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Cover Story
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OISTAT@
Connecting the World of Theater:
OISTATs Headquarters in Taiwan
OISTAT
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LIMA: Young Indigenous People Working
for a Better Future
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Linking Hands Across the Sea:
The Taiwan Foundation for Rare Disorders
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Pioneers of Open Government:
g0vs Civic Hackers
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Photo Essay
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Oyster Bed March
Editors Note
Postcards from Home
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Reaching Out from Taiwan to the World Chillin in the Summertime Variety Pages
Old Residences
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Cover: Local NGOs activities in the arts, healthcare,
Aboriginal rights and online civic participation are bringing The Plum Garden:
Taiwan to the international stage. (photo by Jimmy Lin, Retreat of Calligrapher Yu You-ren
design by Hu Ju-yu)
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At War with TraditionLiu Kuo-sung,
the Father of Modern Ink Painting
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Cultural Renewal
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New Roles for Ancient Characters
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Our Theatre:
Roots in Chiayi, Eyes on the World
Urban Spaces
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Taipeis U-mkt: A Traditional Market Reborn
108
Ted Tsai:
Two Decades of Indonesian Musicology
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The New Arrivals:
Southeast Asian Immigrants and Migrant
Workers in Taiwan
COVER STORY
OISTAT@
Connecting the World of Theater:
OISTATs Headquarters in Taiwan
OISTAT
the site of the old Zhongshan Soccer Stadium. The plaza of neigh-
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Taiwan to share its insights into the possibilities of political
performance art. (photo by Wang Bizheng)
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includes ten works of outstanding stage
design by Taiwanese theater artists
among them Lai Xuan-wus design for a
Golden Bough Theatre production of Troy,
Troy Taiwan. (courtesy of Lai Xuan-wu)
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LIMA
LIMA:
Young Indigenous People Working
for a Better Future
LIMA
f o r m e d a n i m p ro v i s e d
LIMA
group to go to the forum.
Since its founding, the LIMA Taiwan Indigenous Youth The members came from all
Working Group has participated every year in the United
over, some being students
Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
studying overseas, others
being based in Taiwan. For
this reason it was impossi-
before going.
B e f o re t h e t r i p t h e y
didnt really have a chance
to get to know each other,
and for many it was only
when they arrived at the
airport in the host country
that they a ctually met face
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The general public still has little understanding of the richness
and depth of Aboriginal cultures. (photo by Jimmy Lin)
to face for the first time. But as far as the other delega- nized reading groups to prepare themselves. For exam-
tions were concerned, Tuhi and her party represented ple, for the first year, given the theme of the current
Taiwans indigenous peoples, and each time any of status of indigenous peoples in the world, LIMA pre-
them spoke, it was a reflection on Taiwans image. If pared materials that looked at that subject from angles
any member of the group said something inappropriate, as diverse as climate change, health and healthcare, and
or if there were differences of opinion within the group, the environment. Members did individual research on
this would create contradictions in the way others per- subjects of personal interest, and the group invited ex-
ceived Taiwans presumed representatives. This forced perts to join in their discussion sessions. These measures
Tuhi to come to grips with the importance of dealing provided group members with concepts that they would
with problems like loose organizational structure and need to participate in relevant forums, as well as prac-
lack of time to reach consensus. tice in expressing and presenting their views.
For Tuhi, participation in international conferences Human rights issues are Aboriginal issues
on indigenous issues is a long-term strategy that re- It is commonly assumed that most issues of concern
quires a standing, coherent group of partners with con- to indigenous people revolve around education and
cern for and consensus on these matters. Therefore she culture. But Tuhi emphasizes that all human rights prob-
decided to gather together some young Aboriginal peo- lems are relevant to indigenous peoples. However, in the
ple from among her circle of friends and acquaintances current Aboriginal movement you rarely hear people talk
and form a permanent organization, rather than simply about these other issues, whether at the level of policy
drumming up an ad-hoc batch of people. or just general orientation. There is also little exchange
She recruited young indigenous people with various or interaction with non-indigenous NGOs, because they
backgrounds, including urban and rural development, dont understand the lives of indigenous people. It is for
land policy, linguistics, and law, and they chose the these reasons that LIMA wants to be active in issue areas
word LIMA as their name, because it is common to beyond only education and culture, and you can see their
many Austronesian languages and creates a sense of presence, home and abroad, at all kinds of conferences as
inclusiveness and connectedness. And so the LIMA Tai- well as at reviews of international legal instruments.
