Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (
"I have never heard of it [the school], so I can't comment on it," Ma said yesterday when reporters asked about such a school.
After the DPP set up the Ketagalan School and the TSU established the Lee Teng-hui School as facilities to train party cadres, Ma was also reported to have establish his own center to foster political talent, the local media reported yesterday.
The reports said that the deputy convener of the city's Economic Development Committee Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆) announced that the city would establish the "Ma Ying-jeou School" as a talent education center to train economic, legal and trade experts to boost the city's economy.
However, the city administration yesterday denied the reports, saying that naming a talent-cultivation program the "Ma Ying-jeou School" was a media exaggeration.
Taipei City Government Spokesperson Wu Yu-sheng (吳育昇) yesterday said the city does have plans to train more international financial and economic experts to help improve the city's economy, but the training is not intended for political purposes.
"Lai did suggest to Ma that training international financial and economic experts in order to improve its economy would be good for the city, and the mayor welcomed Lai's creative proposal.
"Nevertheless, the training is not intended as a political maneuver. The media distorted reports concerning a Ma Ying-jeou School," Wu said.
"In addition, I have spoken with Lai, who did not say anything about a Ma Ying-jeou School to describe the training program, which is not comparable to the Ketagalan School or the Lee Teng-hui School," Wu said.
Wu also said such a program is just in the initial stages of planning, and nothing concrete has been decided yet.
"If the city wants to put it into practice, the program will be similar to those civil servants training programs provided regularly by the city government for its staff or for businessmen," Wu said.
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