Day 10

The team began the day with a visit to The Taishin Bank. We toured the teller and the wealth management areas with Rotarian Brenda Wong. The bank, which is the 3rd largest in Taiwan, has a large customer base for it's size and is trying to increase it through aggressive marketing efforts.

We returned to the Grand Hotel for a presentation to the Taipei Wen-Lin Rotary Club. This was the fourth presentation by our group and Rotarian Paul commented on how improved it has gotten.

After lunch we toured the Tzu Chi Foundation's recycling center. The foundation earns millions of dollars through their recycling effort, which are performed mainly by volunteers. In addition to selling recyclables, they also sell reusable items found in the trash. Part of their warehouse is set up as an exhibit to teach youth the importance of recycling and the positive effect it will have on the environment.

We had an afternoon snack of dumplings at the Din Tai Fung Restaurant, which is world reknown for its dumplings. We all sampled a few different fillings, including a dessert dumpling stuffed with Taro Root. Everyone agreed that the Pork Soup Dumplings were the tastiest.