wan Indigenous Youth Working Group was formed in Although the ROC is not in the UN, in 2009 Taiwan
2013, with Tuhi as its director. voluntarily adopted the two most important interna-
Since 2013, when LIMA attended the 12th UNPFII tional legal instruments related to human rights: the
and its peripheral meetings, they have always orga- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
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During the Sunflower student protest
movement, LIMA held an indigenous
youth forum right at the protest site,
showing how they take advantage of
every channel for getting their message
out.
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Linking Hands Across the Sea:
The Taiwan Foundation for Rare
Disorders
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1999
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2000 3
5
5 Rare diseases are difficult to diagnose. The TFRD promotes
screening for newborns, hoping that early discovery will lead to
early treatment.
In those days neither the legal nor the healthcare TFRD has helped create a national structure for dealing
system was properly prepared for dealing with rare with rare disorders and a systematic approach to their
diseases. The general public understood little about the treatment and the care of patients. The structure includes
issues that affected families face, and patients and their the passage of the RDODA, bringing rare diseases
caregivers had to travel widely home and abroad seek within the scope of social welfare protections, winning
ing treatment, so it was only natural for them to turn to the creation of a special fund for relevant medications,
one another for support. inclusion of these disorders on the National Health In
Tseng and Wu founded the TFRD based on their own surance list of major illnesses, and the broadening and
personal experiences and after seeing the helplessness deepening of care and services for patients.
of the families of patients with rare diseases. We cant Because of the rarity of these disorders, and the fact
look after our children all their lives, but a system can, they are often difficult to diagnose, the TFRD and Na
says Wu. tional Taiwan University Hospital have established a
The RDODA, passed in 2000 at the instigation of database on rare hereditary diseases. So far the database
the TFRD, made Taiwan only the fifth country in the has gathered together detailed information on 200 con
world to have such legislation. This not only made the ditions, and the data is open and accessible to anyone
treatment of rare diseases more systematic, it also made who can read Chinese.
Taiwan a focus of international attention on this subject. On average, it takes more than three years for suf
The maturation of a system for rare diseases ferers from rare diseases to be correctly diagnosed, and
Newly founded non-governmental organizations of there are often misdiagnoses along the way. To help out
ten have a long learning curve. In its first five years, the with this problem, the TFRD assists patients to go over
TFRD laid the groundwork for the future by organizing seas for genetic testing.
a number of international conferences. They invited in Unlike commonly seen diseases, rare illnesses cant
ternational rare disease experts to Taiwan to help fill in just be cured with some routine treatment. Usually, when
some of the gaps in local knowledge about things like hospitalized, these patients get very intensive care, while
treatment, care, prevention, and postnatal screening. the rest of the time they are usually cared for by family
Taiwan has over the years gone from basic learning members. Therefore the TFRD not only is concerned with
to having a mature system. Over the past decade the the patient (who is of course the core concern), but also
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Architect Kris Yao
has designed a
welfare home
for the TFRD
that will provide
an imaginative
and relaxing
accessible
environment.
(courtesy of
TFRD)
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Pioneers of Open Government:
g0vs Civic Hackers
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policy-making ideas.
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guide through three weekly meetings.
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government, making government information more transparent
and deepening democracy in Taiwan. In the photo, participants
enthusiastically debate policy during a hackathon.
