Ministry of National Defense expressed today (5th) that in order to remember the late Chief of the General Staff and the 7 generals and soldiers, the Taipei Guest House was opened on the 4th and 5th by the President’s order to allow national citizens to reminisce the fallen Armed Forces comrades, including Chief of the General Staff Shen Yi-ming, Chief Master Sergeant Han Zheng-hong, Deputy Director Yu Chin-wen, Assistant Minister Hong Hong-jun, Attendant Officer Huang Sheng-hang, Captain Ye Chian-yi, Flight Officer Liu Zhen-fu, and Crew Chief Hsu Hong-bin.
Ministry of National Defense pointed out that numerous citizens wished to extend the opening hours ever since the initiation of the memorial ceremony, and the ministry has been approved to extend the ceremony for two more days (6th and 7th January) until next Tuesday, with the opening hours remain to be 09:00 - 21:00.