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World Vision Global Ambassador Dean Hirsch speaks to the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei on global corporate social responsibility trends

MARCH 4, 2010, 16:00 – Global Ambassador and former President of World Vision International, Dean Hirsch, spoke at the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taipei Annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Forum, sharing insight about CSR trends and future challenges for corporations.

February 12, 2010

Dear AmCham Members,

During this period between the Western and the Chinese New Year celebrations, we want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for the confidence and support that you have offered to AmCham in the past year. The global financial crisis made 2009 an extremely challenging year for all of us. We’re pleased to report that the Chamber made it through 2009 in very good shape. Membership remained stable during 2009, standing at about 900 individual members representing more than 470 companies. AmCham remains the largest and most influential foreign business organization in Taiwan.

The Chamber writes to Deputy USTR Demetrios Marantis, noting the numerous important issues awaiting bilateral discussion.

美國商會致函美貿易副代表    籲儘速召開TIFA會談

The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei has written to Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis, who would lead the U.S. delegation to the next round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Taipei, urging the early scheduling of those bilateral trade negotiations. The letter, dated February 5, was signed by the Chamber’s chairman, Alan T. Eusden, and president, Andrea Wu.

台北市美國商會會長余智敦及執行長吳王小珍，於2月5日聯名致函美國貿易副代表馬倫提斯(Demetrios Marantis)，促請美國政府能儘速召開懸宕已久的《貿易暨投資架構協定》(TIFA)會談。台美下一輪TIFA會談若能順利在台北舉行，美方代表團可望由馬倫提斯領軍。 

Alan T. Eusden, president of Corning Display Technologies Taiwan, was elected by acclamation by the AmCham Board of Governors to a second one-year term as chairman of the Chamber for 2010.

Eusden then nominated – and the Board approved – the other standing officers for the coming year:  Corning Painter of Air Products as Standing Vice Chairman, George Chao of 3M as Vice Chairman, Li Shin Wang of Johnson & Johnson Medical as Treasurer, and Stephen Y. Tan of Baker & McKenzie as Secretary. He also expressed his appreciation to the two vice chairmen for 2009 for their strong support: Jeffery Nemeth, who is ending his Taiwan assignment to become head of the Ford operation in South Africa, and William Farrell, who has reached the end of his term limit for service on the Board.