來自我們新任代表譚敬南的問候 Greetings from Our New Representative Guido Tielman
親愛的臺灣朋友：我是譚敬南，荷蘭在台辦事處的新代表。我和我的太太羅莉亭、一歲的兒子譚天豹在8月16日抵達臺灣，並且也很感謝各單位，協助我們完成新冠肺炎陰性採檢還有14天的居家檢疫。現在，終於出關了，我很高興能夠到辦公室加入我的團隊，也很興奮能夠進一步認識臺灣。對於休閒活動，我們很期待的是能夠探索臺灣的各種登山步道，所以還請大家推薦。
來臺灣對我來說幾乎就像回家一樣，因為1991年到1992年，我在臺灣大學當交換學生，後來還在現在加入的這個荷蘭辦事處服務了三年！
我很期待能繼續發展前任代表紀維德，還有整個荷蘭辦事處團隊打下的基礎（「沒在怕的啦」😐😊）。我們會繼續努力發展在我抵達之前就鎖定的領域，促進臺荷在永續貿易、雙邊投資、循環經濟、高科技產業、離岸風電、農業、光子學、資通訊安全，還有很多很多領域上的合作。喔，我們當然不能忘記文化和教育啦！
Dear friends in Taiwan, my name is Guido Tielman, the new Representative of the Netherlands Office Taipei. I arrived in Taiwan on August 16 with my wife Rita and my one-year old son Tobias, and I am grateful for the assistance of the authorities in the whole process of COVID-19 testing and quarantine. Now that that is behind us, I am happy to be able to join my team in person at the office and excited to explore Taiwan. One of the things we are looking forward most in terms of spending our leisure time is to explore the many hiking trails of Taiwan, so please do share with us your suggestions if you have any.
Of course, for me personally, coming to Taiwan is almost like returning home, as I have spent a year from 1991 to 1992 as an exchange student at the National Taiwan University and after that I worked at the Netherlands Office Taipei for three years, the very office I am returning to now!
I look forward tremendously to building on the excellent track record that was laid down by my predecessor, Guy Wittich, and the entire NLOT team (“no pressure” 😐😊). We will continue in the same areas that have been identified before my arrival: fostering cooperation between the Netherlands and Taiwan in sustainable trade, bilateral investment, circular economy, high-tech industry, offshore wind energy, agriculture, photonics, cyber security, and much more. Ah, and lets certainly not forget culture and education!