National Immigration Agency's Penghu Station goes to Chimei Island and invites new immigrants to hand-make "Taro Sago"!

After the epidemic slowed down, the Penghu County Service Station of the Central Affairs Brigade of the National Immigration Agency of the Ministry of the Interior (NIA, 內政部移民署中區事務大隊澎湖縣服務站) launched an action train to Chi Mei Township and the Social Affairs Department of Penghu County Government (澎湖縣政府社會處), as well as the New Immigrant Women's Care Association of Chi Mei Township, Penghu County (澎湖縣七美鄉新移民女性關懷協會), and the Southeast Asian Women's Care Association (東南亞婦女關懷協會), held the “Handmade Happiness-Taro and Sago" activity.

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New immigrants hand-make "Taro Sago". Photo/Provided by Penghu Service Station

The NIA’s action train also combines family education courses, and especially invited Ms. Chung Shui-Yun (鍾水雲) as a lecturer to share her local experience in sago DIY with new immigrants. Lecturer Chung was once an outstanding volunteer of the "Chimei Township Concentric Association" (七美同心協會) and operated a breakfast shop. At the event, the new immigrants learn to make sago, cook taro and other delicacies. The new immigrant sisters at the meeting also concocted DIY drinks that taste like drinks in their home countries, which brought great fun and positive response to the event.

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The National Immigration Agency Penghu Service Station went to Chimei Island to promote the prevention of African swine fever. Photo/Provided by Penghu Service Station

Chiu Kuo-Chi (邱國志), director of the Penghu County Service Station (澎湖縣服務站), said that the NIA continues to cooperate with the county government to care for new immigrants in remote villages in outlying islands. The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and online purchases of meat from unknown sources may violate the law. It is recommended to use high-quality meat products with the Taiwan pig certification mark. At the same time, new immigrants are reminded that Taiwan’s pig farms will completely suspend the use of food waste to raise pigs for one month starting from September. If the regulations are violated, the fine for sending food waste to pig farms can be up to NT$1 million, and the fine for feeding pigs with food waste is up to NT$3 million.  Not disposing of food waste properly is punishable by 1 to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to NT$15 million.