NAVAL STRATEGY: Former city councilor Ching Chieh-shou said that, if elected, he would create a maritime self-defense force to safeguard Taiwanese working at sea
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 08, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Two more Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) members yesterday registered for its New
Former Taipei county commissioner Chou Hsi-wei yesterday registers for the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) primary for the New Taipei City mayoral election at the party’s chapter in the city. Photo: Lai Hsiao-tung, Taipei Times
Taipei City mayoral primary, with one vowing to form a maritime self-defense force to defend the rights of Taiwanese fishermen.
Former Taipei county commissioner Chou Hsi-wei (周錫瑋) and former New Taipei City councilor Ching Chieh-shou (金介壽) submitted their applications on the last day of registration, bringing the party’s total number of candidates for the mayoral election in November to three.
New Taipei City Deputy Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) completed his registration on Monday.
Setting his sights on making New Taipei City better than the nation’s capital, Chou said he would form a cooperative and competitive relationship with the next Taipei mayor.
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