About 1,000 supporters of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) packed a venue in Greater Tainan yesterday afternoon where Tsai held a book signing for her autobiography.
The book, titled From Scrambled Eggs with Onions to Little Ing Lunchboxes — The Life Experiences of Tsai Ing-wen (洋蔥炒蛋到小英便當，蔡英文的人生滋味), went on sale late last month.
The book signing took place at Chang Jung Girls’ Senior High School, the nation’s first all-girl high school, in part to coincide with Tsai’s campaign slogan: “Taiwan’s first female president.”
The crowd range in age from three-years old to 70, with some saying they had started to line up as early as 5am in a bid to make sure their copy of the autobiography was signed by Tsai.
Tsai also made an appearance at the official opening of the election headquarters for DPP legislative candidates Hsu Tain-tsair (許添財), Huang Wei-cher (黃偉哲) and Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃). She was also invited to speak at the International Management Council, where she pledged to develop southern Taiwan into the largest green industrial hub in Asia if she wins the Jan. 14 presidential election.
Late yesterday evening at the opening of her regional campaign headquarters in Fongshan (鳳山), Greater Kaohsiung, Tsai was with DPP legislative candidates, and people who dressed up as Taoist deity Prince Nazha. In the 10 minutes it took her to reach the stage, enthusiastic supporters handed money to Tsai, as part of the DPP’s donation drive.
Party heavyweights, including former premiers Frank Hsieh (謝長廷), Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and Yu Shyi-kun , were also on hand to stump for Tsai.
DPP officials estimated that about 30,000 attended the rally last night.
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