Taiwanese Technical Mission is? The Taiwan Technical Mission is an organisation in charge of the international cooperation and technical cooperation and it's under the structure of the Taiwanese embassy. And so far in Senusha, we have several projects, including the agricultural project and the GENES project is used and women empowerment project and ICT education project and of course the Mandarin language project as well. What that last one, are you teaching Mandarin to Senusha? Yes, we have a Mandarin teacher, Ting Ting, is teaching Mandarin in the school and there is a programme online as well. Can you kind of just briefly tell us a little bit about the other projects? Not too much about it, but just a little bit. So the agricultural project, we try to help the farmers no matter the vegetables and the fruit like mango and bananas and we cover from the production to the consumer. This whole supply chain, we try to assist the farmer to build up the business. And about the GENES project, we try to assist the youth and the women, especially under the COVID pandemic, is strike the economy status. So this project focus on assisting the youth and women to develop small business and the vocational training. Okay, now specifically with the mango export, you being the chief of the Taiwanese technical mission, what is your role exactly? Yeah, about the mango festival, yes. Actually, it's a very big activity. It's cross-sector, including the Taiwan Embassy, Taiwan Technical Mission and the Ministry of Agriculture and Sir Arthur Louis Community College. So my role is to, with the assistance of our colleagues, we do the coordination of the whole activity. Okay, and my other two guests are Ms. Chen. Why don't you tell us what your role is as one of the project managers? Okay, so on the project, I work with actually a really long name. It's an enhancement of the efficiency of production, distribution in fruit and vegetable sector in Senbushan. So basically, it's already been doing a phase two project. The phase one is starting from 2019. So the purpose for the phase one will be to reduce the import build in certain crops. And we go into the phase two. We have like to diverse to have these crops to be more diversified. It's more in various crops. So actually, the mango festival is one of the initiative from the last front of the phase one project we call Farmers Market. It mostly like extension of the farmers market. We like to broaden the awareness of the attention to make everyone know that Senbushan have a good quality fruit and vegetables and to let more opportunity to let farmers to meet with the consumers. And Ms. Chen, what about you? As also another project manager, what is your role? Oh, okay. You mean in the mango festival or the general? The general. Well, both the mango festival and general. Okay. So I started to introduce my project a little bit. This project is in coordinate with the government's policy use economy. So we try to train the youth and the women to learn together their up skills, meaning they can learn what the skills they can fit in the workplace or they can create their own business. So that's why when the agriculture project in our technical mission rise, I think that is a good opportunity for our students who learn hospitality and specialize in the food and the preparation. They can demonstrate their skills, although it's a beginner's level, but they can demonstrate what they learn from this project. And also they can learn how to present their products, their dishes to public. So that's why we work with the Sahasa Lewis Community Colleges to design the competition, cooking competition. So for those 14, 15 students can have the opportunity to choose either they want to cook main course or appetizer or the like a dessert or a beverage. So we were category into three different parts and the best performance, they will go to our the Mungo Festival opening ceremony to present their dishes to the honorable guests. So I think in that day we will have that at least not only students performance, but also the chefs from the Sahasa Lewis and also our Taiwanese ambassador's wife. She also will present how Taiwanese use the Mungo in the different dishes. So that will be very exciting event in the opening ceremony that will have joined the venture with the different institution like our technical mission, Taiwan Embassy and also Sahasa Lewis Community College. Mr. Lee, I want to talk a little bit more in detail about the Mungo Expo. So just tell us, I mean, what is its purpose? Why are you having it? Why Mungos? Yeah, now it's a perfect time for the Mungo. So we can see in whole country, we can see lots of Mungo foods around the country. So this activity inspire, we are inspired by the Banana Expo. So that's a perfect activity to promote utilization of bananas. So it inspires the Mungo. Why now we can do the similar activity? So not only this idea, but also we try to help all the farmers, small business owner and of course the student of the vocational training. We try to make the possibility to encourage the awareness and the consumption of Mungo, the best of Senusia. And where are these, can you talk about where some of these activities are gonna take place? Yeah, there