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■ LAW ENFORCEMENT

Campaign report released

Police were mobilized on more than 2 million shifts to maintain order at over 1,600 activities related to the presidential campaign in the 10 months leading up to Saturday's election, National Police Agency statistics released earlier this week showed. Beginning in May, the agency began to dispatch officers to prevent campaign-related violence around the country, with a total of 2.24 million shifts assigned to keep order, the statistics showed.



■ DIPLOMACY

Dalai Lama thanks Chen

The Dalai Lama thanked President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and the Taiwanese government for their long-term support and friendship for Tibet, particularly following Beijing's recent violent crackdown, the Presidential Office said in a statement yesterday. The Presidential Office said that the Dalai Lama expressed his appreciation to Chen in a letter forwarded by the Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama told Chen he thought the electoral process in Taiwan was a model for countries in Asia.



■ GOVERNMENT

Mark Chen appointed

President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) has appointed National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Mark Chen (陳唐山) as secretary-general of the Presidential Office, succeeding Yeh Chu-lan (葉菊蘭), the Presidential Office said in a statement last night. It said Yeh had offered her resignation on Monday, citing mental and physical exhaustion. The president approved her resignation yesterday, it said. NSC Deputy Secretary-General Chen Chung-hsin (陳忠信) was made NSC acting secretary-general, effective today, the statement said.