We are still exploring the options and it is the government which will have a final say on this. I hope it can be put in place as soon as possible.

A lot of money has been invested, but people's lives have improved little.

The government is racking its brains to create jobs as it braces itself for a really tough year.

There will be instruments and a lot of different kinds of performance. There will be flute and traditional Chinese string instruments. There will be violins and an American band that will play Chinese music.

This is the first co-operation between our museum and the British Museum, and I hope we will have more exchanges in the future.

We will make utmost efforts with maximum sincerity to safeguard and promote peaceful and steady development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and seek peaceful reunification.