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      <title>Mid-Autumn Festival celebration party
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=6&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Mid-Autumn Festival celebration party</description>
      <datePosted>2006/10/2</datePosted>
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      <title>Coordination meeting for children and juvenile welfare institutes under Ministry of Interiors
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=7&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Coordination meeting for children and juvenile welfare institutes under Ministry of Interiors</description>
      <datePosted>2006/10/24</datePosted>
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      <title>Chung Yeung Festival series celebrations, including ChungYeung garden party, Blissful FUN ChungYeung
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=8&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Chung Yeung Festival series celebrations, including ChungYeung garden party, Blissful FUN ChungYeung, and prosperous ChungYeung day</description>
      <datePosted>2006/10/27</datePosted>
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      <title>Senior people’s literacy class through exerting community resources in GuiLaiElementary School
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=9&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Senior people’s literacy class through exerting community resources in GuiLaiElementary School</description>
      <datePosted>2006/11/13</datePosted>
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      <title>Granted with the Distinguished Award through PingtungCounty Volunteer Service Evaluation
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=10&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Granted with the Distinguished Award through PingtungCounty Volunteer Service Evaluation</description>
      <datePosted>2006/11/17</datePosted>
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      <title>Volunteer exchange program: Taoyua Mt. Tour
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=11&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Volunteer exchange program: Taoyua Mt. Tour</description>
      <datePosted>2006/11/29</datePosted>
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      <title>Taiwanese Opera (Gezai) Performance of Pingtung Community Lifelong Learning Service visited to cheer
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=12&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Taiwanese Opera (Gezai) Performance of Pingtung Community Lifelong Learning Service visited to cheer up senior residents</description>
      <datePosted>2006/12/3</datePosted>
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      <title>‘Healthy Walk Together’
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=13&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>‘Healthy Walk Together’: the Training Camp for Instructors in public and private nursing institutes in KaohsiungCity, KaohsiungCounty, and PingtungCounty</description>
      <datePosted>2006/12/7</datePosted>
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      <title>The Singing Competition for juveniles in Detention House
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=14&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>The Singing Competition for juveniles in Detention House</description>
      <datePosted>2006/12/9</datePosted>
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      <title>Meeting and year-end celebration of volunteers
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=18&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Meeting and year-end celebration of volunteers</description>
      <datePosted>2006/12/27</datePosted>
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      <title>Year-end celebration of staff
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=19&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Year-end celebration of staff</description>
      <datePosted>2006/12/28</datePosted>
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      <title>‘Wheelchair Concern’ activity
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=20&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>‘Wheelchair Concern’ activity: Tour of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology and Longchung Winery</description>
      <datePosted>2007/1/25</datePosted>
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      <title>Electric-game Competition for juveniles in Detention House
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=21&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Electric-game Competition for juveniles in Detention House</description>
      <datePosted>2007/1/29</datePosted>
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      <title>Year-end and 59th anniversary celebration
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=22&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Year-end and 59th anniversary celebration</description>
      <datePosted>2007/2/2</datePosted>
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      <title>Outdoor activities for residents of dementia: WuKo Community Tour
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=23&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Outdoor activities for residents of dementia: WuKo Community Tour</description>
      <datePosted>2007/2/6</datePosted>
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      <title>Three-on-Three basketball game for detained juveniles, youngsters in substitution of military servic
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=24&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Three-on-Three basketball game for detained juveniles, youngsters in substitution of military services, and staff</description>
      <datePosted>2007/2/7</datePosted>
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      <title>Volunteer Camp to invite Lecturer Chen
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=25&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Volunteer Camp to invite Lecturer Chen, ChengChi to mark ‘Cherish selection and fly high with mind’, the topic about volunteer ethics</description>
      <datePosted>2007/3/21</datePosted>
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      <title>Mid-Autumn Festival celebration party
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=32&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Mid-Autumn Festival celebration party</description>
      <datePosted>2007/9/21</datePosted>
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      <title>‘Spring roll in Chingming’
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=28&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>‘Spring roll in Chingming’: the Chingming Festival for spring roll making and on-line weeding graves</description>
      <datePosted>2007/4/4</datePosted>
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      <title>2007 Special Case Symposium
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=29&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>2007 Special Case Symposium</description>
      <datePosted>2007/5/1</datePosted>
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      <title>ChungYi Volunteer Foundation visited and participated in ‘Buddhist’s love and Mother’s affection
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=30&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>ChungYi Volunteer Foundation visited and participated in ‘Buddhist’s love and Mother’s affection’: the Mother’s Day Celebration</description>
      <datePosted>2007/5/5</datePosted>
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      <title>Bathing the Buddha Ceremony
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=31&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Bathing the Buddha Ceremony</description>
      <datePosted>2007/5/16</datePosted>
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      <title>96.10.14--10.19Chung Yeung Festival series celebrations, including ChungYeung garden party
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=33&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>96.10.14--10.19Chung Yeung Festival series celebrations, including ChungYeung garden party, Blissful FUN ChungYeung, and prosperous ChungYeung day</description>
      <datePosted>2007/10/14</datePosted>
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      <title>The Singing Competition for juveniles in Detention House
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=34&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>The Singing Competition for juveniles in Detention House</description>
      <datePosted>2007/11/25</datePosted>
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      <title>Wheelchair Concern’ activity
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=35&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Wheelchair Concern’ activity</description>
      <datePosted>2008/1/23</datePosted>
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      <title>Arranging the 2008 Spring Tea Party
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=38&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Arranging the 2008 Spring Tea Party</description>
      <datePosted>2008/2/13</datePosted>
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      <title>Arranging supermarket shopping experiencing activity for the severe handicapped residents
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=39&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Arranging supermarket shopping experiencing activity for the severe handicapped residents</description>
      <datePosted>2008/2/19</datePosted>
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      <title>Arranging recreation activity— chess gam
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=40&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Arranging recreation activity—Painting Contest on the theme of “my beautiful hometown” and chess games</description>
      <datePosted>2008/2/24</datePosted>
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      <title>Arranging the fun games for the aged residents
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=41&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Arranging the fun games for the aged residents</description>
      <datePosted>2008/3/11</datePosted>
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      <title>Coordination Task Force of the Child and Youth Related Institutes of Ministry of Internal Affairs
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=42&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Host the “Coordination Task Force of the Child and Youth Related Institutes of Ministry of Internal Affairs”</description>
      <datePosted>2008/3/31</datePosted>
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      <title>Holding Mother’s Day celebration activity
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=45&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Holding Mother’s Day celebration activity</description>
      <datePosted>2008/5/2</datePosted>
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      <title>Hosted Volunteer Workshop
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=46&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Hosted Volunteer Workshop</description>
      <datePosted>2008/5/2</datePosted>
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      <title>Arranging entertainment for the volunteers-The tour of Nan-chuang
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=47&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Arranging entertainment for the volunteers-The tour of Nan-chuang</description>
      <datePosted>2008/5/2</datePosted>
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      <title>Spring roll in Chingming’: the Chingming Festival for spring roll making and on-line weeding graves
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=48&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Spring roll in Chingming’: the Chingming Festival for spring roll making and on-line weeding graves</description>
      <datePosted>2008/4/2</datePosted>
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      <title>White Paper on Public Service
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=50&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>White Paper on Public Service

