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Lin Jialong returns to his hometown to support Liu Jianguo and calls on Mailiao villagers to support "a good future county magistrate"

In the sprint stage of the election campaign, Foreign Minister Lin Jialong tonight invited Mailiao children to accompany Liu Jianguo, the Democratic Progressive Party candidate for Yunlin County magistrate, in a car to sweep votes, calling on the villagers to support people with executive ability.

Lin JialongLiu JianguoYunlin County Magistrate

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  • In the sprint stage of the election campaign, Foreign Minister Lin Jialong returned to his hometown of Mailiao tonight and accompanied Liu Jianguo, candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party for Yunlin County Magistrate, to vote by car.
  • Lin Jialong detailed Liu Jianguo's achievements in transportation and medical construction in the past, and called on Mailiao villagers to support Liu Jianguo's entry into the county government and bring a new atmosphere to Yunlin.

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As the election campaign enters its sprint phase, Liu Jianguo, candidate for Yunlin County Magistrate of the Democratic Progressive Party, invites Foreign Minister Lin Jialong to return to his hometown of Mailiao to scan votes.

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The election campaign has entered the sprint stage. Liu Jianguo, candidate for Yunlin County Magistrate of the Democratic Progressive Party, invited Foreign Minister Lin Jialong, who is a descendant of Mailiao, to accompany the car to sweep the votes this evening (7th). Lin Jialong said that Liu Jianguo worked hard for the transportation construction of Mailiao Township when he was the Minister of Transportation to benefit local villagers. He called on the people of Mailiao to support Liu Jianguo and let people with executive ability take over the county government.

At nearly 7 o'clock tonight, Lin Jialong, accompanied by Liu Jianguo, visited Ji'an Palace in his hometown of Xinji Village to pay homage and interacted with supporters. People at the scene even shouted "Come on Lin Jialong, Liu Jianguo is elected."

Lin Jialong said that Liu Jianguo was his good colleague in the Legislative Yuan in the past. This election was very fierce. Recalling that when he was the Minister of Transportation, Liu Jianguo actively fought for the local development of Yunlin, especially his hometown Mailiao, because the Liuqing Industrial Zone was here, and he had been fighting for Zhuoshui. The Xidibu Expressway can be connected in series by access roads, including Provincial Line 17 connecting the West Coast Expressway to National Highway 1. At that time, the Ministry of Transportation had allocated preliminary research funds to local governments, but there is currently some delay. It is hoped that Liu Jianguo will accelerate the progress after being elected.

Lin Jialong said that everyone can see Liu Jianguo's political achievements in various aspects, whether it is fighting for the expansion funds of the Huwei Campus of National Taiwan University Hospital, the horizontal side lane project of the National Highway No. 3 Gukeng Interchange, etc., these are all political achievements he strives for. The election is about selecting the talented and capable, and recommending to the villagers to support Liu Jianguo, Lin Jialong's good friend and future good county magistrate.

Liu Jianguo said that Mailiao Xinji Village has a great meaning. Yunlin will have a new county magistrate, which will bring more good fortune to Yunlin. He thanked the minister for assisting and subsidizing various major local transportation constructions during his tenure as the Ministry of Transportation to benefit the people of Yunlin. Special thanks to Minister Lin Jialong for coming to scan the car with him. He hopes that starting from Xinji, Yunlin County will bring a new atmosphere and a new future.

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