Jamboree Bulletin No. 2 28Th APR Scout Jamboree, Scouts of China Centenary and 10Th National Jambore March 2011
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Jamboree Bulletin No. 2 28th APR Scout Jamboree, Scouts of China Centenary and 10th National Jambore March 2011 For Scout Learning Activities, participants will have the chance to learn Treasure Hunting by GPS, Bird Watching, Life Saving, Rock Climbing, Rescue Team, Iron-Scout Competition, Paint Ball Shooting, CPR and Water Quality Test, etc. Challenge Activities are City Expedition by MRT, Community Service Project and Scout Carnival. Evenings will be as interesting as daytime. Evening program includes International Night, Welcome to Taiwan activities during the program Sub-Camp Camp fire, Opening sessions at day time. Scouts will and Closing Ceremony. Come and join the 28th APR visit the Global Development Scout Jamboree and Scouts of Village (GDV) and APR Village Be there! Do not miss anything. China Centenary and 10th including NSO display and City National Jamboree in of Science and IT, to know more NSO Display and APR Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 11-17 Village July 2011. Join us in this big about our world and the Scouting Movement. event ever to celebrate our one APR Village will be set up as hundred years of Scouting. part of the Youth Programme. The program is divided into APR Village will be a meeting Program and Activities three categories, such as place where NSOs from the Module Activities, Challenge Asia-Pacific Region will The Opening and Closing Activities and Scout Learning prepare activities to introduce ceremonies are big celebration Activities. their culture. It is also the place events at the Jamboree. Opening where NSOs present their Scouting Profile – their Youth ceremony will be held in the Under the Module Activities, Program, unique Scouting evening of 12 July and the there are Scout Exhibition at the features, other Scouting-related closing ceremony will be APR Village, Global projects and activities. scheduled in the evening of 16 July. Development Village, City of Science and IT, Half Day Tour Apart from the big ceremonies to Southern Taiwan, Eco and sub camp life, scouts will Hiking, Visit to the Science have lots of chance to join all Museum, Folk Art Center and kinds of challenges and learning Fitness and Fun Games. cultural performances. Please wish to attend this program, prepare songs or dance for this please fill out the home night and let us enjoy the hospitality form and contact the diversity and richness of World Jamboree secretariat. Home Scouting. Fill out the hospitality program will be a 3 International Night Performance days and 2 nights program. form in advance and list down Transportation will be provided what assistance that you will from Jamboree site to the place need from our side. If you have of your host family. APR Office will also run the music for your performance, APR Centre at the APR Village. please bring the CD with you The Center is an interactive and test it before your booth of the Asia-Pacific performance. Region where Scouts discover Official Airlines more about Scouting around the IST world, specifically in the Asia-Pacific Region. The Jamboree welcomes overseas contingent to send IST NSO are invited to join the NSO to join us to make this Jamboree display at the APR Village. a success. IST will be assigned Display boards will be provided to program team and security to each participating NSO. team. IST with medical Contingents may bring posters, backgrounds, like medical badges, photos to introduce doctor, nurse, pharmacist, EMT, their culture and Scout etc, will be assigned at the association. Overseas Jamboree Medical Team. If contingents may send IST to your IST has other special skills man their display and to have interactive activities with and wish to help at the participants and visitors. The Jamboree, please do not hesitate size of one display board is 2.5 to contact the Jamboree m high and 1 m wide. Each secretariat for other country will have one board. If assignments. Contingents may you need more, please contact also assign their IST to work at the Jamboree Secretariat in the exhibition area to man their advance. NSO display and to interact with Jamboree participants. We are very pleased to International Night Meal coupons will be provided announce that China Airlines of to IST and IST will have their Taiwan is the Jamboree official International night will be held daily meals at the Jamboree airlines, which will provide in the evening of Thursday, 14 Cafeteria. For environmental special airfares to Jamboree July 2011. Overseas contingents protection, IST has to bring overseas