Hualien National Donghua University will continue to provide Hongguo students with free tuition and miscellaneous fees and living allowances, hoping that they can continue to study and live in Donghua with peace of mind.

(Photo by reporter Wang Jinyi)

[Reporter Wang Jinyi/Hualien Report] Honduras and the Republic of China officially announced the severance of diplomatic relations yesterday, ending more than 80 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Hualien National Donghua University pointed out today that there are currently 12 students from Honduras in the school. The school will continue to provide Hongguo students with free tuition and miscellaneous fees and living allowances, hoping that they can continue to study and live in Donghua with peace of mind.

Donghua University pointed out that 12 students from Honduras were awarded the Taiwan Scholarship, the Foundation for International Cooperation and Development (CCICED) Scholarship, and the Donghua University Scholarship; the departments of the 12 students belonged to 10 information An international bachelor's class in the Department of Engineering, a bachelor's class in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, and a bachelor's class in the Department of Finance.

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The grade distribution of the 12 Hongguo students is 1 fourth grade, 5 third grades, 3 second grades and 3 first grades.

Zhao Han, the president of Donghua University, worried that Hongguo students would be affected by the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and specially instructed Ma Yuanrong, the executive vice president and director of the International Affairs Office, to care for Hongguo students; Do our best to understand and care about the individual situation of each Hongguo student.

Ma Yuanrong, Director of International Affairs, said that the school promised that when the government and the CCICED were affected by the severance of diplomatic relations and no longer supported Hongguo student scholarships, Donghua University would provide 12 Hongguo students with free tuition and miscellaneous fees and living allowances so that they could continue Study and live in Donghua with peace of mind.

Hongguo students all expressed their gratitude to the school for their friendly help, which made them fully feel the support of the school when they were anxious.