are a few activities. For example, on the festival day, there will be a showcase. There will be 30 tents, including the supplier, grower and the processing business store. And besides that, our highlight will be the cooking competition. So cooking competition, just like what Sophia mentioned, the trainee or competitor are the student of the class. So first of all, we invite all the students came to the farm at the union to recognize the local ground vegetable as the ingredient of the cooking competition. More than that, our team, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, we collect 14 different species, different variety of the Mungo to show all competitor what can they use. So it's a perfect time to show what we have in Senusia. And then the cooking competition will be on next week Monday. And then the big day, the Mungo Expo, we are having a price-giving day. Next week Monday, that will be June 20th. June 20th will be the competition day. What time is that? It's 12 p.m. And the fourth restaurant of the college. Okay, we're due for our first break, but I want you to stick with me so we can talk a little bit more about the Mungo Expo. You're watching Issues and Answers. Please stay tuned, we'll be back in a moment. The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Taiwan Technical Mission presents a big Mungo Festival, Mungomania Tutu Bagai Mungo. It's happening on the 24th of June, 2022. At the Constitution Falcon Castry, this event starts from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. We are showcasing everything Mungo. Lots of Mungo recipes on display, recipe books available, Mungo Eating Competition, Mungo Plants on Sale, Entertainment and lots more. It's Mungomania Tutu Bagai Mungo, 24th June, 2022. At the Constitution Falcon Castry, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., showcasing everything Mungo. So turn out in numbers, the Ministry of Agriculture has dedicated. Welcome back to Issues and Answers, a production of the Government Information Service. I am your host, Jacques Kingston Compton, and we're here with the Taiwanese Technical Mission, talking about Mungo Expo 2022. So, Mr Lee as well, what can you tell us, what can we expect to see at the Mungo Expo, other than the cuisine, the cooking competition and all that, what else can we expect? Yeah, expect, we are trying to take this opportunity to show our farmers what achievement they can reach, and we expect to show the possibility for the student. What it's, to be honest, these students are in the entry level, it's their very first time to join the course. So through this competition process, they can inspire them, it's possible to have their own course in Mungo, and it's a perfect time for them to experience the process, how do they satisfy the judge and the consumer in the future, it's beneficial for their commercial life in the future. Anna, Miss Chen, what can we, who's your target for the event, and what will be covered by the event? Okay, so just a couple of things Daniel already mentioned, we will have 30 tents outside in the Constitution Park on the June 24th, it will be a Friday, and so we will have small business, we will have fresh produce, you can expect fresh Mungo selling on the event, so Sinocial Marketing Board will join us, and also you can also have like a painting material of Mungo, so you can sell propagation units, we'll also join in this event, and we also have some value added supplier in that, so you can have Mungo skin product, you can have Mungo soap selling on the Constitution Park, and also we also have our agro business partner in that development, for example, EECA will also join us, and the Sinocial Development Bank will also be joining us, and also the Ministry of Agriculture, the Department of Forest Development Research, and other supported partners, for example, Ministry of Health will also join us, and also for, especially like the GENES project, that the other Lewis will also be participate in the Constitution Park, and also we have other activities, for example, we have the Mungo eating competition will happening, and we also have the entertainment, for example, stream band, for example, dramas, so you will not just Mungo there, you can also have the entertainment, you have having a lot of fun there, and also we also invite the primary and secondary school to participate this Mungo Festival there, so we will encourage them to also design the Mungo recipes to this event, to try to do an innovative way to utilize Mungos, so there's a lot of things happening in the Mungo Festival. Do you have any idea of what sort of recipes we can expect? So for the students, we learn to have their creativities, but we also, you mentioned we have, for this festival, we designed Mungo, actually designed Mungo recipe books for this Mungo Festival, so in the books, you can expect a lot of restaurants will have their creativities recipe to using for the Mungos, and also the other is the restaurants from the shops will also have their design, their recipe put in these recipe books, and also we have two Taiwanese specialty cuisine made by Mungos, will also put in these recipes, recipe books, so you can expect a lot of different Mungo recipes