The White Paper on Public Service is our gifts to the existing senior and youth residents and those who are planning to live in our institute.  

The institute was established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for providing a governmental sponsored shelter for the poor senior and youth citizens. So far, we have 230 residents of senior citizenship and 58 youth residents and 28 aged citizens for day care service. We have one director and one sectary and departments of social worker, placement, health, sectary, accounting and personnel. We are working as hard as our best to secure the residents’ living quality and keep passionate to serve our residents.     

The qualification for applying as our resident

	For the senior resident
	From the listed low-income family and holds the certifications
	Over 65 years old without any support and/or over 60 years old,   disabled and without support.
	Non-infectious disease patient 
	For the youth resident
	From the listed low-income family
	Over 12 years old and under 18 years old
	Registered as the resident of Taiwan Province(except the Penghu County)
	Physically and mentally healthy and with good character     

If you or your friend is qualified and willing to joined us as our resident, please file your application to the local government which you locate, we will reply the applicant with 7 working days after we received the application form. 

Our service scope include

	Food-we provide the staple and non-staple food reimbursement of NTD 3250 monthly
	Clothing-we provide 2 summer clothing, 2 under wears, a pair of shoes, 2 pair of socks, a pair of slippers and a winter coat every 2 year and replace the bedquilt every 3 years and offer supplies monthly. 
	Living-Our institute location is close to the Provincial Highway with easy accessibility.
	Recreation and entertaining-We have entertaining room, library, reading room, launge, KTV hall, classroom. croquet field for the residents. 
	Allowances: The senior residents and the youth resident who is studying in high schools will have allowance of NTD 3000 monthly and allowance of NTD 5000 monthly for the resident who is the student of higher education and allowance of NTD 900 monthly for the junior high school students.  

The listed are the basic service which we provide for the residents for maintaining basic living standards. 

The advanced services we provided
	For the senior residents
	The daily living-we assist and support the residents’ daily life of and keep the indoor and outdoor environment tidy and clean
	Food service-we provide nutritious and healthy meals and open kitchen for the residents to cook their own meals. 
	Health care service: Doctor and nurse on-site daily to provide clinic service, disease prevention and nursing assistance, health education and transfer the patient with severe ill to major hospital for medical treatment and provide equipment for the patients who have to take the rehabilitation treatments.
	The recreation and entertaining service: We arrange annual tour, monthly birthday party and related activities for specific holidays and events. For the individual hobbies, we arrange the club activities as croquet, chess games, hand crafts, singing…etc. Also we subscribe cable TV service for the residents.
	The funeral service: We organize a task force to coordinate the cremation funerals of the passed-away residents without relatives and close friends. The cremains of the passed away residents will be sent to the grave tower and commemorated periodically.
	The other services: such as liaising the relatives, writing letter, National Health Insurance Card Renewal and registering the house hold for residents.                   

