Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) An international conference and youth forum on the preservation of cultural assets opened in Kaohsiung County Saturday, with experts, scholars and students from Japan, China, Italy, Hungary, Australia and Taiwan attending. The participants in the three-day conference and forum will share their knowledge and experience in cultural preservation and give details of the efforts in their respective countries to protect their cultural assets, said Hsu Yu-jen, a Council of Agriculture (COA) official responsible for preparations to establish a national cultural assets management agency in Taiwan.
The annual forum, organized by the CCA, is in its 12th year.
(By Chen Shou-gow & Elizabeth Hsu)