A: The Ministry of Education’s Sports Administration has been upgraded to the Cabinet’s Ministry of Sports, which came into operation on Sept. 9, National Sports Day.
B: Yeah, Olympic gold medalist Lee Yang was appointed minister, while baseball superstar Chen Yi-hsin was appointed deputy minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples.
A: Lee won gold in badminton men’s doubles at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics. Born in 1995, he just turned 30 — that makes him the youngest minister ever.
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B: In order to serve the country, the news says Lee even gave up commercial deals worth nearly NT$30 million total.
A: What a sacrifice. Hopefully, he can boost Taiwan’s sports as the minister.
A: 教育部體育署近日升格運動部，在9月9日「國民體育日」正式掛牌運作。
B: 對啊奧運金牌李洋已接任部長，棒球明星陳義信則接任原民會副主委。
A: 李洋曾兩度勇奪2021年東京奧運、2024年巴黎奧運羽球男雙金牌。1995年出生的他才剛滿30歲，更是史上最年輕的部長！
B: 聽說他為了擔任部長為國效力，還放棄了高達3千萬元的商業代言費。
A: 哇犧牲還真大，希望他能提升台灣的運動風氣。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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