Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Secretary-General King Pu-tsung (金溥聰) yesterday said the party must adopt a new approach in the November elections and strike a balance between promotion and grassroots organization.
King, who left Japan for Singapore yesterday morning, said in Tokyo that while he had heard the criticism directed at him, the KMT could not afford to run the elections in the same way it had in the past.
“Organization and promotion are equally important and we should not emphasize one thing at the expense of the other,” he said. “Organization is particularly important in the upcoming local elections.”
A good way to assess how to organize grassroots supporters was through opinion polls, he said.
The Chinese-language China Times yesterday said King had ordered the expansion of the party’s polling center, which has been running more polls in the run-up to the November elections.
The report quoted party insiders as saying that each poll cost about NT$1 million, adding that this had angered many party candidates who were receiving less election funding from the party.
King expressed regret over the report, dismissing it as “false” and saying the report failed to double check its information.
King said that while a 1,000-person poll cost between NT$200,000 and NT$300,000, the party’s polling center could do it for about NT$100,000. This was the principal reason why the center, rather than outside firms, was conducting the polls.
King referred to the alleged disgruntled insiders as people who knew nothing about opinion polls, saying an expert would never say such a thing and that no one who knows anything about polls would claim they cost NT$1 million.
King also justified his decision to run more polls in the lead-up to the November elections, saying they helped the party better understand voters and adjust campaign its strategy accordingly.
In addition to analyzing the elections, King said the party’s election research center conducted polls on various political and election issues, the results of which were the then used as key inputs for mapping out a broad game plan.
The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said yesterday that it will revoke the dependent-based residence permit of a Chinese social media influencer who reportedly “openly advocated for [China’s] unification through military force” with Taiwan. The Chinese national, identified by her surname Liu (劉), will have her residence permit revoked in accordance with Article 14 of the “Measures for the permission of family- based residence, long-term residence and settlement of people from the Mainland Area in the Taiwan Area,” the NIA said in a news release. The agency explained it received reports that Liu made “unifying Taiwan through military force” statements on her online
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Taitung County at 1:09pm today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The hypocenter was 53km northeast of Taitung County Hall at a depth of 12.5km, CWA data showed. The intensity of the quake, which gauges the actual effect of a seismic event, measured 4 in Taitung County and Hualien County on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale, the data showed. The quake had an intensity of 3 in Nantou County, Chiayi County, Yunlin County, Kaohsiung and Tainan, the data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage following the quake.
Actor Darren Wang (王大陸) is to begin his one-year alternative military service tomorrow amid ongoing legal issues, the Ministry of the Interior said yesterday. Wang, who last month was released on bail of NT$150,000 (US$4,561) as he faces charges of allegedly attempting to evade military service and forging documents, has been ordered to report to Taipei Railway Station at 9am tomorrow, the Alternative Military Service Training and Management Center said. The 33-year-old would join about 1,300 other conscripts in the 263rd cohort of general alternative service for training at the Chenggong Ling camp in Taichung, a center official told reporters. Wang would first
MINOR DISRUPTION: The outage affected check-in and security screening, while passport control was done manually and runway operations continued unaffected The main departure hall and other parts of Terminal 2 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport lost power on Tuesday, causing confusion among passengers before electricity was fully restored more than an hour later. The outage, the cause of which is still being investigated, began at about midday and affected parts of Terminal 2, including the check-in gates, the security screening area and some duty-free shops. Parts of the terminal immediately activated backup power sources, while others remained dark until power was restored in some of the affected areas starting at 12:23pm. Power was fully restored at 1:13pm. Taoyuan International Airport Corp said in a
RSS