contingents. Please are cordially invited to make his/her personal eating utensils, contact your local China like plate, bowl, cup, fork and Airlines agency for more details spoon when dining at the or contact the Jamboree Jamboree Cafeteria. Secretariat. Home Hospitality Arrival and Transportation arrangement Home hospitality will be provided for overseas The expected date of arrival for contingents either before or contingents is on 11 July. IST after the Jamboree. Should you will have to arrive one day earlier, on 10 July. Both secretariat by 15 April 2011. contingents and IST leave the Please save the file name as Jamboree site on 17 July. countryname_date.xls, like korea_20110323.xls. You may Please be informed that download the file at our transportation from the airport Jamboree webpage, to the Jamboree site and back http://scouting.edu.tw/index.asp will be provided for overseas x?lang=en contingents. Please inform your arena, and the other will be used flight itinerary as soon as you Equipment and What to at the Sub-camp area. Bring finalize your travel plan. Bank Account Information Tent and cooking utensils will be provided for overseas Jamboree fee is USD200 per contingents. Dining fly, table person and USD 150 for IST. and chairs, cooking gas and Please pay the Jamboree fee in stove will be provided for each advance by bank transfer. patrol. Please bring your camp Please inform the Jamboree secretariat by e-mail to light with batteries. Each [email protected] or by fax participant has to bring his/her to +886-2-2773-6525 after you personal camping gear, make the bank transfer. including sleeping bag, sleeping Thank you. mattress, torch, eating utensils, scout uniform, personal clothes, Bank Name: BANK SINOPAC swimming suits, etc. Bank Address: 9F, No. 36, Sec. 3, Nanjing E. Rd., Zhongshan VISA Application Dist. Taipei City 104, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-2506-3333 Please inquire locally if you Account Name: The General Association of the Scouts of require entry visa to enter Please send the transportation China Taiwan. Foreign visitors may form latest by the end of May Account Number: obtain tourist visas if they hold which will allow us ample time 021-002-0100092-1 foreign passports or travel to prepare and make your stay Address: 9, Lane 23, Sec. 1, documents valid for more than more comfortable. Chien-Kuo N. Road, Taipei 104, six months in the Republic of Taiwan China for purposes of Tel: +886-2-27401336 National Flag sightseeing, business, family Jamboree Registration Please prepare 2 National Flags, Form size 96 x144 cm, and bring them with your contingent and Please submit your registration form by filling the Jamboree hand over your flags to the registration excel file. Input all International Team upon arrival the necessary personal at the Jamboree site. One flag information and send the file by will be flown at the Jamboree e-mail to the Jamboree visits, study or training, medical Foreign currencies can be treatments, or other legitimate exchanged at government-designated banks, activities. A 30-day visa-free hotels and at the airport. Please privileges are afforded to exchange your money after your citizens of 31 countries and arrival at the airport. 30-day landing visas are afforded to citizens of 3 Major credit cards such as countries. For any further American Express, Master information, please visit the Card, Visa, and Diners Club are accepted in major shops or website of the Bureau of restaurants. Traveler's checks Consular Affairs, Ministry of may be cashed at Foreign Affairs at foreign-exchange banks, some http://www.boca.gov.tw Should tourist-oriented businesses, and you need further help on visa (by room guests) most application, please do not international tourist hotels. hesitate to contact the Jamboree Contact Information secretariat. Jamboree Secretariat Weather Mr. Chang, Wen-Shing International Director Taiwan enjoys warm weather all 9, Lane 23, Sec. 1, Chien-Kuo year round and the annual N. Rd., Taipei, 104, Taiwan, ROC average temperature is a TEL: +886-2-2740-1336 ext comfortable 22 degrees Celsius 118 with the lowest temperatures FAX:+886-2-2773-6525 ranging from 12 to 17 degrees E-mail: [email protected] Celsius (54-63 Fahrenheit). The [email protected] weather during summer and autumn is relatively stable; however, typhoons sometimes approach the country during the summer (June to August). Currency The Republic of China's unit of currency is the New Taiwan Dollar (NT$), which has five denominations in paper money and five in coins. Paper money comes in NT$2000, NT$1000, NT$500, NT$200, and NT$100 denominations. Coin comes in NT$50, NT$20, NT$10, NT$5 and NT$1 denominations..