Taiwan Mulls September 3 Public Holiday

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislature of Taiwan has approved a draft bill that would declare the, September 3, Armed Forces Day (originally known as “Victory over Japan Day”) as a new nationwide annual non-working public holiday in Taiwan, effective beginning in the calendar year 2016. [full story]