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L ooking down from the sky on the coastline of Chiayi Countys Dongshi Township, one sees
a multitude of oyster cages floating on the water, part of the oyster farms that are a common
sight on Taiwans west coast. At low tide, oyster farmers set out on their flat-bottomed boats,
weaving between the oyster cages to collect string after string of big, juicy oysters. After that,
ladies congregate in courtyards of traditional sanheyuan, chatting as they deftly cut open the
oyster shells, the womens hands worn and scarred from years of work.
Passing through Fangyuan in Changhua County, one can see old farmers still using ox carts
to tend their oyster beds in the traditional way. Under the golden twilight of dusk, the oxen pulling
their carts and drivers make their lonely way through the vast intertidal zone as they head home
in a scene that is destined to become history in just a few years. l
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The shucked oysters are put in brine to preserve their flavor.
(Dongshi, Chiayi County)
The Plum Garden:
Retreat of Calligrapher Yu You-ren
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1930
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2012
Yu You-ren (left) and his right-hand man Liu Yantao
both sported luxuriant beards. (courtesy of Liu Binbin)
1879
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A statue of Yu is on display in his study. The sagelike
figure seems about to come to life.
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The Plum Garden has lush green surroundings
and historical architecture.
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Establish Peace for Future Generations, Yus most famous
calligraphy, is symbolic of his life and generosity of spirit.
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Apart from Establish Peace for Future Generations, the
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ARTISTS AND ARTISANS
Liu Kuo-sung, the father of modern Chinese ink
painting, seems as young as ever, and is still
creating new work at a frenetic pace.
(photo by Chuang Kung-ju)
2014 2000
2016
American Academy of Arts and
S c i e n c e s
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2017
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1950
Liu injured his left ear while drunk on the beautiful views
from the Mt. Everest base camp. Fortunately, his creative
aspirations remain fully intact
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By the Yuan Dynasty (12711368),
traditional Chinese painting
possessed 36 methods for
texturing. There had been no
new ones for centuries when Liu
invented his pulling out tendons,
stripping off skin technique.
(photo by Chuang Kung-ju)
Salon de Mai
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Lius Rain and Mountains Outside the Windows gives viewers a sense of
the new vistas his ink techniques opened up.
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Lius 1971 painting Eclipse, from his Space series of works, was inspired by Apollo 13s perilous lunar flyby.
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Liu was hired to teach in the arts department of technique he invented in his youth. Once it is complete,
the Chinese University of Hong Kong. While there, he he plans to exhibit it at Septembers BRICS Summit in
reconnected with the mother from whom he had been Xiamen.
sundered for more than 20 years. For paintings in this style, Liu uses Liu Kuo-sung
Painting a new tradition paper, a coarse-textured cotton paper with fibers glued
Changes were afoot within the mainland Chinese to the surface by an extra layer of pulp applied over the
painting community at around the same time. The top. Liu colors the paper with black ink, following the
mainland established the National Academy of Chinese shape created by the fibers. At the end of the process, he
Painting in 1981. The academys head, master landscape pulls fibers off to create white lines that dont exist in tra-
painter Li Keran, invited Liu to attend its opening gala. ditional ink painting. It is these white lines cleaving the
Liu also exhibited two paintings there, which were sur- black ink on the page that give the technique its name.
prisingly well received. To Liu, the white lines represent an inversion of the
The experience instigated what would become a tour black lines of traditional brush and ink painting, and
of the whole of the mainland three years later, one on serve as an inspiration to the revolutionary fringe of the
which Liu visited some 18 cities. His friends in Taiwan movement to reinvent Chinese painting.
thought that he was taking too great a political risk in But tearing the fibers from the paper is a lot of work,
making the trip, but Liu disagreed. He explains, I was and Liu often asks Li Mo-hua, his number-one assis-
seeking to build a new 20th-century tradition in Chinese tant, to help out. She usually does so after Liu has gone
painting, and mainland China is the wellspring of Chi- to sleep, squatting on the floor, using her fingernails
nese painting. How could I turn down the opportunity to to feel for raised spots on the paper, and then slowly
proselytize modern ink painting there? pulling off the fibers. Ive pulled off so many that my
But the trip resulted in him being blacklisted in Taiwan knuckles have become deformed, she says, showing
until 1989, when he was invited back for a solo exhibition. Liu the twisted fingers of her right hand.
