
Lai Qingde stressed that both he and Wen Shizheng were doctors and promised the central government's full support for the Nantou light rail and elder welfare policies
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Wen Shizheng and Shen Suzheng are candidates for Nantou County Magistrate and Nantou Mayor nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party. Both Lai Qingde and Wen Shizheng have medical backgrounds, and this event emphasized their sense of mission in transitioning from medicine to politics.
The Democratic Progressive Party's Nantou County Magistrate candidate Wen Shizheng and Nantou Mayor candidate Shen Suzheng held a joint campaign founding meeting in the afternoon. President Lai Qingde put on the doctor's robe for Wen Shizheng, who was a dentist. He emphasized that Wen Shizheng and he were both doctors by training, and both were recognized in the medical field. They turned from medicine to politics because of their sense of mission for the country and hometown. Wen Shizheng's proposals for light rail and elder welfare funds will be fully supported by the central government.
Today's finale, President Lai Qingde, put on a doctor's robe when he took the stage. A photo of him when he was young was displayed in the background. The people in the audience burst into applause and laughter. Lai Qingde said that it had been a long time since he had put on a doctor's robe. He heard Wen Shizheng mention the past when he served as a medical officer to save people in the 921 earthquake. At that time, he was unable to save an old man who had lost too much blood, which left a trauma in his heart. It was not until he returned to his hometown to run for county magistrate that the trauma was healed. Wen Shizheng and he switched from doctors to politics because of their sense of mission. I believe that Wen Shizheng will also take good care of the people of Nantou County regardless of party or ethnic group in the future.
Lai Qingde said that Wen Shizheng proposed the construction of light rail from Wufeng to Zhushan, and had calculated that the county government would have to bear 8 billion yuan. With the central government's annual funding of more than 30 billion for Nantou County this year, Wen Shizheng's hope of building a light rail to improve Nantou's transportation is not a dream. In addition, he proposed an 80,000 yuan subsidy for dentures for the elderly, increasing the number of elderly care cards to 1,800 points, establishing an 8-kilometer medical service circle, and an 8-minute first aid circle. These are all policies fully supported by the central government.
When Wen Shizheng proposed the care and welfare of the elderly, the improvement of transportation, and the marriage and childbearing subsidies for young people at the meeting, he also emphasized that he had already considered where the funds would come from. As long as billions of yuan in large-scale construction funds that are not urgent are saved, and subsidies from the central government are added, the lives of Nantou County residents will be greatly improved.

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