{"id":3607,"date":"2022-10-01T17:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T09:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3607"},"modified":"2023-01-06T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T06:09:47","slug":"npust-hosts-badminton-tournament-to-promote-southeast-asian-ties","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/news\/npust-hosts-badminton-tournament-to-promote-southeast-asian-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"NPUST Hosts Badminton Tournament to Promote Southeast Asian Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of NPUST\u2019s cooperation with the Taiwan government to promote its New Southbound Policy, in 2019 it hosted the first \u201cNew Southbound Policy Countries Futsal Tournament\u201d. After a couple year\u2019s hiatus, this year, the promotional sporting event has returned as the \u201cHumanities Cup \u2013 New Southbound Invitational Badminton Tournament\u201d. The event took place on October 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2022 at the NPUST Mengxiang Gymnasium with the ultimate aim of enhancing exchange and friendship between students from the participating counties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NPUST President Chin-Lung Chang said: \u201cwith the slowdown of the epidemic, we are very happy to hold the New Southbound Invitational Badminton Tournament this year. This exciting competition between foreign students and local students and staff is an opportunity for participants to make new friends and develop good international relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 24 groups of athletes signed up for the competition. In addition to local students and staff members, students from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Brunei and Hong Kong participated in the exciting competition. The highlight of the event was that it adopted a new and more interesting set of competition rules, with \u201c2 men and 1 women\u201d as a group of three fighting for a \u201d 30 point\u201d victory. The goal was to encourage positive interaction between the players and create some unforgettable experiences for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament was supported by the Ministry of Education Sports Administration. For NPUST, which is located in Taiwan\u2019s southernmost county, hopes are to see more friends from the New Southbound Policy countries come to visit Taiwan and take part in exchange\u2014 and experience the different and unique culture and customs it has to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3616,"template":"","genre":[],"colleges":[54],"visions":[31],"sdgs":[13,28],"class_list":["post-3607","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","colleges-administrative-unit","visions-platinum-society","sdgs-good-health-and-well-being","sdgs-partnerships-for-the-goals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"colleges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/colleges?post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"visions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visions?post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"sdgs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sdgs?post=3607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}