Councilors urge Kaohsiung to develop night attractions
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
Kaohsiung city councilors across party lines on Tuesday urged the city government to develop nighttime activities to attract visitors to the city as it prepares to host this year’s Double Ten National Day fireworks show.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Kaohsiung city councilors Kuo Chien-meng (郭建盟) and Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), as well as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Po-lin (黃柏霖), called on the city government to devise policies to help attract visitors to the city and encourage them to stay overnight.
The city is to host the fireworks show for the first time in 20 years and the city government should devise a policy to attract visitors willing to stay the night in the city, Kuo said.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) councilors surround Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, seated second from bottom right corner, at the Kaohsiung City Council yesterday to demand that Chen sign a petition to reduce air pollution in the city. Included in the petition is a pledge to decommission four of the city’s coal-fired power plants within the next two years.
KMT Kaohsiung city councilors donate via Hualien
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Kaohsiung City Council caucus yesterday said that it would be making a donation to the victims of last week’s train crash through the Hualien County Government instead of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, citing its doubts about how donated funds have been handled in the past.
Fifty people were killed and more than 200 injured on Friday last week when Taroko Express No. 408, traveling from New Taipei City to Taitung, hit a crane truck at 9:28am as it was about to enter the Cingshuei Tunnel (清水隧道) in Hualien’s Sioulin Township (秀林).
Independent Kaohsiung councilor survives recall
‘ENDING HATRED’: Huang Jie thanked Fongshan District residents for their support in the ‘retributive’ recall, calling the result a victory for democracy and pro-Taiwan forces
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Independent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie (黃捷) yesterday weathered a recall vote to retain her councilor seat in Fongshan District (鳳山).
Kaohsiung City Election Commission data showed that 65,391 people voted against recalling her, while 55,261 voted in favor.
The voter turnout was 41.54 percent, the data showed.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsu Chih-chieh, left, hands a tissue to independent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie, center, as the result of a failed recall vote against her was announced in Kaohsiung yesterday.
Kaohsiung city councilor survives recall vote
02/06/2021 08:48 PM
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Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie (right) speaks after the recall vote count was completed. CNA photo Feb. 6, 2021
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Taipei, Feb. 6 (CNA) A vote to recall independent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie (黃捷) failed on Saturday, falling short of the two legal thresholds, according to the city s Election Commission.
The final results of the election in the Kaohsiung City district of Fongshan showed 65,391 votes (54.2 percent) against the recall and 55,261 votes (45.8 percent) in favor of it, with a 41.54 percent turnout, the commission said.