Stressing the importance of reform, President Chen Shui-bian (
"The screws to city governance have loosened over these past four years. Every [Taipei citizen] should support Lee, who is No. 1 in team-work, efficiency, reform and cooperation," Chen said.
PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES
Recommending Lee's candidacy to passers-by, Chen made the remark yesterday while accompanying Lee to a temple located in the Wenshan District.
"Support Lee to be the new leader of the Taipei City Government [so he can] tighten these screws," Chen called out to the crowd.
Emphasizing that the central government and local administrations should work together, Chen called on voters to support Lee.
"The central government and the local administration should cooperate with each other," Chen said. "Local governments should not highlight individuals, consist of a one-man show or oppose the central government like the incumbent does."
"Lee has demonstrated his cooperative spirit during his tenure as the Cabinet's secretary-general," Chen said. "Only when there is a No. 1 city administration can there be a No. 1 city mayor and No. 1 city governance."
Aside from visiting a temple in Wenshan, Chen and Lee also made a visit to other temples in the Peitou and Ta-an districts while appealing to passers-by to support Lee's mayoral bid.
Prior to visiting temples with Chen, Lee hit the campaign trail at the Fuming street market and spoke in front of the World Trade Center with his running mate Regis Chen (陳朝威). Meanwhile, Lee's wife, Laura Huang (黃月桂), took part in a campaign motorcade on behalf of her husband.
A rally was held by Lee's camp later last night at Ming Chuang Park in Sungshan District.
Premier Yu Shyi-kun, Cabinet Secretary-General Liu Shih-fang (
Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday was also tied to a hectic campaign schedule. He went to Wanhua, Neihu and Nankang to drum up support for his campaign.
Later last night, Ma's camp staged a mass campaign rally at Lung-an Elementary School in Ta-an district.
Ma's rally featured several prominent KMT figures, including Legislative Yuan Vice Speaker Chiang Ping-kun (江丙坤), former economics minister Wang Chih-kang (王志剛), and KMT legislators Apollo Chen (
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