Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) and her husband, Shen Hsueh-jung (沈學榮), had more than NT$750 million (US$23.56 million) in combined business investments, claims and trust stock holdings, declaration data released yesterday by the Control Yuan showed.
The couple owned two properties for personal use in Taipei’s Daan District (大安) according to disclosures made by Cheng and Shen dated Dec. 27 last year, the Control Yuan said in a report.
They had NT$19,199,614 in bank accounts, NT$240 million in stock options and bonds, and other investments of NT$49.75 million, the report said.
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A trust fund oversaw a property in Taipei’s Neihu District (內湖) and stock options of NT$341,700,000, it said.
The couple also declared bank loans totaling NT$153 million, it said.
Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Deputy Minister Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) and his wife, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Michelle Lin (林楚茵), had NT$6,283,791 in savings and two properties for personal use in Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華) worth a combined NT$51 million, the report said.
Liang had debt of NT$34,196,417, including mortgages and a personal loan, while Lin owned NT$1.36 million of stocks and bonds, it said.
MAC Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) and his wife had assets worth NT$10,715,718, including two properties for personal use in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District (淡水), and NT$636,779 of stocks and bonds, it said.
The Control Yuan on Feb. 26 released property disclosures of other top officials.
Last month’s report said that President William Lai (賴清德) and his wife, Wu Mei-ju (吳玫如), owned a property in Tainan, had NT$2,312,183 in savings and owed NT$7,422,599 in mortgages, with Wu having NT$11,902,805 invested in a fund.
Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) had NT$16,834,129 in savings, a property for personal use in New Taipei City’s Yonghe District (永和) and NT$4,462,314 in an investment fund, last month’s report said.
A trust fund oversaw a property and three structures in Hualien County, and Hsiao owed NT$1,237,275 in mortgages, it said.
Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) had NT$9,217,578 in bank accounts and working capital debt of NT$3,561,891, it said.
He and his wife owned two properties for personal use in Neihu and stock options of NT$7,220, it said.
A trust fund oversaw four properties and seven structures they owned in Taipei, it said.
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