will put in the books, and they will be, you can be self on the Mungo Festival. Also, I could get a copy of the recipe at the festival. What about afterwards, what would I be able to get a copy of the, after the festival? Is there anywhere I can go to get a copy of the recipe book? I think it's from Ministry of Agriculture, so if you are anyone that's interested in these Mungo recipe books, you can get it and talk to us or Ministry of Agriculture. That's brilliant. I know we've talked overall about the expo, what about the opening ceremony, how long will the opening ceremony be? They were happening in the town hall and start from 10. What else would we expect to see in the opening ceremony? So we all come the officials to broad awareness of these Mungo and the importance of the Mungo, and also the, just Sophia says, the competition of the cooking competition will also have a price given on the day, on the ceremony. And also, we will have showcase the Taiwan and the Sennosha specialty cuisine on the ceremony. Okay. And there are a lot of, I mean, anyone can answer this. Are there a lot of different uses for Mungos that the general public doesn't really know about? Yes. Can you talk a little bit about them? Yeah, so what I have observed in Sennosha, most of the utilization of Mungo is for Jews and for the desserts, but we are keen to share the experience in Taiwan. We do the some dry or dry Mungo as a very good food for the body. And then we pick up the green mango as well. And for the cuisine, we can see some special mango dishes in the restaurant as well. Okay. Miss Chan, yes. What I also wanted to talk a little bit more about your specific project, the GEN project. Can you give us a little more, GENES, sorry. And you give us a little more detail about the GENES project. Okay. GENES, that's your CREO. When we work together with our Sir Louis Community College team, so we try to identify some local element for this project. So we find that the CREO, the use in CREO, that is GENES. So we use that for our project's nickname. So in the GENES project, we have the different training courses we will provide for those use who is probably an employee or they just graduate from a secondary school. They need more skills go to the labor market. So we provide four types of four courses for the vocational training. First is the hospitality, which the graduates will, you will see the Mungo Festival. And the second is health aid because of COVID, I think the need of the labor, the workforce for the nursing or the health aid assistance is increasing. And the third one is digital and a creative entrepreneur because for use they like to use all the devices. So I think they are very happy. This is the most popular program of these four. The last one is early childhood development because I think during the pandemic, some parents, they shift, they vary, you know, uncertainty. So sometimes their kids need somebody to take care of when they are out of work. So that's the four vocational skills we try to bring to senior UCI use and the women in this period. This project only one year. So we want to, everybody can, if they are interested in upscale themselves, they can come to the program. So we totally right now, its original design is a 360 participants, but right now because we think these programs are very popular. So our embassy is just increased the number of the participants. So we will do the second recruitment for the digital and creative entrepreneur and as well as hospitality. And the second one is we would like to help the youth to develop the knowledge to become an entrepreneur. So it's an incompatible project. It's right now, it's ongoing and later and we will have the business coach and meaning we help those business owner to improve their skills of managing their business. So I think that's a three stream of these projects. But of course, during we implemented the project, we found some of the needs from different ministry. So we also work with different ministry to say if we can enhance their capacity. So even after this project finish, they can continue to provide service to youth and the women. So that's all the project. And for the recipe book, if you want some of the recipe of our best performance of students, you can, it's available when you're in the festival outside. And in our booth, you will have the recipe card. You can see different recipes from our program, including students and the chefs. Yes. Okay. We'll do for our second and final break. I wanted to stay with me and we'll discuss a little bit more about it in a few minutes. You're watching issues and answers. Please stay tuned. We'll be back in a moment. