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National Immigration Agency (Kaohsiung City First Service Center) held an activity and invited, a Cambodian new immigrant(徐閤芸), as a lecturer to introduce interesting Lunar New Year customs in Southeast Asian countries. And propagate the prevention of African swine fever.
According to the lecturer, Spring Festivals in nations like Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Brunei are celebrated on the first day of the first lunar month, and there are traditions of worshipping, giving out red envelopes, and; in contrast, in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, the Buddhist New Year is celebrated from April 13 to 15, and they also have common customs of worship and water-sprinkling ceremonies.
The service center reminds new immigrants to prevent African swine fever, not to buy illegal meat products from abroad online and ship them to Taiwan, and please do not ask relatives and friends send meat products from abroad to Taiwan. Violators can be fined up to NT$1 million. In addition, online shipping of meat products from epidemic-affected areas to Taiwan will be punishable by up to seven years in prison or a fine of up to NT$3 million.
According to the director of NIA Kaohsiung City First Service Center (徐志權), African swine fever is still a serious global epidemic. Only Taiwan and Japan are now unaffected regions in East Asia. New immigrants and migrant workers are asked not to send meat-containing items like sausages and meat floss egg rolls from their hometowns to Taiwan as the New Year draws near. The public can verify the what not to buy to avoid being punished before traveling overseas on the websites of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, and Executive Yuan.
