Taipei citizens are confident Mayor Ma Ying-jeou
The survey, conducted by the Shanshui Public Opinion Research Company (山水民意研究公司) from June 1 to 2, revealed 72 percent of respondents were satisfied with the mayor's performance, compared to 19 percent who expressed their discontent.
Nearly 60 percent felt satisfied about city transportation, public order and administrative efficiency, while about 26 percent were dissatisfied.
The poll also revealed that some respondents believed Ma's chances of serving another term as Taipei City mayor were strong. Forty-four percent werconfident of his chances, whereas 22 percent had doubts he would win another term.
"Although Ma received a lot of support for leading the Taipei City Government, not that many citi-zens are confident of his chances if he was to try again for the position," said Taipei City councilor Ke Ching-sheng (柯景昇).
Ke said that Ma would be strongly challenged by the DPP and PFP in the 2002 mayoral election.
Also, the poll showed that only 23 percent of respondents believed Ma could win the next presidential election, while 43 percent thought he couldn't.
After hearing the results, Ma commented that he would probably run for a second term as mayor and in the meantime would carry on with the municipal works that the public supports.
Ma dismissed the notion that he would run for president in 2004.
"I never thought of running in the presidential election," he said.
An optimistic 23 percent percent of respondents believed relations between the city and the central government led by President Chen Shui-bian
However, 14 percent did not agree that relations would improve and 27 percent thought there would be no change. The remaining 36 percent were undecided.
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