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The Taipei Representative Office in Singapore (TRO; ) is the
representative office A representative office is an office established by a company or a legal entity to conduct marketing and other non-transactional operations, generally in a foreign country where a branch office or subsidiary is not warranted. Representative offices ...
of the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
in
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. Its counterpart body in
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is the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei. The office is located within mTower at 460 Alexandra Road,
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
.


History

The office was originally established in March 1969 as Trade Mission of the Republic of China, but it adopted its present name in September 1990, following Singapore's establishment of diplomatic relations with the
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.''Foreign Policy of the New Taiwan: Pragmatic Diplomacy in Southeast Asia''
Jie Chen, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002, page 82


Divisions

* Consular Division * Information Division * Economic Division * Tourism Division


Representatives

*
Chiang Hsiao-wu Chiang Hsiao-wu (; also known as Alex Chiang; April 25, 1945 – July 1, 1991) was the second son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. His mother is Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as Chi ...
* Vanessa Shih (2009 – May 2012) * Hsieh Fa-dah (May 2012 – 25 July 2015) * Jacob Chang (25 July 2015 – 19 May 2016) * Antonio Chiang (2 August 2016 – 9 August 2016) *
Francis Liang Francis Liang or Liang Kuo-hsin ( Chinese: 梁國新; pinyin: ''Liáng Guóxīn''; born 17 December 1951) is a Taiwanese retired diplomat and former politician. Prior to this, Liang served as Vice Minister and Deputy Minister of Economic Affai ...
(14 November 2016 – 7 May 2023) * Tung Chen-yuan (8 May 2023 – )


Transportation

TRO is accessible within a short walking distance from Labrador Park MRT station.


See also

* Singapore–Taiwan relations *
List of diplomatic missions of Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, has 112 diplomatic missions across the world . Due to the One-China policy held by the People's Republic of China on the Chinese mainland, other states are only allowed to maintain relations with one of ...
* List of diplomatic missions in Singapore *
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), also known as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), Taipei Representative Office (TRO) or Taipei Mission, is an alternative diplomatic institution serving as a ''de facto'' e ...


References

Singapore–Taiwan relations
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
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