This year, your September fireworks and a whole lot more in the celebrations month is going to be underwritten by the Taiwanese Government.
This afternoon the September Celebrations Commission received a donation of forty thousand dollars from the Ambassador of Taiwan.
Co-Chair of the Commission, Diane Haylock said that the Taiwanese have been longtime supporters of the celebrations.
Diane Haylock - Co-Chairperson, September Celebrations Committee
"As everybody knows that Ambassador Benjamin Ho who is relatively new. As the ambassador he has live and work in Belize before but he is back this time as the ambassador and this is our first opportunity to work with him in the support of the work that we do. You know that its celebration time in Belize and as has been the case for quite some time the Embassy of Taiwan in Belize has contributed faithfully to the resources that we make available to do all the various activities that are carried out throughout the country of Belize and we are grateful to once again receive the contribution that they are making to the 2014 calendar of events. As you may know Taiwan is very big on culture and so I think that it is on that basis that they find it within themselves to make that contribution to our celebrations. And we are really grateful to them because you know our government always gives us a handsome amount, but it's never enough for all the things that we want to do and so as the national celebrations commission we go out and we find additional resources and I must say that the embassy of Taiwan has been a faithful supporter."
This year marks the 33rd anniversary of Belize's Independence and the 216th anniversary of the Battle of St. George's Caye.
The Taiwanese have their Independence Celebrations in October.
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