Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) yesterday accepted the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) nomination to run for Taoyuan mayor in the Nov. 26 local elections, saying he is ready to renew the party’s administration of the city.
His announcement came a day after the DPP’s Central Executive Committee approved a proposal from the election strategy committee to nominate Lin without holding a primary.
Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) of the DPP cannot seek re-election, as he has reached the two-term limit.
Lin told a news conference that the “fair city of Taoyuan cannot go backward” and that he is ready to pick up Chen’s
The Taipei Department of Health yesterday denied accusations by independent Taipei City Councilor Lin Ying-meng (林穎孟), who had said that at least two Taipei residents received expired doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in the city.
Lin late on Tuesday wrote on Facebook that she has evidence that the Taipei City Government had let expire part of its stock of AstraZeneca vaccines, donated by Japan, and that she would reveal her evidence yesterday.
During a visit to a vaccination station in the Taipei Flora Expo Park (台北花博公園) yesterday morning, Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) commented on the accusations,
DISPELLING ‘EVIDENCE’: A couple was not inoculated with expired vaccines, but the clinic entered incorrect data into the system, the health department director saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
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