To draw attention to the nation's economic woes and the plight of unemployed ahead of the Dec. 1 elections, the KMT has announced that it will hold marches simultaneously in 22 counties and cities tomorrow.
Chao Shou-po (趙守博), director-general of the party's Organization and Development Committee, said it is time for the government, which he says has failed to offer concrete solutions, to face up to economic problems.
"Rescuing the economy and lowering the unemployment rate is our theme for these elections. The DPP government should stop trying to distract public attention with political issues," Chao said.
According to Chao, KMT Chairman Lien Chan (
The party also launched a TV commercial yesterday, its sixth, which lampoons the government for poor teamwork and incompetence in resolving economic problems. The ad parodies President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮), Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄), DPP Chairman Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) and DPP Secretary-General Wu Nai-jen (
Filmed singing the popular Taiwanese song Wait A Moment at a KTV, the actor playing Chen refuses to give up the microphone, despite singing out of tune.
KMT Spokesman Wang Chih-kang (
"Though the unemployment rate has climbed quite high, the DPP wants the people to wait a moment. It wants the people to wait for everything," Wang said.
"We are telling the people with this ad that the government has made a mess of Taiwan, but it still refuses to share power," Wang added.
RESTAURANT POISONING? Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Victor Wang at a press conference last night said this was the first time bongkrekic acid was detected in Taiwan An autopsy discovered bongkrekic acid in a specimen collected from a person who died from food poisoning after dining at the Malaysian restaurant chain Polam Kopitiam, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said at a news conference last night. It was the first time bongkrekic acid was detected in Taiwan, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Victor Wang (王必勝) said. The testing conducted by forensic specialists at National Taiwan University was facilitated after a hospital voluntarily offered standard samples it had in stock that are required to test for bongkrekic acid, he said. Wang told the news conference that testing would continue despite
The government is aiming to recruit 1,096 foreign English teachers and teaching assistants this year, the Ministry of Education said yesterday. The foreign teachers would work closely with elementary and junior-high instructors to create and teach courses, ministry official Tsai Yi-ching (蔡宜靜) said. Together, they would create an immersive language environment, helping to motivate students while enhancing the skills of local teachers, she said. The ministry has since 2021 been recruiting foreign teachers through the Taiwan Foreign English Teacher Program, which offers placement, salary, housing and other benefits to eligible foreign teachers. Two centers serving northern and southern Taiwan assist in recruiting and training
WIDE NET: Health officials said they are considering all possibilities, such as bongkrekic acid, while the city mayor said they have not ruled out the possibility of a malicious act of poisoning Two people who dined at a restaurant in Taipei’s Far Eastern Department Store Xinyi A13 last week have died, while four are in intensive care, the Taipei Department of Health said yesterday. All of the outlets of Malaysian vegetarian restaurant franchise Polam Kopitiam have been ordered to close pending an investigation after 11 people became ill due to suspected food poisoning, city officials told a news conference in Taipei. The first fatality, a 39-year-old man who ate at the restaurant on Friday last week, died of kidney failure two days later at the city’s Mackay Memorial Hospital. A 66-year-old man who dined
‘CARRIER KILLERS’: The Tuo Chiang-class corvettes’ stealth capability means they have a radar cross-section as small as the size of a fishing boat, an analyst said President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday presided over a ceremony at Yilan County’s Suao Harbor (蘇澳港), where the navy took delivery of two indigenous Tuo Chiang-class corvettes. The corvettes, An Chiang (安江) and Wan Chiang (萬江), along with the introduction of the coast guard’s third and fourth 4,000-tonne cutters earlier this month, are a testament to Taiwan’s shipbuilding capability and signify the nation’s resolve to defend democracy and freedom, Tsai said. The vessels are also the last two of six Tuo Chiang-class corvettes ordered from Lungteh Shipbuilding Co (龍德造船) by the navy, Tsai said. The first Tuo Chiang-class vessel delivered was Ta Chiang (塔江)