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Social
and Humanistic Activities for Public Welfare
Exhibition and the kimono exhibition. On the other hand, it
has hauled back to Taiwan from Japan for exhibition an antique
locomotive hitherto used by the Taiwan Sugar Company. Besides,
Yang Ming has sponsored various cultural activities including
the Hakka Cultural Festival, Taipei Lantern Festival, Container
Art Festival, fund-raising event featuring the auction of the
works of famous contemporary artists.
In 2003, Yang Ming held a large-scale International Art Carnival
by inviting Bowfire, a world-known troupe, to Taiwan for performance.
To increase people's knowledge and cultivate children's concern
about the sea, Yang Ming has held, not once, children's drawing
contests and opened its ships to college students majoring in
sea-related subjects to provide them with an opportunity for
corroborating their classroom learning. In addition, Yang Ming
has established a marine art museum in Keelung and a marine
science & technology hall in Kaohsiung to better people's
understanding of the oceanic culture and the long history of
oceanic science and technology. Yang Ming has never failed to
offer its humanistic compassion and fulfill its social responsibility.
Every year, its staff would contribute large amounts of donation
to the care for impoverished people, the orphans, and the elders.
When the devastating 9-21 earthquake hit central Taiwan, Yang
Ming offered various types of containers and shipped prefabricated
shelters and mobile toilets from Japan to the hard-hit area
for use by the homeless people.
Children's
Drawing Contests' Winner's Painting
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staff donated at least a day's amount of their salaries
to help the victims. When other natural or man-made disasters
occurred, such as murderous typhoons, the plane crashes
of the Singapore Airlines at the CKS Airport and the China
Airlines in the seas of Penghu, Yang Ming without hesitation
contributed the required towing equipment and reefer containers.
Meanwhile, it has contributed funds to, among others,
the establishment of the Ren Ai learning facility for
retarded children and the emergency medical foundation
for far-flinging islands. |
Hakka Cultural Festival |
 
Container
Art FestivalYangMing
Offered Various Types
Of
Containers To Ship Various
Materials
To The 921 Earthquake
Hit
Area
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