The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) candidate for Taoyuan mayor, Simon Chang (張善政), yesterday said that he would continue to campaign at his own pace following a change of opponent.
“My campaign team will use polling data as a reference and move forward at our own pace. We will listen to people and seek grassroots support, which will hopefully lead us to . victory,” Chang said during a visit to Taoyuan’s Jingfu Temple.
Chang was to run against former Hsinchu mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
However, Lin dropped out of the race last week after National
The Taoyuan City Government has removed controversial signs suggestive of sexual harassment from Lunping Culture Park in the municipality’s Guanyin District (觀音) and plans to replace them with mascots designed by its Department of Hakka Affairs.
One of the signs indicating the way to the park’s restrooms depicted a man peeking over a wall and staring at a woman, while the other depicted a man lifting the hem of a woman’s skirt.
The city government’s Department of Urban Development on Thursday said the signs had been designed in an attempt at humor.
Temporary signs have been put up in their place.
However,
The operators of the country’s four largest MRT metro rail systems have predicted combined losses of up to NT$10.156 billion (US$364.54 million) due to low ridership after the nationwide COVID-19 alert was raised to level 3 on May 19.
For the year, Taipei Rapid Transit Corp estimated losses of NT$5 billion to NT$8 billion, Taoyuan Metro Corp forecast NT$900 million in losses for its line from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Taipei, Taichung Mass Rapid Transit System Co predicted losses of NT$656 million and Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp estimated NT$600 million in losses, the companies said on Saturday.
In 2019,