Citizens in the south of Taiwan applying for passports no longer need to travel to the north of the island to do so. An office of the Department of Consular Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs set up in Kaohsiung went into operation on September 15.
南部地區民眾辦理護照可以不必再往返奔波，外交部領事事務司在高雄設立的辦事處已於九月十五日啟用。