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Back|Lai Ching-te Attends Taxi Union Gala, Strongly Backs Puma Shen's Candidacy for Taipei Mayor
Lai Ching-te Attends Taxi Union Gala, Strongly Backs Puma Shen's Candidacy for Taipei Mayor
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自由时报·55 minutes ago·Politics·2 min read·🇨🇳China·

Lai Ching-te Attends Taxi Union Gala, Strongly Backs Puma Shen's Candidacy for Taipei Mayor

Lai Qingde emphasized the economic achievements of the administration and proposed a number of social welfare policies, and sang for Shen Boyang on the spot.

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  • President Lai Ching-te attended the Taipei Taxi Drivers Union gala, highlighting the achievements of governance in economic and social welfare policies.
  • Lai also publicly endorsed Democratic Progressive Party Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen, singing on stage to boost support and calling on attendees to support Shen's election by a high vote margin on November 28.

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Lai Ching-te attended the Taxi Union's Centennial Gala and emphasized the government's promotion of economic development and various social welfare policies. Shen Boyang is the candidate for mayor of Taipei nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party.

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President Lai Ching-te attended the Zhongyuan Pudu Gala held by the Taipei Taxi Drivers Professional Union tonight, and delivered a speech with the head of state and the family members of the taxi drivers. In addition to reporting on the economic achievements of the central government, he also emphasized the relay of former President Tsai Ing-wen to launch and promote the national support for children aged 0 to 6 years old. Various policies such as growth allowances for those aged 0 to 18 years old, tuition and miscellaneous fee subsidies, and long-term care 3.0 have reduced the burden on the people; they also sang the famous songs "Hong Kong Night Rain" and "Lovesickness Rain" for Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party and the "future mayor", to support Shen Boyang and win the election with a high vote.

Lai Qingde said that his second brother is also a taxi driver. Seeing the drivers here is as friendly as seeing brothers and sisters. He also hopes that the drivers will go out happily every day and return home safely after business is booming. Therefore, the government must create business opportunities and increase the demand for rides. The first task is to develop the economy. If the economy is good and attracts Taiwanese businessmen to return and invest, more people will take the taxi. The second is to plan "Xiao Huang" "Bus" has been incorporated into Taiwan's transportation system, and a number of policies have been proposed to reduce the burden on the people, such as national support for children aged 0 to 6, growth allowances for children aged 0 to 18, subsidies for tuition and miscellaneous fees, and long-term care 3.0. Taiwan's economic growth rate this year is expected to exceed 11%. The "AI" dividend will be shared by all the people, and NT$10,000 will be distributed next year. "So you can take a taxi!" Happy laughter continued.

Lai Ching-te pointed out that in addition to fulfilling its duties, the central government also needs the care of local governments. The mayor of Taipei must choose a leader who can bear the suffering of the people and regard the citizens as his own. "This person is Shen Boyang!" He implored the participants to fully support Shen Boyang. In order to support Shen Boyang, Lai also sang "Hong Kong Night Rain" on the spot and sang the encore song "Lovesickness Rain" with Shen Boyang. He said with a smile that he fulfilled everyone's wishes and hoped that everyone could fulfill their own wishes. On November 28, Shen was elected with a high vote and won the full house.

In his speech, Shen Boyang also mentioned the pain points that young people will encounter. He promised that if he is elected as mayor, he will definitely solve the problem of unclear and unreasonable roadside signage and reduce administrative costs. He will add more general-purpose taxis and provide warmer services. He will also provide a municipal vision for the next 5 and 10 years to help businesses transform and face challenges to ensure seamless integration while taking into account driving safety. He asked for the support of citizens.

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  • President Lai Ching-te attended the Taipei Taxi Drivers Union gala, highlighting the achievements of governance in economic and social welfare policies.
  • Lai also publicly endorsed Democratic Progressive Party Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen, singing on stage to boost support and calling on attendees to support Shen's election by a high vote margin on November 28.

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