Radio Taiwan Internatinal
Date: 23 December, 2019
By: Paula Chao
A new immigrants group is calling on fellow immigrants to vote for President Tsai Ing-wen and the
The DPP nominated a new immigrant of Malaysian descent, Lo Mei-ling, for a legislator-at-large seat.
Statistics released by the interior ministry show that there are more than 550,000 new immigrants in Taiwan. Of them, about 47% are eligible to vote in the presidential and legislative elections on January 11.
For the first time, the DPP nominated a new immigrant of Malaysian descent, Lo Mei-ling, for a legislator-at-large seat. Those seats are chosen by a separate ballot in which citizens vote for a party rather than a specific candidate. Lo has a very good chance of winning the race, because she’s high on the DPP’s list.
At a DPP campaign rally on Monday, Lo said the DPP has placed an emphasis on new immigrants.
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