Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/30
By: Liu Kuan-ting, Yu Hsiang and Chung Yu-chen
Taipei, Aug. 30 (CNA) An aide to tycoon Terry Gou (郭台銘) confirmed Friday that if Gou decides to run
business tycoon Terry Gou
Gou, the founder and former chairman of iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, has been mulling an independent run for president since losing the Kuomintang (KMT) presidential primary in mid-July to Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜).
Gou aide Tsai Chin-yu (蔡沁瑜) said Friday Gou would run as an independent should he decide to run, adding that the tycoon needs time to make a decision as he has just returned from a trip to Saudi Arabia.
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