NEWSLETTER

Vol.

45

It’s Time t

o

Pick the

Plums!

It was a cold winter, but it's good for the plum farmers. The plum flowers bloomed and thus there are many plum fruits. These fruits were able to become ripe and thus have high percentage of fruit-set-ting because of the stable climate. 120 kg of plum fruits is expected for every plum tree. This yield is 30% higher than which from last year. The total yield from the 300 hectares plum farm is expected to be 1,200 tons.

The plum trees have high economic values. De-pending on the ripeness of the plums, they can be made into more than 20 different types of product: plum extract, prunes, vinegar, wine, jam and even enzyme etc. Now that it's the plum picking period, the local farmers launch prune DIY, aiming to share the joy of plum picking with the tourists.

Relevant activities of Songkran Festival (an important traditional festival in Southeast Asia, especially in

�ailand) are raised by Tainan City Government on April 10th. �ere are throwing water game, sepak

takraw competition, hometown cuisine, karaoke song singing, famous band show and �ai dance show.

“�ese activities are raised for all the foreign workers in Taiwan. Also we hope local workers can come

and have fun with us”, the director-general of Bureau of Labor A�airs Wang said.

�e activities will be held at “�e A�liated Senior High School of National University of Tainan” (No.

948, Jhongshan S. Rd., Yongkang Dist.) from 9 o'clock in the morning of April 10th. �ose who want to

get the top 4 certificates of award and prize in several kinds of competition, please be sure to sign up for

them. Call Ms. Chang for more information and signing up, 06-632-8407.

Throwing Water!! Songkran Festival in Tainan!!

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