The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually in 2019.
Wang Yung-ching, also called YC Wang, was a Taiwanese businessman. He was best known for being at the chairman of Formosa Plastics Corporation, one of Taiwan's foremost plastic manufacturing establishments until is retirement in June 2006, where he stepped down at the age of 89.
Formosa Plastics Group is a titular Taiwanese conglomerate of diverse interests, including biotechnology, petrochemical processing and production of electronics components. The group was founded by Wang Yung-ching and his brother Wang Yung-tsai, and is chaired by Wong Wen-yuan. Despite its name, its holdings include several companies prominent in the high tech electronics sector, including VIA Technologies and Nanya Technology Corporation.
Guishan District is a district in northeastern Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Winston Wen-Yang Wong OBE is the eldest son of Wang Yung-ching, chair of the Formosa Plastics Group (FPG), by his second wife. Wong is now a widower with a son and a daughter after his wife died of stomach cancer in 2007. Wong holds degrees in physics, applied optics, and chemical engineering from Imperial College London. His English name was chosen during his study in the United Kingdom.
Formosa Plastics Corporation is a Taiwanese plastics company based in Taiwan that primarily produces polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins and other intermediate plastic products. It is the corporation around which influential businessman Wang Yung-ching formed the Formosa Plastics Group, and it remains central to the Group's petrochemical operations. The president of Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC) is Jason Lin (林健男).
The Iziko South African Museum is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden since 1897. The museum houses important African zoology, palaeontology and archaeology collections.
CPC Corporation is a state-owned petroleum, natural gas, and gasoline company in Taiwan and is the core of the Taiwanese petrochemicals industry.
Chang Yung-fa CBE was a Taiwanese businessman. He founded and chaired the Evergreen Group.
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The National Museum of History is located in the Nanhai Academy in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. After the Republic of China government moved to Taiwan, the National Museum of History was the first museum to be established in Taiwan.
Chang Gung University is a private university in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Events from the year 2008 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 97 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Wang Yung-tsai was the younger brother of Wang Yung-ching, founder of Formosa Plastics Group. He was born in Chyokutan, Shinden Town, Bunsan District, Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan.
The National Changhua Senior High School is a Taiwanese high school for boys, located in Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan. CHSH was established in 1942 during World War II and the late years of Japanese rule.
Ming Chi University of Technology is a private university of technology in Taishan District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1963, it currently consists of three colleges: College of Engineering, College of Environment and Resources, and College of Management and Design.
The Colonial Exhibition, Dutch: Koloniale Tentoonstelling, took place in Semarang, Dutch East Indies in from 20 August through 22 November 1914. Colonial exhibitions were trade expositions. It was designed to "give a comprehensive picture of the Dutch Indies in their present prosperous condition." It was the first large scale exposition in the Dutch East Indies, and financed by the participating corporations with a subsidy from the Dutch East Indies government.
The Chang Gung Medical Foundation, also known as Chang Gung is a medical and hospital network located in Taiwan. It was founded in 1973 by Wang Yung-ching to commemorate his father Wang Chang-gung. The hospital network has a total of 10,050 beds.
Formosa Automobile Corporation is a Taiwanese automobile company. It was founded on October 20, 1996 by Mr. Lee Tzung-Chang of the Taiwanese Formosa Plastics Group.
National Taiwan Sport University, sub-station name Guishan Leshan, is a metro station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT located in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The station opened for commercial service on 2 March 2017. The local placename is Niujiaopo.
