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Organizers come under fire over games confusion

ACCOMMODATION INACTION A DPP Taipei City Councilor said athletes from Azerbaijan did not have anywhere to stay when they arrived in Taiwan last week

By Shelley Shan and Ko Shu-Ling  /  STAFF REPORTERS, WITH DPA

Hau has decided to continue operating the Muzha-Neihu MRT Line for the duration of the Deaflympics despite a failure to fix frequent malfunctions and system shutdowns. About 150,000 passengers depend on the line every day.

It was not the first time Ma or his administration has been ridiculed on YouTube. Last month, a YouTube video superimposed the heads of Ma, Vice President Vincent Siew (蕭萬長), Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄), Executive Yuan Secretary-General Hsueh Hsiang-chuan (薛香川) and former minister of health Yeh Ching-chuan (葉金川) onto Chippendales models, dancing to the tune “Sorry, Sorry,” a South Korean dance song.

The video mocked the Ma administration for its slow and disorganized response to Typhoon Morakot — the country’s deadliest storm in at least 50 years.

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