Youth is the key to Taiwan’s future, he says

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-12-06
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Democratic Progressive Party vice presidential candidate Chen Chien-jen expressed his opposition to the

Chen speaks of DPP reform. Central News Agency

nation’s blinding pursuit of university ranking and his advocacy for qualitative research-based dissertations rather than the emphasis on quantity, reports said Sunday.

“The emphasis is on quality and not quantity, and it definitely shouldn’t be about the commercialization of academic papers,” Chen commented during the televised debate regarding issues on the nation’s youth, education and social welfare.

Issues concerning young people were addressed Sunday at a debate staged by the student associations of seven universities with Kuomintang presidential candidate Eric Chu, Democratic Progressive Party vice-presidential candidate Chen Chien-jen and People First Party presidential contender James Soong.

“We need to focus more on Taiwan-related issues. By doing so, it would help instill interests from foreign institutions, who may come to us to seek for further academic learning,” he said, adding that these researches can also be viewed as great contributions to the local society.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/12/06
By Hsieh Chia-chen, Wang Cheng-chung, Lu Hsin-hui and S.C. Chang

Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) Candidates from Taiwan’s three tickets in the Jan. 16, 2016 presidential election put

Eric Chu (朱立倫, left), James Soong (宋楚瑜, center), and Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁, right)

forward their respective policy proposals Sunday regarding youth employment and education in a bid to attract young voters in the Jan. 16 presidential election.

Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁), vice presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), said his party will set up a business start-up fund for young people that encourages them to engage in “destructive innovation” and allows them to fail.

The DPP will also establish a capital raising platform for young entrepreneurs, Chen told a gathering of young people at a “dialogue with youth” forum organized by seven universities for candidates to share their parties’ plans to address the concerns of young voters.

Unlike the current government system for subsidizing young people’s new business plans, the DPP program will allow for possible failures when they implement their business proposals so they will be bold enough to engage in “destructive innovation,” Chen said.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-12-05
By: Matthew Strongm, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Issues concerning young people will be addressed Sunday at a

Three candidates to debate youth issues. Central News Agency

debate staged by the student associations of seven universities with Kuomintang presidential candidate Eric Liluan Chu, Democratic Progressive Party vice-presidential candidate Chen Chien-jen and People First Party presidential contender James Soong.

The staging of live televised debates has become embroiled in quarreling between the KMT and the DPP, but Sunday’s event would show the first interaction between three major candidates responding to questions from a youth audience.

Since students were both the organizers and the audience, the three candidates would have a unique opportunity to address the concerns of a group of voters which might play a decisive part on January 16, reports said.

Organizers said they were expecting 2,500 young people to attend the debate about issues such as education, employment and housing.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2015-12-03
By: Matthew Strong,m Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Kuomintang Chairman Eric Liluan Chu visited Hung Hsiu-chu, the

KMT candidate Chu visits predecessor Hung. Central News Agency

woman he replaced as the party’s presidential candidate, Thursday evening in an effort to mend fences, reports said.

A KMT congress withdrew Hung’s nomination in October after she faltered in the opinion polls and nominated Chu instead, with relations between the two growing cold, according to media reports. Hung was reportedly not invited or did not want to attend the official opening of Chu’s presidential campaign headquarters scheduled for Saturday.

Chu visited Hung at her residence of vice speaker of the Legislative Yuan at 7 p.m. Thursday and told her he would appoint her as head of his campaign headquarters’ group of advisers. He also officially invited her to Saturday’s event, reports said. After the meeting, the two appeared outside holding hands, with Hung accepting her appointment, which would be officially announced on Friday, reports said.

At the presentation of a book about her aborted presidential bid earlier in the week, Hung had hinted she was more interested in stumping for legislative candidates than for the KMT’s new presidential contender.     [FULL  STORY]