By Hung Mei-hsiu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A Hsinchu City-based fashion designer has won the top prize at the iD International Emerging Designer Awards in New Zealand.
Liang Zong-lin (梁宗琳), who works out of the Maker Space of the Ministry of Labor’s Workforce Development Agency in Hsinchu, was awarded for her Urban Refugees (城市難民) clothing design series at the event, which ran from March 31 to April 1.
The win by 25-year-old Liang, who was one of 25 finalists in the contest, “shines a bright light on Taiwan,” the ministry said on Friday.
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