TAIPEI (CNA) – A type of locally-made car may be among the vehicles in the motorcade of President Ma Ying-jeou when he visits Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the South Pacific later this month, Minister of Foreign Affairs Timothy C.T. Yang said Tuesday.
Yang was referring to two Luxgen vehicles made by the Yulon Motor Co. that are being shipped to Taiwan's embassies in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati to replace the aging cars used by embassy staff in the two countries.
President Ma is scheduled to depart on the South Pacific tour on March 21. The week-long trip will take him to all six of Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the region, including the Solomon Islands and Kiribati as well as the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, and Tuvalu.
This will be Ma's first trip to the South Pacific region since he assumed office in May 2008.
Yang said that as embassy officials in the two countries have difficulty buying appropriate cars there, the two Luxgens will be shipped there and that they might be included in the President's motorcade if necessary.
Calling the locally-made vehicles -- claimed by Yulon to be the first "intelligent cars" in the world with special high-tech features - " a remarkable achievement for Taiwan," Yang said that he would not rule out the possibility of asking all overseas offices under his ministry to use the vehicles as long as they are reasonably priced.
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