President Chen Shui-bian (
"When I served as a legislator my aides made mistakes, such as miscalculating figures or misplacing decimal points at times," Chen said.
"I always encouraged them not to be afraid of these experiences because I would be able to help them improve," Chen said.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has responded to DPP attacks regarding KMT Chairman and presidential candidate Lien Chan's (
A DPP campaign booklet focusing on Lien's real estate holdings said that Lien owned 699.45 hectares of land and apartments in Taipei. In a second version of the booklet, the figure was changed to 699.45 kungmu. The KMT says that the second figure is inflated as well because it is expressed in the wrong unit, and it should in fact be 699.45m2.
The Presidential Office yesterday sponsored a gathering at which the president welcomed incoming members of the Second Presidential Office Fellows corps, who will work as volunteers in public affairs over the coming year.
Chen praised the young generation for its creativity and vision, which he said are the driving force behind bringing progress to the government and the country.
"During my time as a legislator, I never ignored my aides' proposals or their suggestions, even ones that weren't mature," Chen said. "I read what they wrote with a sense of respect and tried my best to derive maximum benefit from their ideas."
Chen said that many talented young people have assisted him in his political career.
WANG RELEASED: A police investigation showed that an organized crime group allegedly taught their clients how to pretend to be sick during medical exams Actor Darren Wang (王大陸) and 11 others were released on bail yesterday, after being questioned for allegedly dodging compulsory military service or forging documents to help others avoid serving. Wang, 33, was catapulted into stardom for his role in the coming-of-age film Our Times (我的少女時代). Lately, he has been focusing on developing his entertainment career in China. The New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office last month began investigating an organized crime group that is allegedly helping men dodge compulsory military service using falsified documents. Police in New Taipei City Yonghe Precinct at the end of last month arrested the main suspect,
Eleven people, including actor Darren Wang (王大陸), were taken into custody today for questioning regarding the evasion of compulsory military service and document forgery, the New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said. Eight of the people, including Wang, are suspected of evading military service, while three are suspected of forging medical documents to assist them, the report said. They are all being questioned by police and would later be transferred to the prosecutors’ office for further investigation. Three men surnamed Lee (李), Chang (張) and Lin (林) are suspected of improperly assisting conscripts in changing their military classification from “stand-by
LITTORAL REGIMENTS: The US Marine Corps is transitioning to an ‘island hopping’ strategy to counterattack Beijing’s area denial strategy The US Marine Corps (USMC) has introduced new anti-drone systems to bolster air defense in the Pacific island chain amid growing Chinese military influence in the region, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. The new Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) Mk 1 is being developed to counter “the growing menace of unmanned aerial systems,” it cited the Marine Corps as saying. China has constructed a powerful defense mechanism in the Pacific Ocean west of the first island chain by deploying weapons such as rockets, submarines and anti-ship missiles — which is part of its anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy against adversaries — the
Former Taiwan People’s Party chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) may apply to visit home following the death of his father this morning, the Taipei Detention Center said. Ko’s father, Ko Cheng-fa (柯承發), passed away at 8:40am today at the Hsinchu branch of National Taiwan University Hospital. He was 94 years old. The center said Ko Wen-je was welcome to apply, but declined to say whether it had already received an application. The center also provides psychological counseling to people in detention as needed, it added, also declining to comment on Ko Wen-je’s mental state. Ko Wen-je is being held in detention as he awaits trial
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