Cross-strait weddings for 39 couples

Source: Xinhua  |   2008-7-10  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

A MASS wedding for 39 couples from across the Taiwan Strait is being planned for early November, organizers said yesterday.

The couples would be selected from online applicants from across the strait, Liao Zhonghao, a spokesman with the Guangdong Shuangxi Cultural Communication Company, one of the organizers, said at a launch ceremony.

Selected couples from Taiwan would be invited to tour Beijing and Hangzhou, two major tourist attractions on the mainland, in September. Those from the mainland would be able to visit Taiwan for free in November, he said.

A group wedding would then be held beside the Sun Moon Lake, a renowned tourist destination in Taiwan, he said.

Under an agreement signed by the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation on June 13, mainland tourists are now able visit Taiwan on chartered flights. The first flights flew across the strait on July 4.

People can log on to www.gdshuangxi.com to register for the event, which is being sponsored by the cross-strait exchange promotion association of Guangdong Province.