Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/12/14
By: Chen Chao-fu, Wang Shu-fen, Hsiao Po-yang and Emerson Lim
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The government will close the developmental gap between northern and southern Taiwan through four strategies, Tsai said at a press conference attended by former Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德), her running mate in the upcoming election.
Firstly, the government will step up industrial clustering to attract more domestic and foreign investments, Tsai said, citing semiconductor, defense and shipping industries as major growth engines.
Secondly, she said, the government will connect southern Taiwan, especially Kaohsiung, to other parts of Taiwan and the world through the underground railway project, mass rapid transit system extension project and the upgrade of Kaohsiung International Airport. [FULL STORY]