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Six years ago, Chen Qimai promised to "work for two years and four years" to build Kaohsiung, and during his tenure he promoted policies such as the completion of the light rail system and the concert economy.
Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong held an inauguration meeting of the campaign headquarters next to the MRT Fengshan West Station on the evening of the 17th. The crowd was full of excitement. Lai Ruilong entered the venue at 7:28 pm accompanied by Mayor Chen Qimai. He was warmly welcomed by supporters and walked 150 meters for 5 minutes.
When Chen Qimai and Han Guoyu were mayors, the Jinyinhe Lantern Festival, the suspension of light rail construction, and the suspension of Dagang Singing all had a different new atmosphere after he took office.
Chen Qimai said in his speech amidst the cheers of the audience that on August 14, 6 years ago, in the same place, he told the citizens that he was extremely proud to be a Kaohsiung person and that he would use all his strength, "two years and four years," to make Kaohsiung a great city. Six years later, he would report to the citizens that he had fulfilled his promise, and both Vision and World Magazine spoke highly of it.
Chen Qimai shared three things before and after he took office to compare. The first is the Taiwan Lantern Festival. It used to be the Golden Galaxy Lantern Festival. After he took office, it was changed to a winter amusement park, combining domestic and foreign IPs; the second is the light rail. After Han Kuo-yu took office in 2018, he announced that the construction would be stopped and "ruined".
Chen Qimai shouted to supporters, "You have to choose the right person this time to go the right way, and the right person is Lai Ruilong," asking Lai Ruilong to continue his policy. He praised Lai as a down-to-earth person who would not say one thing and do another. He voted for Lai Ruilong so that the Winter Amusement Park will become bigger and bigger, more international tour groups will come to Kaohsiung to check in, and Kaohsiung will become a city for tourism and immigration, and four lines of MRT will be developed.

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