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mr. Technical Taiwan, the place to go to the festival. Mangomenya, Thutbagai, and Constitution Park, Fincajie, Demi-Lende. Thutbagai is a festival from this day until the end of the year. It's the place to go to Thutbagai. And here's the recipe. The competition. Like I said, Mangomenya, Thutbagai, Fincajie, Demi-Lende, and Constitution Park, Fincajie, Demi-Lende, It's the place to go to. It's the place to go to. As usual, I'm your host, Jackingston Compton, and we're talking about Mango Expo 2022. So yes, we're talking about your Mango Expo, which is going to be held next week. So what is it about, I know off-camera you said you love mangoes, was it your idea to specifically focus on mangoes, or was it sort of a collaborative idea between yourselves and Ministry of Agriculture? Yeah. I mean, anyone can take it. So since we all love mango, but since every time we go path through the work on the street, we saw a lot of pie of the mango. And so we were thinking about why not we have a very big mango event? And so that's the idea just across our mind. But once again, the success of the Banana Expo inspires us. So we decided to make it this year. It's a very first time for our talented clinical mission. Yeah, the Ministry of Agriculture held the event a few years ago, but I would believe now it's a perfect time to do it again. Can any of you specifically speak about the exact technical assistance to provide to the farmers or the students? What is it that you teach them in terms of mango production or utilizing mangoes for a variety of reasons? Yeah. So I think that I can say, because in Taiwan we have the movement that is from the field to the table, from the farm to table. So I think when we talk to the department head of the hospitality in the Sassar, we think why don't we bring the, because everybody, my friend here, told me they love mangoes, but I didn't see the mango except aside the smoothie. So why don't we encourage our students to create their recipes? So we collaborate with the agricultural projects. So we show them how the mango tree is and what's the variety and they give them the test. So make the student, they can know more about what mango they have and what kind of mango they can use for their ingredients. So in that day, the few days, the students, they all are very exciting. They didn't see the 14 variety of mango at the same time. So they pick one and one by one and to select and I say, why don't you select the best mango? But they say, it's all delicious and also the four of them are from, the varieties are from Taiwan. So they love it. So you just use it in your ingredients so you can present the, like we are mango lovers and you are. So we share the same value of the mango. Why don't you put in the, like you can use in the sauce, you can use your beverage, whatever, just use your creative. I think that's why our use program should be, is to bring the innovation to them. So I think that's a whole process until now I'm very excited and I hope we can see their work on the Monday, next Monday, the competition day and the Ministry of Agriculture will to record all the process. And I believe in the opening day you will see what is going on. So you found the students very receptive to the assistance that you gave them. Yes, yes. They are very happy when we visit the kitchen. They are always web-hand and we smile, although it's very hot, but they are very enjoying the older training. Of course. We're coming very close to the end of the program. Is there anything that the three of you would like to add before we leave? Yeah, so first of all, so we would like to show our appreciation to invite us to have this interview. So we would like to share this touch moment and excitement, not only in the kitchen, not only in the farm, we would like to share to all the public about how delicious this mango are. So please welcome to join us the Mango Day 24th of June in the Constitution Park. Please join us and to delicious what we have. Thank you. Anything else? Just give up, if you come to the festivals, just give applause to our students to encourage them. They are creative and if you have the opportunity to call our booth and also to cheer our chef because without their hard work, there's no such good. I believe it's very delicious because trust me, I already test chef's work. It's very, very nice. It's out of my image nation. So if you come to the festival, just give us encouragement and test our food. And also just like these things for this mango festival is mango mania to bagai mango. So we really encourage literally everyone to enjoy what we can do for mangoes. You will like a lot of different possibilities. And so we welcome everyone to come to this event to explore the possibility of mangoes and also you can see how Taiwan and Senoxia to be blended into this mango together. So it will be a lot of different activities, it will be a lot of fun. So enjoy on the day and enjoy lots of mangoes. Okay, I want to thank the three of you for coming onto my program and discussing this very important event. I hope you come again soon, maybe to talk about everything that happened with the expo afterwards. Thank you. You're watching Issues and Answers, a production of the Government Information Service. As noted by the Taiwanese technical mission, please go to Constitution Park on June 24th where you will have the mango expo. Show your support to the Ministry of Agriculture, the Taiwanese technical mission, and to the students in the culinary division of the Saotha Lewis Community College. Thank you very much for watching. Please stay tuned to other programs from the National Television Network and the Government Information Service. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye