Taipei County Commissioner Su Tseng-chang (
The source said Chiou will replace Kang Ning-hsiang (
The source told the Taipei Times yesterday that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Parris Chang (張旭成) will be invited to serve as NSC deputy secretary-general, while DPP Legislator Chen Chung-hsin (陳忠信), who is also the head of the DPP's Mainland Affairs Department, will be a senior adviser to the NSC.
"The entire arrangement was finalized on Monday night," the aide said.
"Su, who was the DPP's campaign manager for the presidential election, has demonstrated extraordinary achievements as a local government head as well as displayed talent in party affairs; therefore, the president wants to promote Su," the aide said.
Su and Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) are seen as strong contenders to represent the DPP in the 2008 presidential election.
The president also invited DPP Legislator Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) to replace Chen Che-nan (陳哲男) as deputy secretary-general of the Presidential Office.
"Due to the Cabinet reshuffle and the reorganization of Presidential Office personnel, the president asked Chiou, Chen's right-hand man and the DPP's top strategist, to return to the NSC to coordinate these new ministers and high-ranking officials on cross-strait issues and foreign affairs," the aide said.
According to the source, Chang will succeed Antonio Chiang (
Another Presidential Office deputy secretary-general, Joseph Wu (
Taiwan has arranged for about 8 million barrels of crude oil, or about one-third of its monthly needs, to be shipped from the Red Sea this month to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and ease domestic supply pressures, CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 台灣中油) said yesterday. The state-run oil company has worked with Middle Eastern suppliers to secure routes other than the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas typically passes, CPC chairman Fang Jeng-zen (方振仁) said at a meeting of the legislature’s Economics Committee in Taipei. Suppliers in Saudi Arabia have indicated they
South Korea has adjusted its electronic arrival card system to no longer list Taiwan as a part of China, a move that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said would help facilitate exchanges between the two sides. South Korea previously listed “Taiwan” as “Taiwan (China)” in the drop-down menus of its online arrival card system, where people had to fill out where they came from and their next destination. The ministry had requested South Korea make a revision and said it would change South Korea’s name on Taiwan’s online immigration system from “Republic of Korea” to “Korea (South),” should the issue not be
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