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■POLITICS

Fu criticizes KMT delay

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Fu Kun-chi (傅崑萁) yesterday expressed resentment over KMT plans to suspend the primary for the Hualien County commissioner election, adding that he would continue his efforts to represent the party in the election. The KMT was scheduled to hold a primary yesterday to choose its candidate for county commissioner, but the party’s Hualien branch suspended the primary on Friday night and said the party would determine the candidate through negotiations instead. KMT Secretary-General Wu Den-yi (吳敦義) yesterday dismissed allegations that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) was involved in suspending the primary to prevent Fu, who has been found guilty of manipulating share prices in two trials, from representing the party. It was reported that Ma was seeking more control over the nominations for local government elections because he allegedly plans to take over the party chairmanship next month. Fu and the other four hopefuls said they would continue campaign efforts. However, Fu urged the party to determine the candidate in a fair mechanism and declined to say whether he might withdraw from the party and run as an independent candidate.



■TOURISM

Bus accident injures nine

A bus carrying 31 Chinese tourists from China’s Fujian Province yesterday scraped against the side of a mountainous road on the way to Alishan (阿里山) in Chiayi, injuring nine passengers. The accident occurred yesterday at the 91km mark on Provincial Highway 18 (also known as the Alishan Highway) at around noon. It was reported that the driver may have been trying to avoid monkeys or goats when he scraped the bus against the mountain, police said. None of the passengers sustained severe injuries. While two of them have broken bones — including an elderly woman who broke her arm — the other injuries were restricted to scratches and minor cuts. The passengers were sent to the St Martin de Porres Hospital in Chiayi City to receive treatment. The rest of the tour group is scheduled to continue their trip.



■EVENTS

Church holds charity dinner

The Taiwan Catholic Mission Foundation will hold a charity dinner on Friday at Splendor Hotel in Taichung City to raise fund for children of foreign spouses, said Austin Ou (歐晉仁), chief executive officer of the foundation. Ou said the money would be used to fund after-school programs established by the church to provide homework help for children of foreign spouses that are struggling at school. The dinner will also feature live performances by a quartet comprised of four Filipino Catholic fathers, some children from the programs and a choir of Filipino and Vietnamese mothers. For more information, contact the foundation at (02) 2341-5260.



■EVENT

Night of the Adeaters

INFINE Cultural and Art Exchange and Alliance Francaise de Taiwan will jointly organize this year’s Night of the Adeaters on July 10 in Taichung City and July 12 in Taipei City. The organizers said that Adeaters, organized in more than 40 countries, is an annual party presenting commercials from around the world. The Taichung event will be held at Wen Ying Hall from 2pm to 10pm. In Taipei it will take place at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and admission varies from NT$600 to NT$1,000 depending on the seating. For more information, visit infine-art.com/adeaters/englishindex.htm or call (02) 2742-3595.


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