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Tamkang High School (2022 CyberFair Project ID 8624)
Taiwan, Taiwan, New Taipei City
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders

We estimate 9 student(s) from 15 to 16 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Dr. George Leslie Mackay, or called Ma-Kai, was the first Christian missionary to arrive on the shore of Taiwan. Since he arrived 150 years ago, Dr.Mackay had been preaching and curing the people of Tamsui, the town where he first arrived. During the early stages of his time in Taiwan, he had been through many difficulties and doubts, but he eventually came through all of them. Although he was discriminated against and shamed for his foreigner identity, he kept his faith and waited until his first student came to him. Over the next 30 years, Dr. Mackay played a pivotal role in the development of Christianity in the Tamsui area. His descendants and cultivating students also contribute a lot and have lots of local weight. As the first Western missionary to bring Christianity to Northern Taiwan, Pastor Mackay was a leader of a local figure who was important to the development of Taiwan's history.

Project Description: “The extraordinary life of Dr. Mackay in Taiwan”. We hope to use several methods, such as collecting historical information and interviewing relevant personnel to revisit the biblical, educational, medical advancements impacts that Dr.Mackay had and still has on the development of the Northern Taiwan region. (Especially the Tamsui region) In addition, we look forward to promoting Dr.Mackay’s loving spirits and incredible contributions by setting up a website page in honor of the 150th anniversary of his first arrival here, on this beautiful island of “Formosa”.

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