Want China Times
Date: 2015-07-27
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

Former Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin is poised to be nominated as the Kuomintang’s legislative

Hau Lung-bin, third left, celebrates his lead in the polls in Keelung, July 26. (Photo/CNA)

candidate in Keelung after public polls on Sunday showed him leading the other KMT contenders.

In the polls conducted on July 24 and 25 by the KMT-leaning United Daily News and TV news channel TVBS, Hau had 45.53% support, way ahead of Keelung city councilor Han Liang-chi with 33% and Lin Pei-hsiang, son of legislator Hsu Shao-ping, with 21.46%.

The winner of the primary polls is expected to be nominated by the KMT. Party officials said Hau, a vice chair of Taiwan’s ruling party, will be officially nominated by the party’s Central Standing Committee as soon as July 29.     [FULL  STORY]