Formosan Association for Public Relations
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About Us
FAPR, the Formosan Association for Public Relations is the completely independent lobby arm of FAPA. It was established in 2000. Mark Kao is the president of FAPR. Coen Blaauw is FAPR Executive Director and its sole employee. FAPR’s goals mirror FAPA’s goals:
- To promote international support for the right of the people of Taiwan to establish an independent and democratic country and to join the international community;
- To promote relations and cooperation between Taiwan and the United States;
- To protect the right of self-determination for the people of Taiwan;
- To promote peace and security for Taiwan; and
- To advance the rights and interests of Taiwanese communities throughout the world.
FAPR works closely with FAPA (the Formosan Association for Public Affairs) to advance United States-Taiwan relations.
Our Team
Coen Blaauw
Executive Director
Coen Blaauw is a native of the Netherlands. He has lived in the United States since August 1989 and has been with FAPA from 1989 to 2000 and with FAPR (Formosan Association for Public Relations) from 2000 –present. FAPR is the lobby-arm of FAPA but completely independent from FAPA.
He has an international law degree from the University of Amsterdam. He wrote his thesis about the Dutch-Taiwanese submarine deal of 1981 and after that he got gradually involved in Taiwan affairs.
Long Rong (Mark) Kao, PhD
President
Mark Kao, a toxicologist, earned his PhD degree at North Carolina State University. He then went on to hold various research positions at NIEHS, Cornell University, Bayer, American Cyanamid, and Wyeth. He was the Scientific Director at Janssen for almost two decades before retirement in 2020.
He is currently the President of Taiwanese American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (TAAP) and President of Formosan Association for Public Relations (FAPR). Previously, he served as National President of Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA), a non-profit advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. In addition, he was the chapter President of Taiwanese Association of America (TAA) in Central New Jersey, Kansas City and Ithaca. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Director for Chen Wen-Chen Memorial Foundation (CWCMF).
FAPR Board
- Treasurer, Ming-hong Chow
- Board member, Bob Yang
- Board member, Bill Wu
- Board member, Mike Kuo
- Board member, Susan Chang
- Board member, Wen-peng Liu
Recent Activities
40th Anniversary of Taiwan Relations Act Seminar @ Los Angelos (2019.4.6)
Articles
我如何與台灣結緣
FAPR 執行長 Coen Blaauw
我在荷蘭阿姆斯特丹讀法學時，以1981年荷–台潛艇軍售案的法定問題爲論文的主題；在完成此篇論文之後，又應荷蘭–台灣社之邀，就1951年舊金山和平條款後台灣的國際法定地位做硏究報告，後來並由阿姆斯特丹大學出版了一本此次硏究的書籍。
懷著對台灣的興趣（當時我已毫無疑問）及一些硏究所知，我決定參加1989 年在馬里蘭大學舉行的「二十世紀台灣在太平洋盆地之地位」座談硏討會；就在會議期間，我結識了FAPA（台灣人公共事務會）負責人，得知他們正在尋找適當人選，擔任FAPA執行長一職，幾天之後，聘請我出任此務。當時，我欣然接受，並希望此份工作能讓我有時常訪台的機會呢！
"The overwhelming majority of people in Taiwan hope the United States and other democratic countries will recognize Taiwan as an independent country," said Mark Kao, a Taiwan activist and president of the Formosan Association for Public Relations, to this publication, a view consistent with recent polling.
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Phone 202-547-8649
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