One-year countdown to Taipei Flora Expo starts

One-year countdown to Taipei Flora Expo starts

By Mo Yan-chih
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, Nov 07, 2009, Page 2

Local supermodel Lin Chiling interacts with children yesterday as part of a promotional event for the 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo in Taipei. PHOTO: CNA

The Taipei City Government yesterday opened the first exhibition pavilion that will be used in the Taipei International Flora Expo on Zhongshan N Road as the city began the 365-day countdown to the event.

The Butterfly Pavilion, one of 14 that have been constructed or renovated around the city for the expo, resembles a butterfly pupa and will be used as a performance center after the expo next year.

Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) joined local supermodel Lin Chiling (林志玲) and 365 students in celebrating the completion of the pavilion, which he said was expected to boost the city’s international reputation.

“We are hoping that the expo will introduce Taipei to the world and let the world see Taipei is the same way the Deaflympics did,” he said.

Lin, dressed in clothes decorated with flowers, accepted an invitation to serve as one of the expo’s promotion ambassadors. She said she would use every chance she gets to promote the event.

The expo will be held from Nov. 6 next year until April 25, 2011, at several locations around Taipei City. At least five exhibition pavilions will be established around Yuanshan Park and Xinsheng Park in the city’s Datong District (大同).

Hau said the expo would also boost the development of the district with the construction of pavilions and urban projects.
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