Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) and Greater Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (胡志強) were rated the most unpopular and untrustworthy among heads of the five special municipalities, according to a magazine’s survey announced yesterday.
The survey was conducted by Global Views magazine from Dec. 27 to Jan. 7.
About 800 residents each in Taipei, New Taipei City (新北市), Greater Taichung, Greater Tainan and Greater Kaohsiung were asked about their impressions of and confidence in their mayors, who were inaugurated on Dec. 25.
Hau scored the worst among the five mayors in terms of good impressions, the survey showed, with only 59.4 percent of Taipei residents saying he made a good impression.
Greater Tainan Mayor William Lai (賴清德) came out on top in the category, with 75 percent of Tainan residents saying Lai gave a good impression.
Greater Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) scored 68.7 percent, New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chen (朱立倫) had 64.6 percent and Hu had 62.1 percent.
On public confidence, Hu was rated as the most untrustworthy, with only 52.9 percent of Greater Taichung residents said they were confident about his administrative performance.
Hau also scored poorly in this category, with just 56.5 percent of Taipei residents saying they were confident about his performance.
Lai and Chen both topped the category, garnering 71 percent support, while Chu placed third with 64.5 percent.
Hau said the result of the Taipei mayoral election in last November’s special muncipality elections was proof of the support Taipei residents had in him.
“I received almost 800,000 votes in the election and I think elections are the best and most trustworthy polls,” he said.
The Global Views poll was in sharp contrast with the Taipei City Government’s latest survey, which was released on Tuesday and which gave Hau a 62 percent approval rating for performance.
Global Views magazine said Hau received the lowest scores in the public impression category because of his image as a serious man and his poor interaction with residents.
Hu, on the other hand, has been the mayor in Taichung for more than eight years, the magazine noted. His lack of an impressive administrative performance in the past should be blamed for the poor score he received, despite his personal popularity, the magazine said.
The confidence level of the poll was 95 percent, with a 3.4 percent margin of error.
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