Singapore's representative in Taiwan visits Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien, hoping to exchange ideas on the startup industry

Huang Wei-chuan, representative of the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei, visited Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien yesterday (16th). The two sides had a lively exchange on investment promotion, startups and tourism. Mayor Lin Chih-chien pointed out that he very much hopes to visit Singapore in the next two years to see successful experiences such as the LaunchPad startup base, the National Library and the zoo, and learn from them for city governance. He also said that, seeing the huge business opportunity from Singaporean visitors to Taiwan, he hopes Hsinchu City can go to Singapore to hold a tourism exhibition, "promoting Hsinchu City tourism to Singapore." Representative Huang Wei-chuan also said that with ASEAN integration imminent, he hopes the two sides will strengthen cooperation in the future and make Singapore a platform for Hsinchu City's products to enter the ASEAN market.

Regarding the visit to the city government by Huang Wei-chuan, representative of the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei, along with Deputy Representative Chiu Chun-yu and Director Lin Shih-hui, Mayor Lin Chih-chien said that although Singapore is not large in area and has a small population, it plays an important role in various world organizations and is very worth learning from. He very much hopes to visit in the next two years. In addition to Singapore's famous National Library and zoo, which can serve as references for the Hsinchu Zoo and the main library, the "LaunchPad" startup park has also become an important entrepreneurial cluster through the efforts of the Singaporean government and the private sector, with more than a hundred startups and venture capital firms moving in, including many Taiwanese makers. He hopes to visit and learn how the Singaporean government supports startups, so as to be fully prepared for the planned Hsinchu Science Park X base.

In addition, Mayor Lin Chih-chien also talked with Representative Huang Wei-chuan about tourism. Mayor Lin Chih-chien also introduced to Representative Huang Wei-chuan that Hsinchu City will host the Taiwan Design Expo and the Taiwan Lantern Festival in 2020 and 2021 respectively, and invited Singaporeans and designers to take part. In the past, the Pingtung Lantern Festival had much cooperation with Singapore, and he hopes that for the 2021 Lantern Festival Singapore can also cooperate with Hsinchu City.