A group of 300 Taiwan residents, led by Wu Cheng-dian (centre), president of the Jinmen Sub-Committee of the Cross-Straits Exchange Association of Jinmen Area, arrive in Putian of East China's Fujian Province yesterday aboard a ship on a direct voyage from Jinmen, a Taiwan island off Fujian. The group are travelling to Meizhou Island to greet the Mazu (Goddess of the Sea) Stone Statue, on the eve of the Goddess' 1,045th anniversary. [Xinhua]