President Ma Ying-jeou met with Junior Chamber International (JCI) 2010 President Roland Kwemain on the morning of January 4 at the Presidential Office. The president, on behalf of the government and people of the ROC (Taiwan), extended a cordial welcome to Mr. Kwemain on his trip to Taiwan to attend ceremonies marking the inauguration of a new JCI Taiwan president.
President Ma remarked that JCI Taiwan is one of the four major community service organizations here. JCI Taiwan, which has a history dating back over 50 years, has many young and energetic members, and the organization has played an important role in social service work over the years, he said. JCI Taiwan embraces the organization's philosophy of training oneself and providing service to the group. The organization brings together young entrepreneurs who engage in community service activities, he said, and the organization has built a strong image for itself in Taiwan. JCI Taiwan, the president said, is highly regarded and admired by sectors throughout Taiwan. In addition, the organization works together with JCI in promoting understanding and friendship among people through the world, he said.
President Ma commented that over 20 years ago he took part in JCI activities and at the time received a training video from the organization's training officers on procedural process for meetings. At the time, he said, most in Taiwan did not have a thorough understanding of procedural guidelines for formal meetings. The video provided by JCI came at a perfect time, he said, adding that he learned much from the video and that it made a contribution toward the establishment of proper meeting procedures among private groups here. The instructional video also was beneficial as it assisted everyone in understanding how to express their opinions through legitimate and proper procedures, thereby protecting their own rights. In addition, understanding these procedures is important for establishing a civil awareness, and also helps to make up for deficiencies in the educational system here in this regard, he said.
Lastly, President Ma said the government strongly welcomes the various conferences JCI holds here. He furthermore expressed his hopes that JCI Taiwan will continue to strengthen its contacts and dealings with other JCI chapters throughout the world, and will jointly pursue the universal values of world peace and prosperity.
President Kwemain and JCI 2010 Vice President Batbayar Ulziidelger were accompanied in the morning by the 58th President of JCI Taiwan Andy Tu and the 57th President of JCI Taiwan Dennis Shen to the Presidential Office to meet President Ma. Also in attendance was National Security Council Advisor Mignonne M. J. Chan.