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Overseas Chinese chief to move on to Control Yuan

Chang Fu-mei (張富美), chairwoman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, will remain in her post until the Control Yuan is reshuffled at the end of the year and then take up the No. 2 position at the government watchdog branch, Cabinet Spokesman Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday.

"Both the premier and the president thought it would be a good idea for her to stay on in her post until the Control Yuan is reshuffled," Lin said.

President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is scheduled to nominate the Control Yuan's president, vice president and members in September. The legislature will then vote on confirming his nominations.

The Harvard-educated Chang, 66, was appointed to her current position in 2000. She was a member of the National Assembly between 1992 and 1999 and was a member of the Control Yuan between 1999 and 2000.

Other high-ranking Cabinet officials who will stay on in their posts after the Cabinet is reshuffled include Council of Indigenous Peoples Chairman Chen Chien-nien (陳建年), Department of Health Director-General Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) and Chairman of the Council of Agriculture Lee Ching-lung (李金龍).

Chen Chien-nien, a member of the Puyuma Aboriginal tribe, was appointed to his position in 2002. He served in the Taitung County Council between 1982 and 1986 and was a member of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly from 1986 to 1993 and served as the Taitung County commissioner from 1993 to 2001.

Chen Chien-jen has been a member of the Academia Sinica since 1998. He was a research fellow at the Institute of Bio-med Science at the Academia Sinica between 1988 and 1996.

It is also believed that Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan (陳定南), Chairwoman of Council of Labor Affairs Chen Chu (陳菊), Minister of Finance Lin Chuan (林全), Director-General of the Central Personnel Administration Lee Yi-yang (李逸洋) and Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Ling-san (林陵三) will remain in their posts.

Also yesterday, Premier Yu Shyi-kun yesterday declined to accept the resignation of Central Election Commission Chairman Huang Shih-cheng (黃石城), according to Lin Chia-lung. Lin Chia-lung said that Huang had tendered his resignation yesterday afternoon but was told by Yu that his resignation would not be considered until his term ends in June.
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