Taipei Times
Date: Apr 28, 2018
By: Rachel Lin, Wu Po-hsuan and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNA
The Ministry of Education last night announced that due to concerns over failures to
National Taiwan University (NTU) president-elect Kuan Chung-ming, sitting, signs a T-shirt sold by students supporting him as university president at the university’s campus in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Wu Po-hsuan, Taipei Times
avoid conflicts of interest, it has decided not to approve the appointment of National Taiwan University (NTU) president-elect Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔).
The decision came more than three months after Kuan was elected by the NTU election committee as the university’s president. Kuan was originally scheduled to take office on Feb. 1.
While campaigning, Kuan did not reveal he was a Taiwan Mobile (台灣大哥大) independent director, among other posts, Deputy Minister of Education Lin Teng-chiao (林騰蛟) said.
Taiwan Mobile vice chairman Richard Tsai (蔡明興), who was on the committee, also failed to avoid a conflict of interest, he said. [FULL STORY]
