The Taiwan Area Games opened in Taichung on October 31, with Tsai Hung-wen, speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly, presiding over the ceremony. Some 40,000 people representing various organizations, schools, legislative bodies, athletes and others from all walks of life participated in the ceremony.
中華民國六十五年台灣區運動大會，十月三十一日上午九時在台中市省立體育場舉行，由大會副會長蔡鴻文主持，各機關團體學校首長、民意代表、參加區運選手及各界民眾代表共四萬人參加，典禮隆重而熱烈。