Pulling out tendons, stripping off skin Liu doesnt respond. Instead, he exits his studio, and
The 85-year-old Liu says that he still works every day then clasps Lis hand as he waits for the elevator. The
from the middle of the night to dawn. His doctor has two then stand, hand in hand, waiting for it to arrive. l
urged him to give up his nighttime schedule, but he says, (Su Hui-chao/photos courtesy of
I live on American time. the Liu Kuo-Sung Archives at the
He is currently working on a piece he calls Five Suns Li Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation/
using the pulling out tendons, stripping off skin tr. by Scott Williams)
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CULTURAL RENEWAL
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At every Chinese New Year, Kao I-min visits coffee
shops and writes couplets for patrons.
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calligraphy from a wider audience. Today she contin- When a friend of Kao I-mins was traveling abroad
ues to cultivate the spirit of inspirational poetry and and wanted an easily recognizable symbol of Taiwan,
impromptu exhibiting that she developed while she Kao combined the two characters in the word Taiwan
was in England, and devotes herself to savoring lifes with the shape of the island. This became the starting
little moments and capturing them through calligraphy, point for his brand TaiwanLIKE.
creating diverse magical scenes using 30 x 30 centimeter What TaiwanLIKE sells are products with cultural
sheets of rice paper. significance. The question for us is how we can help peo-
Pictures in words, words in pictures ple to better understand this place called Taiwan, says
Turning Chinese characters into images and motifs is Kao. He believes that on this ethnically diverse island,
a common technique for contemporary designers. In fact living beings must overcome division and present the
the practice has a long history. Characters were used as outside world with a unified image. He therefore uses
inscriptions and in slightly altered forms inscribed on the TaiwanLIKE logo and transforms it into images of a
utensils and various architectural structures by tradi- crow butterfly, a black-faced spoonbill, local banana va-
tional craftsmen. rieties, the lotus, and other typically Taiwanese animals
Western design also uses words and letters as design and plants, and then develops them into products such as
elements, but many Chinese characters are pictographs, luggage stickers, postcards, accessories, and t-shirts. This
and so when used as an image their meaning is more allows customers to take a bit of Taiwan on their travels
profound and more easily conveyed. They therefore have and spark the curiosity of other people who can then be-
an even greater expressive power when used as elements come better acquainted with Taiwan.
for visual communication, says Hugh Hu, general man- Kao makes use of his design techniques both to extract
ager of NDD Design and former curator of the Delight of images from text and to distill meaning from narration in
Chinese Characters Festival held in Kaohsiung. order to create products and product names. For example,
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Kokia Lin describes himself as an omnivorous reader.
That learning has been internalized and has become a
source of creative inspiration.
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Before inventing his rotated calligraphy more than a decade
ago, Kokia Lin had already built a reputation in design circles.
logo
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CULTURAL RENEWAL
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At 18, Wang Jhao-cian returned to his
hometown of Chiayi to found Our Theatre. The
company, which incorporates aspects of local
culture into its performances, has become a hub
of artistic activity for the Chiayi area.
1988
2016
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Performed entirely in Taiwanese, Our Theatres Macbeth: Paint student. These excursions planted the idea in his mind to
It, Black! integrates music, dance, and acrobatics. With surtitles create a local theater company based in C
hiayi. At the age
in both English and Romanian, the play astounded audiences at
the Sibiu International Theatre Festival. of only 18, the soon-to-be college student formed a group
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Held each spring, Our Theatres Grasstraw Festival is a
major cultural event in Chiayi, drawing spectators from
2011 all over Taiwan. (courtesy of Our Theatre)
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places around them. Wang Jhao-cian sees these small
Entirely homegrown, Our Theater relies on tokens as gifts for the students, and a way to spread the
youthful creativity and passion for theater to win seeds of creativity.
the hearts of fans both young and old.
