The Origins of MJW Association
The Origins of MJW Association When Chiang Ching-Kuo visited my company, Cheng Kuang Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., in 1974 to inspect what he astonished my “ automated mechanical corps ,” he was deeply impressed. In his astonishment, he referred to me as the “ Father of Taiwan ’s Precision Industry. ” He then asked me to use technological capability to assist the nation in conducting “people-to-people diplomacy.” As a result, I helped my longtime friend, Tainan Mayor Chang Li-Tang, establish a sister-city relationship with " San Jose " in California , thereby building a direct bridge between Taiwan and Silicon Valley . Fig 1: Li-Chang Kuo creating Taiwan ’s Precision Industry in 1974. In 1975, San Jose Mayor Janet Gray Hayes led a delegation to visit Tainan . Members of the delegation included engineers from IBM—many of whom were Taiwanese. Because I had long been interested in the " Third Sector " and was also a member of the Junior Chamber, I believed t...
