ETERNAL OPTIMIST:The KMT presidential candidate said that her mood was not affected by ‘outside disturbances’ and that she has ‘always remained confident’
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 28, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) yesterday
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu and supporters from the overseas business community wave flags at the KMT headquarters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
expressed confidence that she would secure victory in next year’s presidential race, saying her campaign’s polls showed her support rating trailing that of her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rival Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) by only a small margin.
Hung made the remarks at an event at KMT headquarters in Taipei yesterday morning attended by several Taiwanese businesspeople based overseas who support the deputy legislative speaker.
“The media have assumed that my opponent [Tsai] could win the election lying down,” Hung said.
“Despite this, I am confident and do not believe their assumptions are necessarily aligned with reality, as internal polls conducted by my campaign team suggest the two of us are closely matched,” she said.
Hung said on the sidelines of the event that the polls indicated the support ratings of all three candidates have shown some ups and downs. [FULL STORY]
