The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday announced 15 new deputy ministers, with premier-designate Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) saying he expects the ministries to work together to build a technologically innovative and public interest-focused administration.
Although the list did not include names for deputies in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense, minister of foreign affairs-designate Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) has reportedly selected Representative to France Francois Wu (吳志中) as deputy minister, which Cho has agreed to.
Yesterday’s list showed that Maa Shyh-yuan (馬士元), an associate professor of urban planning and disaster management at Ming Chuan University, and Tung Chien-hung (董建宏), an associate professor at National Chung Hsing University’s landscape and recreation program, would become deputy ministers of the interior.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
The new deputy ministers of education would be former legislator Chang Liao Wan-chien (張廖萬堅) and Yeh Ping-cheng (葉丙成), a professor in National Taiwan University’s Department of Electrical Engineering.
During his two terms in the legislature, Chang Liao was on its Education and Culture Committee, while Yeh is the founder of online learning platform PaGamO and BTS, an experimental education institution for autonomous learning.
Former legislator Lin Ching-yi (林靜儀) and Civil Service Protection and Training Commission Deputy Minister Lue Jen-der (呂建德) were named deputy ministers of health and welfare.
Photo: Tsai Shu-yuan, Taipei Times
Lin was a gynecologist, while Lue, who was the director of the Taichung City Government’s Social Affairs Bureau, has expertise in National Health Insurance, political economy and social welfare.
The new deputy ministers of agriculture would be Agriculture and Food Agency Director-General Hu Jong-i (胡忠一) and Kaohsiung District Fishermen’s Association chairman Huang Chao-ching (黃昭欽).
Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications Chen Yen-po (陳彥伯) would remain in his post, while Railway Bureau Director-General Wu Sheng-yuan (伍勝園) would become a new deputy minister of transportation and communications.
Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs Herming Chiueh (闕河鳴) would also remain in his position, while L Labs Inc (艾爾科技) president Lin Yi-jing (林宜敬) would become the other deputy minister.
Lin Yi-jing had been a researcher at IBM, a deputy manager of the engineering department at Compeq Manufacturing Co (華通電腦) and director of new product research and development at Trend Micro Inc.
National Taipei University law professor Chen Yen-liang (陳彥良) would become vice chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission, while National Taiwan University Department of Bio-Industry Communication and Development professor Peng Li-pei (彭立沛) would be deputy minister of the National Development Council.
National Taiwan University School of Design and Innovation dean Chen Bing-Yu (陳炳宇) and National Applied Research Laboratories president Lin Faa-jeng (林法正) were named National Science and Technology Council deputy ministers.
The new Public Construction Commission deputy ministers would be Taiwan Jury Association president Chen Wei-hsiang (陳為祥) and Pingtung County Department of Urban and Rural Development director Lee Yi-der (李怡德).
Deputy ministers of finance Frank Juan (阮清華) and Lee Ching-hua (李慶華), deputy ministers of environment Yeh Jiunn-Horng (葉俊宏) and Shih Wen-chen (施文真), deputy ministers of culture Lee Ching-hwi (李靜慧) and Sue Wang (王時思), deputy ministers of labor Wang An-pang (王安邦) and Hsu Chuan-sheng (許傳盛), and Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Chen Chern-chyi (陳正祺) would remain in their posts.
The Taipei MRT is open all night tonight following New Year’s Eve festivities, and is offering free rides from nearby Green Line stations. Taipei’s 2025 New Year’s Eve celebrations kick off at Taipei City Hall Square tonight, with performances from the boy band Energy, the South Korean girl group Apink, and singers Gigi Leung (梁詠琪) and Faith Yang (楊乃文). Taipei 101’s annual New Year’s firework display follows at midnight, themed around Taiwan’s Premier12 baseball championship. Estimates say there will be about 200,000 people in attendance, which is more than usual as this year’s celebrations overlap with A-mei’s (張惠妹) concert at Taipei Dome. There are
LOOKING FOR WHEELS: The military is seeking 8x8 single-chassis vehicles to test the new missile and potentially replace the nation’s existing launch vehicles, the source said Taiwan is developing a hypersonic missile based on the Ching Tien (擎天) supersonic cruise missile, and a Czech-made truck has been tentatively selected as its launch vehicle, a source said yesterday. The Ching Tien, formerly known as Yun Feng (雲峰, “Cloud Peak”), is a domestically developed missile with a range of 1,200km to 2,000km being deployed in casemate-type positions as of last month, an official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The hypersonic missile to be derived from the Ching Tien would feature improved range and a mobile launch platform, while the latter would most likely be a 12x12 single chassis
UP AND DOWN: The route would include a 16.4km underground section from Zuoying to Fongshan and a 9.5km elevated part from Fongshan to Pingtung Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday confirmed a project to extend the high-speed rail (HSR) to Pingtung County through Kaohsiung. Cho made the announcement at a ceremony commemorating the completion of a dome at Kaohsiung Main Station. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications approved the HSR expansion in 2019 using a route that branches off a line from Zuoying Station in Kaohsiung’s Zuoying District (左營). The project was ultimately delayed due to a lack of support for the route. The Zuoying route would have trains stop at the Zuoying Station and return to a junction before traveling southward to Pingtung County’s Lioukuaicuo Township (六塊厝).
Parts of the nation, including in the south, could experience temperatures as low as 7°C early tomorrow morning, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. A strong continental cold air mass coupled with the effect of radiative cooling would bring cold weather to several northern cities and counties, and could even affect areas as far south as Tainan early tomorrow, the CWA said. Keelung, Taipei, New Taipei City and Taoyuan, and Hsinchu, Miaoli and Yilan counties would experience temperatures below 10°C until this evening, according to cold surge advisories issued by the weather agency. The weather across the nation is forecast to remain
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