President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday said that she only has one word for anyone attempting to lead Taiwan into accepting China’s “one country, two systems” formula: Impossible.
“Attaching importance to the economy, care for the elderly and children, and Taiwan’s security is the ‘Tsai Ing-wen path,’” she said at a campaign event in Hsinchu City.
Tsai, who is seeking re-election as the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate, said that the nation’s economy has grown under her administration.
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“The ‘Tsai Ing-wen path’ will continue to grow in the next four years,” she said.
First, if elected, her administration would work to strengthen industrial clusters and improve the integration of hardware and software to boost artificial intelligence applications, she said.
Second, her administration would work to broaden the scope of care for children, as well as long-term care services for elderly people, she said.
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Third, her administration would strive to make Taiwan safer, she said, adding that she would uphold the nation’s sovereignty and the values of democracy and freedom.
Separately yesterday, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), the KMT’s presidential candidate, pledged that if he is elected on Jan. 11, his administration would subsidize national pension premiums for people who are physically challenged.
Han and his running mate, former premier Simon Chang (張善政), were taking part in a forum in Taipei discussing issues facing people who are physically challenged.
In response to the audience, who said they wished that people with physical challenges could retire at 55, Han said he would strive to make it happen if elected.
At separate event for young people, the audience asked why he seems to often make blunders when he is talking.
Han said: “99.999 percent of my talks are motivational and the media only take the 0.001 percent when I am being frank and outspoken and blow it up.”
The KMT is faced with an electoral battle that is not fair in terms of resources and information, Han said, adding that Taiwan’s democracy has regressed and 90 percent of the media are under the DPP’s control.
Additional reporting by Tsai Ya-hua
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