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CNA NEWS: Discovery channel to feature stories of Kaohsiung City |
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17 October 2006 |
Kaohsiung, Oct. 17 (CNA) The culture and history of Taiwan's southern harbor city Kaohsiung will be featured on the Discovery Channel through the tales of six local residents.
"Kaohsiung is the city that best represents the beauty of Taiwan's ocean, with its friendly people and nice weather, " Kaohsiung's acting mayor Yeh Chu-lan remarked at the program's pre-shooting press conference held Monday at the True Love Wharf along Kaohsiung Harbor.
The program is being produced by the Discovery Channel in conjunction with the Kaohsiung city government. Yeh, dressed in a sailing guernsey, promoted the program and Kaohsiung's history, culture, international development and tourism.
She said that Kaohsiung's excellent location -- with its mountains, seashores, rivers and harbors -- are proof of its prosperity and residents' open-mindedness, and serves to stimulate Kaohsiung city's ongoing development.
While Kaohsiung has been upgraded from an export-processing zone to an international tourism harbor, with Love River being cleaned up from a filthy waterway into one of Taiwan's top eight picturesque scenes, she said she expects the program will serve to introduce Kaohsiung's history, culture and cuisine to the world.
Four of the Kaohsiung residents featured in the program also attended the press conference, including an architect, a yacht designer, a barfly and an extreme sportswoman.
The program is scheduled to be broadcast in 2007, with an estimated viewership of over 500 million homes in 50 countries.
Written by Tsai Hui-ju
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Last Updated ( 24 April 2010 )
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