A youth group, named B Group, acting on the behalf of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), was formed yesterday in New Taipei City (新北市) by 15 first-time voters who were born in the 1990s.
The group has formed four teams, with one calling itself “Love’s Little Bumblebee (愛的小蜜蜂)” as part of its plans to visit all 29 districts in New Taipei City (新北市) this summer, listening to the opinions of the general public on Tsai’s behalf.
Tsai’s election office has also custom-ordered yellow minivans, decorated with her campaign slogan: “Taiwan NEXT,” to accompany the youth supporters on their trips.
Photo: Tsai Pai-ling, Taipei Times
According to Lin Ho-ming (林鶴明), deputy director of the DPP’s youth division, the B Group was making use of alliteration with the word “Bee” to name their team.
The four teams will each cover different sections, with one team focusing on New Taipei City, another on Taoyuan, Hsingchu and Miaoli, a third group on Taichung, Changhua and Nantou, and Hualien to Taitung for the final team.
The group shares the DPP’s spirit of working from the bottom-up and aims to become the most elite part of “Chairperson Tsai’s” team, Lin said, adding that the team designated to the Hualien-Taitung section has already been out on the road.
Wang Wan-chuan (王宛娟), the captain of the group, said that when it comes to the summer months, most young people think of where to go to have fun or places they can find part-time work.
However, here at Tsai’s office are college students from several schools in Taipei who wish to promote Tsai’s aim of achieving a nuclear-free nation by 2025 by visiting different parts of the country, she said.
Translated by Jake Chung, Staff Writer
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