Ua pūlima ʻo Guam i ka ʻaelike kūlanakauhale kaikuahine me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Taipei ma Ianuali 12, 1973, e ke kiaʻāina koho mua o ka mokupuni, ʻo Carlos Camacho, a laila ʻo Taipei Mayor, ʻo Chang Feng-hsu. ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, ʻo kēia ke kolu o ka ʻaelike kūlanakauhale kaikuahine i pūlima ʻia ma waena o Taipei City a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Alakaʻi ʻia e GVB Ua huakaʻi ʻo Pelekikena & Luna Nui ʻo Carl TC Gutierrez, he ʻelele liʻiliʻi mai Guam i Taipei no ka hoʻokipa ʻana i kahi leʻaleʻa kūikawā i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ma mua o 80 mau luna aupuni o Taiwan, kālepa huakaʻi, media honua, nā hoa mokulele, a me nā loea ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
"ʻO kēia makahiki gula o ko mākou kaikuahine kūlanakauhale ʻaelike me Taipei City he mea hoʻolauleʻa ia i ke kuleana o Guam i nā pilina pili aupuni a me nā pilina moʻomeheu me ka poʻe Taiwanese i nā makahiki he nui i hala," wahi a GVB Pelekikena & Luna Nui ʻo Gutierrez. "Haʻaheo mākou e launa hou me Taiwan ke ʻimi nei mākou e hoʻonui i nā manawa ma mua o ka mākaʻikaʻi."
Ua kono pū ʻia ʻo Mekia Inalåhan Anthony Chargualaf, Mekia Humåtak Johnny Quinata, a me Luna Hoʻokele o ka ʻAha ʻAha ʻo Mayors a me ka lālā o ka Papa Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Guam ʻo Angel Sablan e lilo i ʻāpana o ka misionari a GVB e kaʻana like i nā manaʻo a aʻo e pili ana i nā papahana ma ka moʻomeheu, ʻoihana, hoʻonaʻauao, mākaʻikaʻi a nā māla ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā manawa hou o ka ulu ʻana no ka mokupuni. Ua mālama pū lākou i kahi hōʻike kūikawā ma ka hanana 50th-anniversary.
"Ua noʻonoʻo mākou, he aha kā mākou e lawe mai ai i ke aupuni Taipei e hōʻike i kēia hanana o ke kūlanakauhale kaikuahine i kākau inoa ma Guam 50 mau makahiki i hala?" wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka ʻAha Meia ʻo Sablan. "Nānā au i kā mākou mau faila, a loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i kau inoa ʻia e nā mayors o Guam, i kapa ʻia i kēlā manawa he komisina, a me ka mayor o Taipei - ʻo Chang Feng-hsu i hala.
Hāʻawi haʻaheo mākou i nā palapala i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia i 50 mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ke aupuni Taipei ma ka gala a kau i kahi sila mai ka ʻaha kūkā o ka Meia o Guam e hōʻike ana makemake mākou e hele i 50 mau makahiki hou. ʻO ka poʻe 24 i pūlima i kēia mau palapala, ʻehā wale nō e ola nei i kēia lā. Akā hiki iaʻu ke haʻi iā ʻoe aia kā lākou DNA i kēia mau palapala. No laila, ola lākou i loko o kēia mau palapala, a e ola mau lākou no ka mea aia kā lākou DNA ma aneʻi.
Ua hui pū ka ʻelele Guam me ka American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), ʻo ia ka ʻelele US ma Taiwan, a me nā lālā o ke aupuni ʻo Taipei City e kūkākūkā i nā manawa waiwai e pōmaikaʻi ai iā Taiwan a me Guam.
"Ma hope o 50 mau makahiki, nui nā mea i loli, akā hoʻokahi wale nō mea i hoʻololi ʻole ʻia, ʻo ia ko mākou pilina a me ko mākou manaʻo e hana pū e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou pilina bilateral," wahi a Taipei City Government Counselor of International & Mainland Affairs Gordon. CH Yang.
