TT: So how would you rate the performance of Chen's administration in managing the economy after 15 months in power?
Wu: I think the Cabinet minis-ters still need to coordinate among themselves more. As they come from different parties, they did have some problems initially in learning how to work as a team, but they have performed much better recently. Learning to work as a team takes time.
At present, the majority of the people of Taiwan support the administration regarding China-bound investment policy. But some have also warned that the DPP should be aware of the danger of loosing support, especially in southern Taiwan, if Chen's admin-istration moves forward with the new policy too fast -- which will cause unemployment to rise much higher there.
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