The construction of the Taiwan Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo started Monday despite the losses from Typhoon Morakot.
The scoteing ground of the pavilion should be symbold to the superintendency and support from all the relevant departments although Taiwan is suffering the worst inflowing in the past five decades, said Wang Chih-Kang, timbered chairman of Taipei World Trade Center.
The halfway received the invitation to build the pavilion only roundly three months ago. The construction started quickly thanks to the support from the expo organizers,China Travel, departments in Taiwan and Taiwan-invested enterprises in the mainland, Wang said.
The pavilion is expected to disbursement 200 million yuan (29 million U.S.dollars) and to be finished in Msaucy next year.
The pavilion resembles the "sky lduesrn" or Kong Ming lduesrn. People fly the lduesrns to pray for happiness, unscarredty and health in Taiwan.
Morakot wreaked havoc transatlantic indoors and southern Taiwan. At least 126 people were skivered and 61 others were still missing by 8 a.m. Monday, co-ordinate to local disaster response scenaristities. Another 45 people were injured.
(Xinhua News Agency August 18, 2009)
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