TPP establishes Kaohsiung base, eyes council seats
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter, with CNA
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday established a Kaohsiung chapter, with a pledge to win at least three city councilor seats in elections next year.
TPP Legislator Jang Chyi-lu (張其祿) doubles as the head of the chapter, which is headquartered on Sandao 2nd Road in Cianjhen District (前鎮).
It is also Jang’s service office.
From second left, Taiwan People’s Party’s (TPP) Legislator Jang Chyi-lu, Taipei Mayor and TPP chairman Ko Wen-je and TPP Taipei chapter head Lin Kuo-cheng take part in a ceremony to inaugurate the party’s Kaohsiung chapter, which doubles as Jang’s service office, at a ceremony in the city’s Cianjhen District yesterday.
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Coins for Year of the Ox unveiled by central bank
By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporter
The central bank yesterday unveiled a set of Chinese zodiac commemorative coins for the Year of the Ox, which are available to order online through Wednesday next week or at Bank of Taiwan (臺灣銀行) branches nationwide from Jan. 21.
The central bank plans to sell 100,000 sets of the coins, with each set consisting of one silver coin weighing 1 ounce (28.3g) with a face value of NT$100 and one copper-alloy coin with a face value of NT$10.
A set costs NT$1,800, it said.
Central bank Issuance Department Director-General Shih Tsuen-hua introduces Chinese zodiac commemorative coins for the Year of the Ox at a news conference at the bank in Taipei yesterday.