68 SAO TOME STUDENTS IN TAIWAN, OVER HALF ON ROC FUNDS|聖國68生在台就讀.多半領獎學金 斷交受衝擊

After the confirmation that diplomatic relations between the ROC and Sao Tome and Principe concluded, attention has turned to collateral fallout. Currently there are 68 Sao Tome students in Taiwan, of which over half are on scholarships from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These include the daughter of Sao Tome's incumbent President. To consolidate international ties, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers scholarships to subsidize students from diplomatic allies to study in Taiwan. Ministry of Education statistics show that over the past five years, over fifty students a year from Sao Tome come to Taiwan. This year there are 68 studying in National Taiwan Normal University, National Taiwan Technology University and other institutions. Over half of these are on MOFA scholarships. ==HOU CHING-SHAN Dep. Minister, Foreign Affairs and TSAI SHE-YING DPP legislator== There are currently 42 Sao Tome students in Taiwan will they continue to get these two scholarships? Of course, we have to review that When the parent acts like this to us, do we still give scholarships to their children? We will review this Hou pointed out that since diplomatic relations were broken off, the scholarships would not continue until graduation. Sao Tome students were upset when they heard about the break in diplomatic relations. ==LIU KUO-WEI Ming Chuan University International Education and Div. Exchange== They are in the middle of their courses, and about to graduate, this morning we asked teachers to reassure the students. We hope that the students are not affected by political interference. Looking at the MOFA information on scholarships for foreign students they are offered NT$25,000 a month. This year there are 34 students who were awarded this scholarship , that is NT$850,000 a month from the MOFA for these students. This does not include return air tickets. There are three Sao Tome students who are on ROC International Cooperation and Development Fund scholarships, who get NT$12,000 a month and one of these is the daughter of the country's president. The president's son has also previously held a scholarship to the Academia Sinica and took a masters degree at NTU. The break in relations affects students as well as the health professionals who have worked in Sao Tome for six years and will be recalled. There are three doctors and two nurses from Taipei Medical University there, who regret the break. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 為了鞏固邦交，每年我外交部都會提供獎學金，資助邦交國的學生來台就讀，根據教育部統計，近五年在台灣就讀的聖多美普林西比學生數，每年都超過50位，今年度有68位，分別在台師大、台科大等學校就讀，而且有超過半數領取外交部的台灣獎學金。 ==外交部次長 侯清山 vs 民進黨立委 蔡適應== 聖多美在台灣現在有42位 這兩個奬學金還要給他嗎 這個當然我們會檢討 這個老爸對我們那麼不好 還要給兒子獎學金嗎 我們會做檢討 侯清山指出，因為兩國斷交，所以獎學金不會支應到他們畢業，而正在台灣的聖國學生們聽到斷交的消息，都感到可惜。 ==銘傳大學國際教育交流處長 劉國偉== 他們因為還在唸書 也快唸完了所以就覺得可惜 我們早上已經交代 請系主任跟老師極力安撫學生 我們希望學生 不要受到外界政治干擾 從外交部的台灣獎學金內容來看，每個月最少可以提供2萬5千元，今年就有34位聖國學生領取，等於外交部每個月要花上至少85萬元，還不含來回機票，另外，還有3位聖國學生領取國合會的獎學金，每個月的零用津貼至少1萬2千元，而且其中一位還是現任聖國總統卡瓦留的女兒，聖國總統的兒子也曾經領取中研院的獎學金，在政大唸過博士班，還娶了台灣妻子，現在台聖斷交，不只影響聖國學生，常駐在聖國的台灣醫療團，也將配合撤離。 投入長達6年時間經營，面對突然斷交，醫療團的成員們都感到可惜，但不管是教育還是醫療，台灣長期支援聖國，卻得到斷交的結果，不免令人感到錯愕。 記者 綜合報導