Former minister of transportation and communications Yeh Kuang-shih submitted his resignation and stepped down from his post over the failure of financial reform proposals for the Taiwan High Speed Railway. On Jan. 13 his former colleagues at the ministry held a send-off for him. In his speech, Yeh playfully said that it was a tearful farewell. Talking about how his parents had problems sleeping after seeing people blackening his name and lambasting him on TV, he became choked up and had to pause, but went on to say that “it is putting aside a heavy burden, and I hope that the hair I have lost over the last few years will now grow back. Afterwards, Yeh rode home on a YouBike. He said, “In my final bit of time here, I would like to promote public transport, and the next thing I would really like to do is take my wife out for a nice meal.”
(Liberty Times, translated by Paul Cooper)
前交通部長葉匡時為高鐵財改案破局請辭下台，交通部同仁一月十三日舉辦歡送會，葉匡時致詞時自嘲是「淚送會」吧！談到父母從電視上看到他被抹黑和痛罵而難以入眠時，他一度哽咽難言，「但放下重擔了，希望這幾年少了很多的頭髮可以長回來。」隨後葉匡時騎著YouBike回家，他強調：「最後一刻都要替公共運輸宣傳，接下來最想做的事是陪太太好好吃一頓飯。」
(自由時報記者王藝菘)
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Liberty Times
自由時報記者王藝菘
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