Amid conjecture that Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (
KMT Secretary-General Wu Den-yih (
"I don't get the feeling that Ma has started to look for another running mate, as Wang is still the only one choice in Ma's mind," Wu said.
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KMT Legislator Lee Jih-Chu (李紀珠) also refuted media speculation that she was on the shortlist for vice president.
"I think there is still a great chance of forming a `Ma-Wang ticket.' We should not consider alternatives until that combination is no longer an option," Lee said.
"Wang has said that he would make a decision that is most beneficial to the party, and that decision should be to accept the `Ma-Wang ticket,'" she said.
Wang on Saturday publicly discussed his views on the vice-presidential ticket for the first time since Ma formally offered it to him on May 9.
Wang said that he would rather speak of "Ma-Wang cooperation" instead of a "Ma-Wang ticket," because it effectively communicated their shared goal of helping the party win next year's presidential election.
Wang's remarks were interpreted by some KMT lawmakers as meaning he would turn down Ma's offer.
After returning from Malaysia last night, Wang told reporters waiting at the airport that he had had no time to think about the matter during his two-day trip.
Before leaving for Malaysia on Sunday, Wang had said that he would give everyone a definite answer to Ma's offer by the end of this month in line with Ma's request.
Considering that most countries issue more than five denominations of banknotes, the central bank has decided to redesign all five denominations, the bank said as it prepares for the first major overhaul of the banknotes in more than 24 years. Central bank Governor Yang Chin-lung (楊金龍) is expected to report to the Legislative Yuan today on the bank’s operations and the redesign’s progress. The bank in a report sent to the legislature ahead of today’s meeting said it had commissioned a survey on the public’s preferences. Survey results showed that NT$100 and NT$1,000 banknotes are the most commonly used, while NT$200 and NT$2,000
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday reported the first case of a new COVID-19 subvariant — BA.3.2 — in a 10-year-old Singaporean girl who had a fever upon arrival in Taiwan and tested positive for the disease. The girl left Taiwan on March 20 and the case did not have a direct impact on the local community, it said. The WHO added the BA.3.2 strain to its list of Variants Under Monitoring in December last year, but this was the first imported case of the COVID-19 variant in Taiwan, CDC Deputy Director-General Lin Ming-cheng (林明誠) said. The girl arrived in Taiwan on
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