Tue, Mar 26, 2002 - Page 3 News List

Scholar denies link to Lee, Minghua project

Huang Lien-fu is a Taiwanese scholar based in the US who eight years ago introduced the Taiwan Research Institute to American public relations firm Cassidy and Associates, an introduction which led to the signing of a controversial US$2 million contract. In an interview with the `Liberty Times' on Sunday, he denied allegations that he dined with former president Lee Teng-hui at Taipei's Taotao Restaurantor or had ever heard of the Minghua project

By Nadia tsao  /  STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON

Huang Lien-fu: I wasn't his student. I was student in the economics department at National Taiwan University and I earned a PhD from the University of Rochester in the US. I enrolled at NTU in 1956 and came to know Mr. Lee, who held a position in the department of agricultural economics at NTU.

He was very interested in economics and often came to our department looking for people to chat with. Seeing that I was a hard-working student, he helped me find ways to get scholarships. Later he went to teach at NTU's department of economics. I've often asked for his advice but I have never attended his courses.

I am not a registered lobbyist in the US and have never done any lobbying work. I came to know the heads of Cassidy and TRI by chance eight years ago. I therefore served as a bridge and introduced them to each other.

Translated by Jackie Lin

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