`Crisis'-hit KMT still richest party

Since the party lost power in 2000, it has downsized considerably. Hundreds of workers have been laid off and the party sold its Zhongshan S Road headquarters last year to cut expenses.

In August 2005, Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) described the KMT's financial situation as being in a "crisis."

On Aug 23 last year, the party released a report on its assets that said it had NT$27.7 billion in assets, compared with NT$38.5 billion when former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) headed the party and NT$80.8 billion when Lien Chan (連戰) was chairman.

Additional reporting by Flora Wang, Shih Hsiu-chuan and staff writer