By Bernadette H. Carreon
Horizon news staff

President Remengesau requested the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to retain Ming-Lii Hseu, Leader of the Taiwan Technical Mission in Palau who will end his term soon.
The president in a letter asked Foreign Affairs Minister James Huang to extend Hseu’s contract because there are pending agricultural projects he should oversee.
"Because there are a number of vital agricultural projects that Hseu has already started in different states of Palau, I am humbly seeking your favorable consideration and support in extending Hseu’s contract in Palau so that he may continue to pursue the said pending projects until their completion," the president said.
The president said that Hseu is requested to stay until the completion of the projects.
‘Given Mr. Hseu’s good working relationship and cooperation with his counterparts in Palau and the understanding they have developed since the initiation of the said projects. It would be best that Mr. Hseu remains in Palau and pursue those projects until their completion," the president said.
The Taiwan Technical Mission in Palau started in 1985 and has established a horticulture and Crop Extension Project.
The Nekken farm in Aimeliik produces crops to reduce Palau’s dependence on imported crops and extending crop production throughout the island.