NO SPRINGBOARD:KMT Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin promised not to run for any other public office if elected KMT chairman, saying it was the only way to gain trust
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 09, 2017
By: Lin Liang-sheng and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) yesterday made a surprise
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin, left, sits next to KMT Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu at an event in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
appearance at a public event also attended by KMT Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌), fueling the speculation that there is friction between the two over the party chairmanship election.
Hau, 64, the son of former premier and army general Hau Pei-tsun (郝柏村), on Saturday announced on Facebook that he will run in the chairmanship election on May 20.
Hau’s office yesterday announced that he would attend an event hosted by the Blue Creek Society the same day, while the KMT Cultural and Communications Committee said Hung had no scheduled public appearances for the day.
However, Hung arrived ahead of the event while Hau was speaking with reporters.
It was the second time in less than a month that Hung showed up unannounced at a public event attended by Hau. Hau was hosting a news conference on Dec. 21 last year on the government’s plan to lift a ban on food imports from five Japanese prefectures, when Hung showed up unannounced. [FULL STORY]
