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ACTION EA-09
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 EB-07 /017 W
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R 100330Z JAN 76
FM AMEMBASSY TAIPEI
TO USDOC WASHDC
INFO SECSTATE WASHDC 8119
UNCLAS TAIPEI 0192
FOR BIC/OIM/FE-SA/KELLY
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: BEXP, TW
SUBJECT: FY '77 TAIPEI TRADE CENTER EVENTS SCHEDULE
REF : KELLEHER/POTHUISJE TELCON, 12/12/75
1. TC CONCURS WITH OIM PROPOSED FY '77 TRADE CENTER EVENTS
SCHEDULE. TC RECOMMENDS THAT COMPUTERS AND RELATED
EQUIPMENT SHOW REPLACE 12/76 BUSINESS EQUIPMENT SHOW.
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT, THE THEME OF AN EARLIER EXHIBITION
WHICH ACHIEVED MODERATE SALES, IS MOST APPROPRIATE
FOR LOCALLY PROCURED MULTI-FIRM BSP. SINCE MAJOR U.S.
MANUFACTURERS OF BUSINESS EQUIPMENT ARE REPRESENTED IN ROC,
THIS THEME COULD BE HELD IN ABEYANCE UNTIL NEEDED TO SUPPLEMENT
T.C.'S PROGRAM. COMPUTERS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, ON OTHER
HAND, IS VIABLE THEME FOR WHICH ROC MARKET IS EXPANDING
RAPIDLY (SEE '75 TAIPEI A-210).
2. TC RECENTLY DISCUSSED ENFORCEMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL
LEGISLATION WITH OFFICIALS OF GROC'S INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BUREAU. OFFICIALS FORECASTED THAT SUBJECT TO
DEVELOPMENTS IN EXPORT MARKETS, ROC ECONOMY WILL APPROACH
FULL RECOVERY AROUND END OF 1976, AND THAT DOMESTIC
MANUFACTURERS WILL PRODUCE AT NEAR CAPACITY LEVELS BY
THAT TIME. AS ECONOMY APPROACHES FULL RECOVERY, GROC MAY
CONSIDER MEANS OF EFFECTIVELY ENFORCING ITS COMPREHENSIVE
POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISTATION. THEY NOTED THAT EXHIBITION OF
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POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED AND WOULD
ACHIEVE BEST RESULTS IF HELD LATE IN 1977. TC CONCURS WITH
THIS VIEW AND RECOMMENDS THAT OIM STAGE POLLUTION CONTROL
EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION IN JULY, 1977.
3. TC FURTHER RECOMMENDS CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL
PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AS THEME FOR AUGUST, 1977
CATALOG SHOW.
4. SUMMARIZED BELOW IS T.C. PROPOSED FY '77 EVENTS SCHEDULE.
T.C. EXHIBITIONS:
OCT. 1976 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
DEC. 1976 COMPUTERS & RELATED EQUIPMENT
FEB. 1977 DOCKSIDE & SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT
MAR. 1977 FOOF PROCESSING & PACKAGING EQUIPMENT
MAY. 1977 MACHINE TOOLS
JUN. 1977 ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY COMPONENTS AND PRODUCTION
AND TEST EQUIPMENT
JUL. 1977 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SEP. 1977 PLASTICS PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
CATALOG SHOWS:
AUGUST, 1977 CHEMICAL & PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
TECHNICAL SEMINARS:
JUN. 1977 FLUID POWER EQUIPMENT
TRADE MISSIONS:
NOV. 1976 AVIATION & GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT OR
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COMMERCIAL FISHING EQUIPMENT
5. SHOULD OIM WISH TO STAGE SPECIALIZED EXHIBITION, TC
RECOMMENDS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AS THEME FOR
THIS EVENT.
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