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Origin |
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Association of Abacus and Mental Arithmetic has been
founded in Beijing on October 28, 2002 uniting global
and regional efforts from Taiwan, Mainland China,
Japan, Korea, the United States, Singapore, Malaysia,
Kingdom of Tonga, Thailand, Brunei to name a
few. And a symposium for voting in the World
Abacus and Mental Arithmetic assessment criteria and
correspondence contest measure has been called upon on
December 16, 2003 designating August 8 as the “World
Abacus Day, a day that all countries around the world
would stage celebratory activities, work together to
reviving abacus and mental arithmetic learning trend
in excelling the development of the abacus and mental
arithmetic enterprise. |
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Purpose |
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Through
invitation for gathering abacus elites under one roof,
an united effort is sought to explore the IQ enhancing
yield that abacus/mental calculation aptitude could
offer through stepping up the exchange within the
abacus sector, mirroring abacus skills of one another,
as well as solidifying a consensus in the abacus field
to excel the sector’s development and prosperity,
and to globalize the craft of abacus worldwide by
deep-rooting the venture in Taiwan for global
outreach. |
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Time |
On
Sunday, August 7, 2005
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Venue |
At
Taipei County Government Building (at 6F.Room
603, No.161, Sec. 1, Jhongshan Rd., Banciao City,
Taipei County 220, Taiwan) |
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Head
Organizers |
Taiwan
Provincial Government
Taiwan
Chamber of Commerce |
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Sponsors
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The
General Chamber of Commerce
Chinese
Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Association
Chinese
Cultural and Economic Association
Chinese
Abacus & Mental Calculation Development Association
Abacus & Mental
Arithmetic Association of the R.O.C.
Chinese
Mathematics Education Academy Association
of Abacus Calculation and Mental Arithmetic and Mathematics Chinese
Academy of the Abacus
Chinese
International Abacus & Mental Arithmetic Association
Chinese
Practical Abacus Study Academy
Chinese
Mental Arithmetic Academy
Taipei Children's Education Academy
Taipei Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Association
Taipei
Calculation Academy
Taiwan
Calculation Association
Taiwan
Abacus Education Association
Kaohsiung
Abacus and Mathematics Institute |
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Content
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event |
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1. |
National
Abacus Celebration of World Abacus Day Rally
Ceremonies, held at Taipei
County Government Building on August
7, 2005
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2. |
National
Abacus Contest |
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3. |
National Mental
Arithmetic Contest (Prized contest)
☆Time
limit of mental arithmetic was changed to 3 minutes ;
additional contest of the same score stayed as 30
seconds. |
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