Kaohsiung welcomes visitors from around the world, including China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin (陳雲林), Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) said yesterday.
Chen made the remarks in response to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiu Yi's (邱毅) comments on Monday that during a trip to Tianjin on Friday last week, he invited Chen Yunlin to visit southern Taiwan, which is traditionally considered a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) stronghold.
When approached for comment after a session at the Kaohsiung City Council yesterday, Chen Chu said she was not aware of any plan by Chen Yunlin to visit the city, but added that Kaohsiung guarantees the safety of all visitors.
Chiu told Chen Yunlin that any visit should be as soon as possible to prevent the DPP from capitalizing on it for the year-end special municipality elections.
Chiu said the best time would be in July or August, adding that Chen Yunlin told him he would like to visit the E-United Group and the group's amusement park, E-Da World, in Kaohsiung County.
Chiu added that Chen Yunlin and E-United Group chairman Lin Yi-shou (林義守) are good friends. Chen Yunlin also expressed interest in leading a procurement mission to southern Taiwan.
This is not the first time Chen has expressed an interest in visiting Kaohsiung.
In January, he told Kaohsiung City Council Speaker Chuang Chi-wang (莊啟旺), a member of the KMT, that he would like to see the sixth round of cross-strait talks held in the city after Chuang extended an invitation.
Chen Chu said at the time she respected the speaker's idea but expressed reservations at the same time.
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