Min-Tsai Hsu, Mayor of Hsinchu, announced last Sunday that the Taiwan Pavilion will be transferred to the island of Taiwan in the Hsinchu City after the close of the Shanghai World Expo 2010. It was on September 16 that the tender for the pavilion had been launched and Taiwan Hsinchu was competing with the company Haur Luen located in Taichung County and Miaoli County with. It's Hsinchu who won the flag for about 10.7 million euros and the mayor has already signed an agreement with the building manager at the Expo, the World Trade Center in Taipei. Recall that the Taiwan pavilion is made of glass and steel and consists of a giant globe encased in a transparent cube, with an exterior painted landscapes of the island. In Hsinchu, this pavilion will be transformed into industrial innovation park with the history, traditions and culture of the city, and will be installed in place of a former fertilizer plant. It was also last Sunday as Zambia celebrated the day of its flag, it is also October 24 the day of the 46th anniversary of independence of this landlocked African country rich in copper ore. The flag of Zambia has the theme "Improving the quality of urban life" and presents the folk culture, wildlife and spectacular scenery, and the challenges associated with urbanization and the innovative solutions proposed by Zambia. The celebration of this special day for Zambia has been decorated with a traditional dance performance. The organizers of Expo 2010 also indicated that the forecast to reach 70 million visitors in six months have been reached and even exceeded one week before the end of the Shanghai World Expo. If during the past week the daily number of visitors has exceeded 600,000, organizers said the number of visitors will be limited to 400,000 or 500,000 per day for the last week of operation.
