The Executive Yuan on Tuesday nominated National Communications Commission (NCC) Vice Chairman Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) to serve as the new NCC chairman, pending approval from lawmakers.
Wong, whose term ends on July 31 along with three other commissioners, would replace incumbent NCC Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥), the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration said in a statement.
Wong told the Central News Agency that his priority would be to protect consumer rights and combat fraud.
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The other three nominees are new to the seven-member commission, including Chen Ping-hung (陳炳宏), a mass communications professor at National Taiwan Normal University who has been nominated as the new vice chairman.
Rounding out the list were Lo Huei-wen (羅慧雯), a mass communications assistant professor at Shih Hsin University, and Chan Yi-lien (詹懿廉), head of the NCC’s Department of Platforms and Businesses.
The NCC is an independent statutory agency that is responsible for regulating the development of the telecommunication and broadcasting industries, promoting competition and consumer protection, regulating licensing, radio frequency and spectrum and programming.
The nominations of the other three new commissioners also need to be approved by the legislature.
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