Ever experimental, Our Theatre also collaborates
with Taichungs Chio Tian Folk Drums and Arts Troupe.
Shuttling between Taichung and C
hiayi, the two groups
exchange experiences as drummers and actors; this year,
888 the members of Chio Tian will perform Restricted Area,
a play written by the actors of Our Theater, who also of-
fered theatrical advice for the production. With a formal
Taipeis U-Mkt: the JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture, the
market has revived the areas long quiescent spirit
A Traditional Market Reborn and is introducing it to a new generation of visitors.
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U-mkt (also known as Xinfu Market), which opened
in 1935, was built in a distinctive horse-hoof shape
unusual for a Taiwanese market.
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Two of the old markets Japanese-era stalls
have been preserved, helping visitors picture the
butchers of yore hawking their products from within.
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The renovation of the more than
80-year-old U-mkt has created a
multifaceted base for innovation.
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN FOCUS
Ted Tsai:
Two Decades
of Indonesian
Musicology
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KRTKanjeng Raden Tumunggung
KanjengRaden
Tejo Bagus Sunaryo Tumunggung
KRT
K A
Kanjeng Aryo
Shadow plays, a traditional Chinese entertainment, are still seen
on the streets of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
After finishing a days fieldwork, Ted
Tsai and his students discuss the
content of their interviews.
For ethnomusicologists, the Cap Go Meh
Festival, held in the city of Singkawang in the
Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, is a
celebration not to be missed.
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Go Tik Swan
Didik Nini Thowok
Radyo
Harsono
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Huang Chuan Lin, one of Ted Tsais graduate students, spent an open mind and discover their unique brilliance.
(Cathy Teng/photos by Tsai Bing Chun,
a year as an exchange student in Indonesia studying gamelan
instruments, and was later able to introduce this aspect of
Indonesian culture in Taiwan. (photo by Chuang Kung-ju) courtesy of Ted Tsai/tr. by Robert Green)
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN FOCUS
The New Arrivals:
Southeast Asian Immigrants
and Migrant Workers in Taiwan
courtesy of NMTH
I n order to break down stereotypes held by many in
Taiwan regarding immigrants, the National Mu-
seum of Taiwan History, the TransAsia Sisters Asso-
ciation, Taiwan, and Brilliant Time bookstore are cur-
rently holding an exhibit at the NMTH in Tainan, en-
titled The New Tai-ker: Southeast Asian Immigrants
and Migrant Workers in Taiwan. The exhibit tells
the life stories of immigrants and migrant workers
along with his father and older sister. The family settled
in Changzhi, a rural township in Pingtung County. They
would soon become part of a larger community of ethnic
Chinese immigrants from Indonesia who settled in the
Changzhi area.
Chou explains that in the more distant past many
people left the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong
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An exhibit representing the many packages large and
small that migrant workers send back home to loved ones.
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The New Tai-ker exhibition organizers invited
Yupayong Kongwattanasin (an ethnic Chinese from
Thailand) and others to make drawings about their
ideas regarding family.
(left photo courtesy of NMTH)
Linda
The exhibition The New
Tai-ker: Southeast Asian
Immigrants and Migrant
Workers in Taiwan
uses household items,
photographs, videos, and
artworks to take a different
perspective on the cultures
and values of people of
different ethnicities.
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NGOs that have been working since the 1990s to fur-
ther the interests of migrant workers and immigrants,
as well as more recently established entities such as
TASAT, 4-Way Voice, and Brilliant Time Bookstore.
This exhibit area provides information on a commu-
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