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The National Day Convention of the 115th Anniversary of the Republic of China is the main celebration of the Double Tenth Day of the Republic of China. This year, with the theme of "Happy Birthday to the Republic of China", it is divided into three stages: the prelude, the National Day ceremony and the theme performance, aiming to showcase Taiwan's diverse culture and national cohesion.
The 115th National Day celebration of the Republic of China was held today in the square in front of the Presidential Palace. The joint band of the Ministry of National Defense and the Honor Guard of the three armed services, with the theme of "Celebrate Double Ten with Drums and Bugles, Join Hands to Defend the Country", presented wonderful gunmanship skills and won applause from the audience. (Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)
The 115th National Day celebration of the Republic of China was held today in the square in front of the Presidential Palace. The Naluwan Music and Dance Troupe and the Pingtung Native Tribe Youth Association kicked off the ceremony with singing and dancing. The joint band of the Ministry of National Defense and the Honor Corps of the three armed services performed wonderful gun-driving skills with the theme of "Celebrate Double Ten with Drums and Bugles, Join Hands to Defend the Country" and won applause from the audience.
This year's National Day Convention has the theme of Happy Birthday to the Republic of China. The event is divided into three stages: the prelude, the National Day Ceremony, and the theme performance. The prelude stage is led by the Naluwan Music and Dance Troupe and the Pingtung Native Tribe Youth Association, which uses songs and dances to show their affection for Taiwan and their deep connection to the land.
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The joint band of the Ministry of National Defense and the honor corps of the three armed services performed with the theme of "Drums and bugles blast to celebrate Double Ten, and we join hands to defend our country." The band played "Windward March", "Signal Song" and "Technology Taiwan" and other music. Under the guidance of the music, the honor corps performed various marksmanship movements between stationary and marching, showing the perfect tacit understanding among the team members, and using the victory Double Ten formation to offer blessings for the annual National Day.
With the theme of "T-CORE Taiwan's Heart", Zhuang Jing Vocational School's performance combined chip, AI artificial intelligence and other technological elements to present a diverse street dance style, dancing with the vitality of the new generation; then the Xiaoming Girls' Middle School Guan Flag Team took the star map as the theme, presenting the image of "a star map is bright and shining on the Double Ten", using pipes, music, flags and dance to give an auditory and visual performance. The performance repertoire also incorporated the school song and the Happy Birthday song.
With the theme of "Bayin Travels, Taiwan Innovates", the Hakka Committee performed a performance that blended Hakka and modern pop music, dance, theater and land imagery to demonstrate the tenacity of vitality. The host of the conference also wished the Republic of China a happy birthday in Hakka.
At the end of the prelude and warm-up, the joint band of the Ministry of National Defense and the honor guard of the three services entered the venue again to shield the rostrum, bringing a successful conclusion to the prelude and warm-up.
The 115th National Day celebration of the Republic of China was held today in the square in front of the Presidential Palace. The joint band of the Ministry of National Defense and the Honor Guard of the three armed services, with the theme of "Celebrate Double Ten with Drums and Bugles, Join Hands to Defend the Country", presented wonderful gunmanship skills and won applause from the audience. (Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)
The 115th National Day celebration of the Republic of China was held today in the square in front of the Presidential Palace. The joint band of the Ministry of National Defense and the Honor Guard of the three armed services, with the theme of "Celebrate Double Ten with Drums and Bugles, Join Hands to Defend the Country", presented wonderful gunmanship skills and won applause from the audience. (Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)
The 115th National Day celebration of the Republic of China was held today in the square in front of the Presidential Palace. The joint band of the Ministry of National Defense and the Honor Guard of the three armed services, with the theme of "Celebrate Double Ten with Drums and Bugles, Join Hands to Defend the Country", presented wonderful gunmanship skills and won applause from the audience. (Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)
The 115th National Day celebration of the Republic of China was held today in the square in front of the Presidential Palace. The joint band of the Ministry of National Defense and the Honor Guard of the three armed services, with the theme of "Celebrate Double Ten with Drums and Bugles, Join Hands to Defend the Country", presented wonderful gunmanship skills and won applause from the audience. (Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)

Minister of Health and Welfare Shi Chongliang issued a clarification in response to Kuomintang legislator Li Yanxiu's statement that "social workers will provide drugs in the community." He emphasized that the harm reduction program neither encourages the use of drugs nor requires social workers to distribute drugs. He also explained that the program content includes providing clean needles, methadone maintenance treatment, infection screening and assisting drug addicts to return to society. He called on not to let unnecessary talk distort the program and interfere with the work of frontline personnel.

President Lai Ching-te delivered a speech on National Day, reviewing the achievements of Taiwan's 30th anniversary of direct democratic elections, emphasizing that freedom, democracy and economic development can go hand in hand, and called for the upcoming nine-in-one local elections to select the talented and capable, and not to be threatened or induced. Political parties can compete and have different opinions, but Taiwan should not be divided because of this, and we need to jointly protect the country and democratic system.

Kuomintang legislator Lin Siming publicly canvassed votes for the party's candidates when delivering a speech at the National Day flag-raising ceremony in Hsinchu County, saying he wished them success and a high vote. Zeng Shengkai, candidate for Zhubei mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party, criticized his behavior for violating administrative neutrality, while Zheng Chaofang, candidate for Hsinchu county mayor, called for promoting cross-party cooperation with love and tolerance and focusing on urban construction.

President Lai Ching-te delivered a speech at the 115th National Day Ceremony, with the theme "Taiwan, City on a Mountain, Salt on the Ground, Light on the World," emphasizing national unity, pragmatic governance and democratic defense. He also elaborated on the policy directions of population policy, housing, energy, anti-fraud and social welfare, and called for joint efforts to build a solid national foundation.

In an interview after the National Day flag-raising ceremony, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan responded to the controversial remarks of KMT legislator Li Yanxiu, pointing out that the source of the incident originated from Shen Boyang's article in 2014, and reiterated his opposition to the entry of drugs into communities and schools, emphasizing that social workers should not be involved in the implementation of alternative therapies, and that professional medical institutions should be responsible.

The Legislative Yuan Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee will hold its first meeting on October 12. New convening committee member Xu Qiaoxin invites Defense Minister Gu Lixiong to report on the withdrawal and replacement of flight personnel. Jie Zhong, a researcher at the Chinese Strategic Foresight Association, once pointed out that the scholarships for continued active service of flying officers will decrease by about 4% next year compared with this year, the fourth consecutive year of decline, and a decrease of nearly 10% compared with 112 years ago, indicating that the retention problem of senior flying officers has not improved.