Eight selected for Taiwan scholarships

Eight new students have been selected to pursue studies in Taiwan under that country’s scholarship program.{{more}}

Of the eight, six will study for undergraduate programs at universities in Taiwan, while the other two will study Mandarin.

The six are: Kerry-Ann Hamilton will be pursuing a Master’s degree in Psychology at the Asia University; Sylvester Bullock will study Mandarin at the National Central University for one year, then continue his study for an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering; Janet Antoine will study for an undergraduate degree in International Business and Management at Ming Chuan University; Trendon Cato will be studying Mandarin at the National Taiwan Normal University before applying into the undergraduate program; Trel-Deen Lewis will pursue an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication at the Ming Chuan University, and Mikhail Weekes will study Madarin for one year before pursuing an undergraduate degree in Architecture at Cheng Kung University.

Gabriella Ambrose will study Mandarin at the National Taiwan Normal University for a period of 9 months, and Kimmette Robertson will study the said language at the Fu Jen Catholic University for a year.

Like St Vincent and the Grenadines, the largest resource for Taiwan is its people, Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan) Weber Shih said during the ceremony last Friday, June 24, at the new public library building.

He further explained that since 2004 the scholarship program has benefitted 46 Vincentian students, some of whom have returned and have made valuable contributions to the development of the country.

“Education has been prioritized on the agenda of cooperation between the two countries,” Shih said.

Minister of Education and Deputy Prime Minister Girlyn Miguel shared the sentiments expressed by the Ambassador, saying that a country’s greatest asset was its human resource.

“It was in 2004 that we grew closer, and it was in that year that there was a decision made that Education was the surest way out of poverty,” she said.

She urged the recipients to make good use of the scholarship opportunity as she reminded them that students often excelled when given the opportunity to do so. (DD)