"Makemake au e hōʻike i ko mākou mahalo i ke Kiaʻāina o Guam e hāʻawi i ka hōʻike ma Taipei mai ka Guam Visitors Bureau ma o ke Keʻena ʻo Guam Taiwan. Manaʻo mākou i ka neʻe ʻana i kā mākou pilina ma mua o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka huakaʻi i nā wahi ʻē aʻe e like me ka hana hoʻokele waiwai a me ka moʻomeheu, kālepa mahiʻai, kākoʻo olakino, a me ka palekana kūloko.
Kūleʻa ʻo AIT no nā mokulele pololei i Guam
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo AIT Acting Deputy Director Brent Omdahl i nā hoa mokulele i kāna mau ʻōlelo ma ka hanana gala e hoʻihoʻi i ka lawelawe pololei i Guam. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he nui nā pōmaikaʻi i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻoihana hou i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka mahiʻai ma Taiwan e hiki ke lawe mai i nā huaʻai hou, nā mea kanu, nā iʻa, a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe i ka mākeke US ma Guam.
"Ma waho o ʻAsia, ʻo ʻAmelika ka helu hoʻokahi no nā huakaʻi Taiwan. Ma kahi o 16% o nā huakaʻi hele honua mai Taiwan e hele i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka nui o ka poʻe i hala aku nei ua hele i Guam. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, mai ka wā i loaʻa ai ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, ua lawe ka lele pololei i Guam i kahi noho hope, "wahi a AIT Acting Deputy Director Omdahl.
"ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hana no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā pilina kalepa, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā a, e like me kā Gordon i ʻōlelo ai, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūlana palekana ma Asia Pacific ma mua o kahi lele pololei e hoʻokumu hou ʻia ma waena o Taipei, Taiwan, a Guama."
Ua ʻike ʻo Omdahl i nā huakaʻi pololei he pōmaikaʻi waiwai e hoʻonui i nā manawa mākaʻikaʻi olakino no nā huakaʻi e hele mai ana mai Guam a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika e ʻimi nei i ka mālama olakino.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā palapala hoʻopaʻa no ka Makahiki Hou
Me ke kūkākūkā ikaika e pili ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe ea pololei i Guam ma ka papaʻaina, ua hana nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi Taiwanese Spunk Tours, Phoenix Travel, a me Lion Travel me ka hoa mokulele Starlux e hoʻonohonoho i ʻehā mau mokulele hoʻolimalima pololei i Guam no ka Makahiki Hou Kina.
E hoʻomaka ana nā palapala hoʻopaʻa ma Ianuali 20, 2023, e lawe ana ma luna o 700 mau huakaʻi mai Taiwan a i Guam.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Hāʻawi haʻaheo mākou i nā palapala i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia i 50 mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ke aupuni Taipei ma ka gala a kau i kahi sila mai ka ʻaha kūkā o ka Meia o Guam e hōʻike ana makemake mākou e hele i 50 mau makahiki hou.
- Ua hui pū ka ʻelele Guam me ka American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), ʻo ia ka ʻelele US ma Taiwan, a me nā lālā o ke aupuni ʻo Taipei City e kūkākūkā i nā manawa waiwai e pōmaikaʻi ai iā Taiwan a me Guam.
- Ua kono ʻia ʻo Inalåhan Mayor Anthony Chargualaf, Humåtak Mayor Johnny Quinata, a me Mayors' Council Executive Director a me Guam Department of Education Board Member Angel Sablan e lilo i ʻāpana o ka GVB e kaʻana like i nā manaʻo a aʻo e pili ana i nā papahana ma ka moʻomeheu, ʻoihana, hoʻonaʻauao, mākaʻikaʻi a nā māla ʻē aʻe i hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā manawa hou o ka ulu ʻana no ka mokupuni.
