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1. Approved by the OCAC on April 21, 1975.
2. Amended by OCAC Qiao Zong Zhuan Zi No. 10607008811 on July 26, 2017, and effective immediately.
3. Amended by OCAC Qiao Zong Qi Zi No. 10707005091 on April 18, 2018, renamed as Directions for Awarding Honored Friend Medals of Overseas Community Affairs Council, and effective immediately.
4. Amended by OCAC Qiao Zong Zhuan Zi No. 10807020531 on December 12, 2019, and effective immediately.
5. Amended by OCAC Qiao Zong Zhuan Zi No. 10907003721 on March 11, 2020, and effective immediately.
6. Amended by OCAC Qiao Zong Zhuan Zi No. 10907007441 on May 18, 2020, and effective immediately. |
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1.Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) established these
Directions to encourage international friends to assist overseas
community affairs enthusiastically.
2.Any international friend who has enthusiastically assisted overseas
community affairs, promoted national interests, and promoted
bilateral or international cooperation and exchange, can be awarded
the Honored Friend Medal (hereafter the Medal).
To request the Medal, a deeds table should be filled in, its format
shown in Annex 1.
3.The approval process for awarding the Medal is as follows:
(1)In cases where the OCAC verifies that the individual’s deeds
meet the requirements in Direction 2, the OCAC directly starts
the review process.
(2)In cases where an ROC Embassy or Taipei Economic and Cultural
Office verifies that the individual’s deeds meet the requirements
in Direction 2, the institution transfers the deeds table and
supporting documents to the OCAC for the review process.
(3)In places where there is no ROC Embassy or Taipei Economic and
Cultural Office, the individual’s deeds shall be verified by a
local overseas compatriot group that has been registered in
accordance with the Directions of Overseas Compatriot Groups
Registration or by a current or former honorary adviser of the
OCAC. The group or the adviser transfers the deeds table and
supporting documents to the OCAC for the review process.
4.Requests for awarding this Medal shall be reviewed and approved
by a committee composed of seven OCAC officials. Vice Minister
will be the convener, with Chief Secretary and Directors-General
of the five Departments being members of the committee. After a
request is reviewed and approved, the Medal shall be awarded at
an open ceremony.
5.When this Medal is awarded, a certificate and a small size medal
shall also be presented; the certificate style and medal
illustration are shown in Annex 2 and 3. The aforementioned
certificate shall be printed in Chinese and English side by side.
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