NOT GIVING UP:The KMT presidential candidate spent yesterday campaigning in the southern city and spoke at an evening rally attended by about 15,000 party supporters
Taipei Times
Date: , Jan 11, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter, in Tainan
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫)
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) supporters yesterday greet the party’s presidential candidate Eric Chu, center, during a campaign event in Tainan. Photo: CNA
yesterday canvassed the streets of Tainan, seizing the last Sunday before Saturday’s presidential and legislative elections to solicit votes in the traditional pan-green camp stronghold.
Accompanied by KMT legislative candidates Chen Shu-hue (陳淑慧) and Lin Yi-huang (林易煌), who are competing in Tainan’s fourth and fifth constituencies respectively, Chu began his procession in the city’s Yongkang District (永康), the hometown of his wife, Kao Wan-chien (高婉倩).
“We will make a maximum effort campaigning in our most challenging electoral constituency. I believe the many young and promising [legislative] candidates the KMT nominated will also fight until the last minute,” Chu said when asked how the KMT planned to boost its election prospects in a city dominated by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). [FULL STORY]
