Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shih-chung’s (陳時中) campaign office yesterday launched its political donations account and introduced his dog as a campaign “spokesperson.”
At a news conference in Taipei, the office showed off a gray crossbody tote bag featuring Chen’s campaign design theme and colored masks.
Chen has more than 50,000 “Taipei team members” on his campaign Line account and more than 1,000 volunteers, who are to use the tote bags while handing out flyers, said DPP Legislator Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤), who is Chen’s campaign director.
Photo: Ho Yu-hua, Taipei Times
Members of the former minister of health’s campaign support teams and campaign officials are to wear green face masks, while a set of gray, pink and beige masks would be given to donors as gifts, she said.
Donations can be made through a Chunghwa Post giro transfer using account No. 50460041, the campaign office said.
Yenpa (沿八), a dog Chen and his family adopted, is “the most popular spokesperson on the campaign team,” Wu said, adding that it would be featured in campaign literature.
Photo: Screenshot from Huang’s Facebook account
Taipei Deputy Mayor Vivian Huang (黃珊珊), who is also expected to run for Taipei mayor, yesterday said she would not use her Pomeranian Hsiaohsia (小俠) as a campaign tool because “Hsiaohsia is a family member.”
She is expected to announce her resignation as deputy mayor on Sunday to prepare for the mayoral election in November.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei mayoral candidate Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) on Saturday wrote on Facebook that building a pet-friendly city would be part of his political platform.
Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times
He proposed a health insurance plan to ease pet owners’ medical expense burdens, and said there should be designated areas for dogs in public parks, adding that an education campaign could encourage more people to adopt pets.
He also said that the MRT metropolitan railway system should have designated areas for pets to travel without being in a carrier.
Additional reporting by Cheng Ming-hsiang
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