PRESIDENTIAL RUN:Former president Lee Teng-hui said it was still too early to talk about Premier William Lai running for president, but that he was deserving of people’s support
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 25, 2017
By: Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday visited former president Lee Teng-hui (李登
Former president Lee Teng-hui, left, and Premier William Lai emerge from a meeting in Taipei yesterday to talk to the media. Photo: CNA
輝), who during a chat told Lai that the nation needs to boost its energy production before it can attract enterprises to invest in its industries.
The meeting at Lee’s home was the latest in a series of visits Lai has been making to veteran politicians since taking up the premiership on Sept. 8, including to former premiers Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and Yu Shyi-kun, former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wang Jin-pyng (王金平).
Lee in 1996 became the first democratically elected president of Taiwan, and Lai praised him for initiating a “silent democratic revolution” and overseeing the country’s economic development, Lai said.
“The nation has great respect for [former] president Lee Teng-hui and I come as the new premier to ask his advice. I also came to convey President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) greetings for the Mid-Autumn Festival” Lai told reporters. [FULL STORY]