Dalai Lama in Taiwan 2009 30 August to 4 September

• 8/30 His Holiness arrives in Taiwan via China Airlines flight from Delhi
• 8/31 10:00am press conference for Taiwanese and international media in Kaohsiung (cancelled)
• 8/31 afternoon visit disaster victims
• 9/1 9:30pm Blessing ceremony for disaster victims at Kaohsiung Ju Dan (高雄巨蛋)
• 9/1 2:00pm Speech at Kaohsiung Garden Villa (蓮潭會館). Open to public but limited amount of seating. Will be broadcast live on PTS Channel 13 (公共電視台13頻道).
• 9/2 10:00am discussion with Cardinal Bishop Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (單國璽樞機主教) at Kaohsiung Ju Dan (高雄巨蛋)
• 9/2 12:00 Lunch with seven City and County chiefs from the south of Taiwan
• 9/3 14:00～17:00 Public Speech at Taoyuan County Stadium (cancelled?)
• 9/4 return to India

Latest update: Latest news on the Kaohsiung City Government website at http://cabu.kcg.gov.tw/News/NewsDetail.aspx?menuid=13&newsid=1446. It says the speech in Kaohsiung on 9/2 is no longer open to the public.

Please note: This schedule may be subject to last minute changes. It seems the government gives with one hand and takes with the other. They let the Dalai Lama come here, but they are reluctant to let him do anything. See this article in the Liberty Times for more: http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/aug/31/today-fo1.htm

Information translated from Taiwan Friends of Tibet (台灣圖博之友會) at http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/23629810 and also from information received via e-mail. English schedule also on TYC website .  Also check the website of The Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for more information. His Holiness the Dalai will visit Taiwan end of August: spoken-person - Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Taiwan