	The services we provide for the youth
	Daily life guidance—We have staffs working 24 hrs a day by rotation to tak care of the young residents and the staffs keep close contact with the residents’ parents and teachers in school to update the academic status of the young student. 
	The school work guidance—Besides the day time education in school, we hired teachers to provide the student guidance after classes.
	The guidance on further education or employment—For the resident who pass the entrance examination of higher education, we will offer scholarship until graduation; for the resident who decided not to continue the education, we will arrange them to receive vocational training programs in the public vocational training center. 
	Recreation and hobbies-We arrange activities of sports, fun games and sing/dancing programs for the youth residents according to their hobbies and talents.
	The other services such as health care, meeting parents, tours.     

We hope we will enrich your spiritual life to make our resident live lives of meaning, positive values and dignities.

Our Innovative Services in Recent Years
	Cooperation with other institutes: For diversifying our services and expanding our service scope, we have established cooperative relationship with medical, academic and other governmental institutes and provide activities of medical service, volunteer program and academic conference. So far, for example we have co-operational services as following: 
	The health inspection for the aged people, X ray inspection on rhe chest, AIDS inspection, flu vaccine injection and hire doctors of specific department to provide on-site clinic in our institute. 
	We co-host health education activities, professional training and volunteer service with schools of various levels.         
	Day time nursing for the senior citizens: We provide day-time nursing for the aged citizens in order to assistant their children who have to work full time in the day. As of your family’s 1)live in the neighborhood of Pingtung, 2)older than 60 years and 3) non-disabled, you will be entitle to apply for the service. We have buses to pick up the senior citizens and serve meals, entertainments and consultations.
	The “Care Group”—We have organized a care group to actively visit our senior and young residents. The group members include the senior citizens, students, volunteers, managements. The members interviewed the residents to find out their needs and try to meet their need. Should the residents have any requirement, they are welcome to tell us directly and we will try our best to solve their problems or satisfy their needs.
	The Volunteers—To strengthen our service manpower, we recruited about 100 volunteers with enthusiasms to serve for you. They will serve you by rotation schedules of friendship visiting, accompanying when you are ill or injured, religious praying, shopping assistance, sewing service and daily life caring. In the past year, the volunteers have provided service at the sum of 15,000 hours.           

Contact us and report complaints

The gentle manner is required for our staffs and our staffs are asked to be passionate and kindly when interacting with the residents. They have to take the ID badge and asked to tell his department names and his own names when answering the phone in the beginning. They should answer your questions correctly and provide substantial answers.    

Should you have any complaints about our service, please tell us. We will take your complaints and proceed to meet your requirements. Should you have any suggestions, please also feel free to tell us.  

	Visit us-Our address: No.1, Hsiang-yang Lane, Ruei-guang Village, Pingtung City, Pingtung County
	Mail us- Our PO Box: PO Box 9-27 Pingtung
	Call us-Our Hotline:08-7223434
	Fax us-Our Fax: 08-7233922, 08-720588
	Visit our website: http:// steh.gov.tw
	Should you need any further information of our service scope, we will provide you a free brochure with more detailed information on our service and works. Please contact us. 

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      <title>‘Love for the senior and the angle’ Donations to the Bethany Children’s Home
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      <description>‘Love for the senior and the angle’ Donations to the Bethany Children’s Home</description>
      <datePosted>2006/12/22</datePosted>
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      <title>General meeting of residents and symposium for family
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=17&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>General meeting of residents and symposium for family</description>
      <datePosted>2006/12/26</datePosted>
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      <title>‘Vehicle for riding and for love spreading’
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=27&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>‘Vehicle for riding and for love spreading’, the ceremony of 21-ven donation from JenChi Psychiatric Foundation</description>
      <datePosted>2007/4/3</datePosted>
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      <title>Year-end and 59th anniversary celebration
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=36&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Year-end and 59th anniversary celebration</description>
      <datePosted>2008/2/2</datePosted>
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      <title>Volunteer exchange program
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=37&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Volunteer exchange program</description>
      <datePosted>2007/10/24</datePosted>
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      <title>Hosted the visiting of the Vice President
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=43&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Hosted the visiting of the Vice President</description>
      <datePosted>2008/4/3</datePosted>
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      <title>Hosted the visiting of Hwa-yo Computer
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=44&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Hosted the visiting of Hwa-yo Computer</description>
      <datePosted>2008/4/3</datePosted>
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      <title>Bathing the Buddha Ceremony
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      <link>http://www.steh.gov.tw/news/news2.asp?Bkey=49&amp;rssurlbkey=26</link>
      <description>Bathing the Buddha Ceremony</description>
      <datePosted>2008/5/2</datePosted>
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