Juming`s Taichi Sculptures Installed in NCKU Campus for Pre-opening of NCKU Environment Art Festival

TAINAN, Taiwan--(Business Wire)--
To embark beforehand on the NCKU Environment Art Festival, National Cheng Kung
University (NCKU) inaugurated an installment ceremony of three art works from
the famous Juming`s Taichi Series, namely "Jumping" and "Cross Arms". The
ceremony was featured with distinguished attendees, including Academician
Michael M.C. Lai, the NCKU President, Dr. Chong-Ray Hsiao, the Director of Art
Center and Mr. Rongjai Yeh, the President of Culture & Art Foundation and also
owners of these art works.

President Lai showed his gratitude to President Yeh, the NCKU outstanding
alumnus, for his generosity of lending his invaluable art works to NCKU.
President Lai believed that it is imperative for NCKU to equip students with
professional knowledge as well as liberal vision and humanistic tastes. The
humanistic education of a university can be evaluated from the alumnus, rather
than the number of humanistic curricula. "I am very proud that the humanistic
education in NCKU is very successful because of the achievement of President
Yeh. This installment of art work can imply the NCKU`s attentiveness and
achievement on humanity," added President Lai.

According to President Lai, the importance of humanistic education is to create
a campus environment with artistic atmosphere. NCKU Art Festival is aiming to
encompass art, humanity and music into the campus and let the faculty, students
and communities to experience the arts. The Mr. Juming`s art installed in NCKU
campus is themed on human beings and integrated into the earth.

President Rongjai Yeh recognized that President Lai promoted culture and art
activities on campus. He said President Lai`s idea about art will influence the
south of Taiwan, even the whole Taiwan. He also vowed to contribute to NCKU, his
alma mater, if needed. President Yeh also humbly said that the art work he lent
to NCKU is just to throw out a minnow to catch a whale. President Yeh also
acknowledged that originality is the power to stimulate and enrich the content
of art and culture education of a university.

This annual NCKU Art Festival, succeed to the exhibition of sculptures in 1998,
again integrated the art into the campus. Mr. Ju Ming`s art works of Taichi
series, "Jumping" and "Cross Arms", were installed in the square in front of the
administration building and the front lawn of student activity center,
respectively, to celebrate the launch of the 10th NCKU Art Festival.

"Cross Arms", installing on the entrance of NCKU, brings unlimited energy and
comfortable learning atmosphere for every member of NCKU. "Jumping", symbolizing
the balance of life power, responds to the spirit of NCKU members who show
relentless exploration in knowledge.

2009 NCKU Art Festival, themed on humanity, technology and environment, will
invited many artists to display their modern works on campus. Some lectures and
exhibition about cultural innovation will also be offered in Art Center.

About National Cheng Kung University:

With three quarters of a century of distinguished history, and with well over
120,000 powerful alumni now dotting the globe, National Cheng Kung University in
Tainan, Taiwan, has evolved from its engineering genesis to become a powerful
comprehensive, research and international university in Asia Pacific.

NCKU boats some of the biggest and brightest stars in the arts, the business
world, education, science, technology and healthcare.

With 20,000 academic selective students and 1,100 significant academic faculty
members NCKU has both a healthy dose of international flavor, enormous regional
support.

NCKU has a rapidly growing culture of proactive intellectual growth on the
world`s stage.

For further information contact: NCKU Press Officer Wei-Chen Huang at
"+886-6-275-7575 ext. 50042/mobil: 0952-213-421 or email:
weichen@mail.ncku.edu.tw

NCKU
Wei-Chen Huang, +886-6-275-7575 ext. 50042
Press Officer
mobil: 0952-213-421
weichen@mail.ncku.edu.tw

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