The 12 candidates running for Taipei mayor are to have the chance to present their views in televised presentations on Saturday next week and Nov. 15, the Taipei Election Commission said.
The presentations, which would run from 10am to 6pm, would give each candidate at least 30 minutes to speak, and would be televised on Public Television Service’s Channel 3 and livestreamed on YouTube, the commission said.
Independent Taipei mayoral candidate Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) is to present her proposals from 2pm to 3pm, while Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) would present his plans from 4pm to 5pm and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) would present his ideas from 5pm to 6 pm, the commission said in a statement.
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Also competing in the Taipei mayoral race are Taiwan Renewal Party candidate Su Huan-chih (蘇煥智), Taiwan Animal Protection Party candidate Chang Chia-hao (張家豪), Republican Party candidate Tang Hsin-min (唐新民) and Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party candidate Huang Sheng-feng (黃聖峰), as well as independent candidates Tung Wen-hsun (童文薰), Hsieh Li-kang (謝立康), Cheng Kuang-yu (鄭匡宇), Wang Wen-chuan (王文娟) and Shih Feng-hsien (施奉先).
The local elections, along with a constitutional referendum to lower the voting age from 20 to 18, is to take place on Nov. 26.
Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
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