The KMT yesterday urged pan-blue camp supporters to concentrate their votes on its candidate, Huang Jun-ying (黃俊英), in order to unseat DPP Mayor Frank Hsieh (謝長廷).
KMT Chairman Lien Chan (
"I hereby seriously call to everybody at a time when the trend is becoming more and more obvious. We approve the ideals of Shih Ming-teh (
The KMT and PFP have pinned their hopes of defeating Hsieh on strategic voting -- having their supporters back the candidate who stands the best chance of winning.
Among the three challengers to Hsieh, Huang has gained the most support so far.
According to the latest poll, conducted by the TVBS poll center on Nov. 17 and 18, Hsieh is still in the lead with 41 percent of the vote.
The poll found that support for Huang has climbed to 30 percent, while Chang has 8 percent and 3 percent for Shih.
During yesterday's meeting, Lien questioned Hsieh's competency by noting that Kaohsiung Harbor's cargo port ranking has dropped during Hsieh's tenure. Lien said the harbor used to be the second largest cargo port in the world but now is in fifth place after Busan, South Korea and Shanghai.
Lien said the DPP must take the responsibility for the decline as controls both the central government and Kaohsiung's government.
Also yesterday, KMT Legislator Wu Dun-yi (
Wu said the city's unemployment rate has grown from 3.44 percent in 1998 during his own administration to 5 percent in 2001, while the average monthly disposable income per household has dropped to from NT$76,205 to NT$72,183.
Wu said traffic fatalities in the city are also on the increase, with 57 people killed in 1998 compared to 120 people in 2001.
The lawmaker said the most shocking statistic was the spread dengue fever in Kaohsiung. Wu said there were a total of 432 cases during his eight years in office while there have been 2,305 cases this year alone as of Nov. 18.
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