| | Stowaways From Mainland China On The Rise, Coast Guard Warns | World | PC |
| | 2003 | | CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY |
| | Taipei, Sept. 20 (CNA) -- The problem of stowaways from mainland China entering Taiwan is fast |
| | worsening, evidence that the number of illegal mainland immigrants arrested by the Taiwan authorities |
| | has been increasing in recent years, according to the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) under the |
| | Executive Yuan. |
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| | A total of 2,511 stowaways from mainland China to Taiwan had been detained by authorities as of |
| | Sept. 9 since the beginning of this year. That brings the total number of arrested mainland Chinese |
| | stowaways in Taiwan to 27,751. |
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| | Pingtang in mainland China's Fujian province is the major transfer spot for illegal human cargo |
| | smuggling between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, he pointed out. |
| | Tourism Festival To Be Held In Xiamen | World | PC |
| | 2003 | | XINHUA |
| | The China International Tourism Festival will be held in Xiamen, Fujian province in east China in |
| | November, announced the National Tourism Administration Monday. |
| | |
| | Tourism departments and organizations of Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries and regions |
| | will participate in the festival, along with the top 100 domestic tourism agencies. |
| | |
| | The festival will include a tourism forum, a tourism commodity exposition, a food festival and other |
| | entertainment activities. |
| | |
| | Ming Min, director of the provincial tourism bureau of Fujian, said the province boasts rich tourism |
| | resources, including the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, Wuyi Mountain, unique earth towers |
| | and the Maritime Silk Road. |
| | |
| | The province saw 1.85 million overseas tourists in 2002, a 13.1 percent rise over the previous year. |
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