President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) reported bank savings of NT$59.44 million (US$1.95 million) as of Nov. 1 last year, an increase of NT$3.8 million from the previous year, the Control Yuan reported.
In its report on asset declarations by public officials published on Tuesday, the Control Yuan said that Tsai’s declared savings grew from NT$55.64 million in late 2021 to NT$59.44 million over a one-year period.
She declared ownership of 13 plots of land in Taipei and New Taipei City, unchanged from the previous year, with four of them in a trust, the report said.
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The other nine plots of land — three in Taipei’s Wenshan District (文山), two in Zhongshan District (中山), one each in Neihu (內湖) and Shilin (士林) districts and one in New Taipei City’s Banciao District (板橋) — were inherited from her mother, who died in 2018.
Tsai leased land to Dongdao Corp for NT$90,000 per month, and had NT$4.13 million in negotiable securities as well as a NT$1.1 million investment in Dongdao, the report said.
Tsai’s declaration showed that there was NT$94.52 million in a bank account handling subsidies received for votes obtained in the 2020 presidential election.
The account had NT$111.02 million in the previous reporting period in 2021, but NT$16.5 million was used during the 12-month period to Nov. 1 last year for election campaign expenses, donations to Tsai’s Thinking Taiwan Foundation and other charities, as well as other expenses.
Vice President William Lai (賴清德) reported bank savings of NT$2.5 million, as well as real-estate holdings in Tainan, insurance policies worth NT$27.09 million and a mortgage of NT$15.07 million.
Former premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) showed bank deposits totaling NT$20.34 million, NT$14.35 million in insurance policies, and plots of land and buildings in Taipei, Taoyuan and Pingtung County.
National Security Council Secretary-General Wellington Koo (顧立雄) reported real-estate holdings in Taipei’s Wenshan and Beitou (北投) districts, as well as bank deposits of NT$15.77 million.
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