Wed, Aug 16, 2006 - Page 1 News List

Tsai named new MOTC minister

PROMOTION Tsai Duei, a vice minister, will take over the Ministry of Transportation and Communications from Kuo Yao-chi, who quit

By Shelley Shan and Jimmy Chuang  /  STAFF REPORTERS

Tsai spent about 25 years at the DGT and cultivated a strong background in the telecommunications industry.

During his term as CAA director general, however, Tsai was forced to step down after a plane crash in Dayuan (大園), Taoyuan County, in 1997. The accident resulted in the deaths of 202 passengers, including the then central bank governor Hsu Yuan-dong (許遠東).

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