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(2018/10/12Taipei)In
partnership with Rheinsinn Enterprise, the German Trade Office Taipei (GTO) has
attracted over 440 distinguished guests to attend this year’s Oktoberfest
Opening: The GTO German Business Day.
This event did only raise cultural
awareness, but also established valuable business exchanges between Taiwanese
and German companies and subsequently enhance trade relations between Taiwan
and Germany. By organizing the opening of this years’ HB Oktoberfest, the
German Trade Office aimed at introducing German Oktoberfest traditions to the
Taiwanese public.
Among
the guests of the event were Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je, GTO Executive Director Axel Limberg, Director General of the
German Institute, Dr. Thomas Prinz, the Director General of the Industrial
Development Bureau, Mr. Jang-Hwa Leu and Director General Dr. Chuan-Neng Lin
from the Bureau of Energy. The event commenced with the traditional “Tapping
the Beer Keg” ceremony, in which Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je opened the first barrel of beer by
affixing and opening the tap. This ceremony marked the official opening of
the HB Oktoberfest Taipei.
Mr. Limberg
highlighted the importance of beer festivals to German tradition and culture,
saying that “beer festivals have been an integral part of German amusement
culture for over two centuries. Beer festivals have always had the power of
letting people forget the stress of their daily lives and bringing people
from all parts of society together. Today, we celebrate with our Taiwanese
friends our excellent relations and cultural diversity in an authentic German
Oktoberfest ambiance.”
It is
the third time that the German Trade Office Taipei organized this event. The
guests were seated at 54 tables within an authentic Hofbräu outdoor high
ceiling tent. The event featured live music by an original HB band, real HB
German Waitresses, all-you-can-drink HB draft beer and authentic German food.
On top of that, every guest got a gingerbread heart.
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