Former president Lee Teng-hui's (
The news is viewed as an indication of the TSU's approval of Lee Ying-yuan's candidacy since Lee Teng-hui is the spiritual leader of the young party.
Annie Lee made the announcement yesterday while visiting Lee Ying-yuan, who is running against incumbent mayor and KMT candidate, Ma Ying-jeou (
"Nothing has really changed in the past four years. The incumbent mayor hasn't made any changes [for the better] to this city, which is totally different from four years ago," said Annie Lee, referring to President Chen Shui-bian's (
Annie Lee and Laura Huang (
Ma won the mayoral race four years ago by a narrow margin over Chen. Ma's victory was partly attributed to Lee Teng-hui's support, who was then president and KMT chairman.
The retired president, however, has switched his support to Lee Ying-yuan and publicly expressed disappointment over Ma's record.
In April, several TSU members attempted to persuade Annie Lee to run for Taipei mayor, but she rejected the idea.
"We need a better mayor. I am really looking for changes in our city," Annie Lee said at that time.
US climber Alex Honnold is to attempt to scale Taipei 101 without a rope and harness in a live Netflix special on Jan. 24, the streaming platform announced on Wednesday. Accounting for the time difference, the two-hour broadcast of Honnold’s climb, called Skyscraper Live, is to air on Jan. 23 in the US, Netflix said in a statement. Honnold, 40, was the first person ever to free solo climb the 900m El Capitan rock formation in Yosemite National Park — a feat that was recorded and later made into the 2018 documentary film Free Solo. Netflix previewed Skyscraper Live in October, after videos
Starting on Jan. 1, YouBike riders must have insurance to use the service, and a six-month trial of NT$5 coupons under certain conditions would be implemented to balance bike shortages, a joint statement from transportation departments across Taipei, New Taipei City and Taoyuan announced yesterday. The rental bike system operator said that coupons would be offered to riders to rent bikes from full stations, for riders who take out an electric-assisted bike from a full station, and for riders who return a bike to an empty station. All riders with YouBike accounts are automatically eligible for the program, and each membership account
NUMBERS IMBALANCE: More than 4 million Taiwanese have visited China this year, while only about half a million Chinese have visited here Beijing has yet to respond to Taiwan’s requests for negotiation over matters related to the recovery of cross-strait tourism, the Tourism Administration said yesterday. Taiwan’s tourism authority issued the statement after Chinese-language daily the China Times reported yesterday that the government’s policy of banning group tours to China does not stop Taiwanese from visiting the country. As of October, more than 4.2 million had traveled to China this year, exceeding last year. Beijing estimated the number of Taiwanese tourists in China could reach 4.5 million this year. By contrast, only 500,000 Chinese tourists are expected in Taiwan, the report said. The report
Temperatures are forecast to drop steadily as a continental cold air mass moves across Taiwan, with some areas also likely to see heavy rainfall, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. From today through early tomorrow, a cold air mass would keep temperatures low across central and northern Taiwan, and the eastern half of Taiwan proper, with isolated brief showers forecast along Keelung’s north coast, Taipei and New Taipei City’s mountainous areas and eastern Taiwan, it said. Lows of 11°C to 15°C are forecast in central and northern Taiwan, Yilan County, and the outlying Kinmen and Lienchiang (Matsu) counties, and 14°C to 17°C
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