Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/23
By: Phoenix Hsu, Lu Hsin-hui and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, July 23 (CNA) New Education Minister Yeh Jiunn-rong (葉俊榮) said
Yeh Jiunn-rong (葉俊榮/CNA file photo)
Monday that he has met with Chen Wei-jao (陳維昭), the convener of the National Taiwan University presidential selection committee, to discuss the dispute over NTU’s new choice of president.
In a radio interview, Yeh said he met with Chen for an hour and the two talked about the selection process and proposed ways to settle the issue.
He would not say, however, if one of the options is for the Ministry of Education (MOE) to finally approve the appointment of Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) as the school’s president and withdrawing a decision by Yeh’s predecessor to order the school to restart the selection process.
Kuan was chosen by NTU’s selection committee on Jan. 5 and scheduled to take office on Feb. 1, but the MOE decided on April 27 not to confirm his appointment, instead asking the university to restart the process to select a new president.
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