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Date: 2018/11/20
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)
Photo Credit:韓國瑜官網、陳其邁 官網
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) and his Kuomintang (KNT) counterpart Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) squared off Monday night in their only head-to-head TV debate ahead of the Nov. 24 election.
The antagonists focused on problems facing Kaohsiung, such as industrial transformation, the city’s hefty debt, a challenging tourism environment, and people leaving the city to find work elsewhere.
If elected, Chen said he would establish a one-stop window for investors to facilitate clusters for semiconductors and smart industries, promote agricultural products in overseas markets, and expand the MRT network to Luzhu and Linyuan districts to close the gap between urban and rural areas in the city.
Han reiterated his plan to tap into the oil reserves of Taiping Island in the South China Sea as a way to improve the fiscal position of the Kaohsiung city government.
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