Lu Xiuyan presided over the Double Ten flag-raising for the last time: "No matter how the position changes," five persistences were revealed

Today, on Double Ten Day, Taichung Mayor Lu Hsiu-yan presided over the last flag-raising ceremony during her tenure. She said that she promised to fulfill her promise and would not leave halfway. She kept her promise and put forward five insistences: Upholding the Republic of China, upholding the constitution, upholding democracy and freedom, upholding people's livelihood first, putting people first, upholding regional stability, and upholding peace across the Taiwan Strait. She emphasized again, "No matter how my position changes, these five insistences are my unwavering beliefs."

The Taichung City Government held a flag-raising ceremony at 8 a.m. today, attracting more than 20,000 people to celebrate the country's birthday. For the first time this year, Taichung launched a national flag display by land and air. Five drones hoisted the national flag and displayed the flag in a wild goose formation. 76 reserve military police on the ground took over the display to protect the giant national flag, creating the most impressive visual highlight of National Day. The Heping District Elementary School Little League team, which won the World Junior Baseball Championship, was arranged to sing the national anthem.

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Including Lu Xiuyan, Democratic Progressive Party Taichung mayoral candidate and legislator He Xinchun, and Kuomintang mayoral candidate and Legislative Yuan Vice President Jiang Qichen were also present to participate in the flag raising.

Lu Xiuyan said that this year is her last time to preside over the flag-raising ceremony as mayor. She has 77 days left in her term. She detailed the results of her eight years in power. She emphasized that her governance philosophy is to run and protect Taichung City as a big family and to take care of the citizens as her own family. "In order to reassure the citizens, I promised at the beginning that I would complete the work and not leave midway. I will keep my promise."

Lu Xiuyan pointed out that another important governing philosophy of hers is that "everything prospers when the family is harmonious." Those in power must insist on unity and cooperation, and only when the family is harmonious can everything prosper. This is the only way for the city and the country to progress. There is no second way. The Republic of China is the home of all of us. If Taichung is good, Taiwan will be good. Only when the Republic of China unites and progresses will Taichung prosper.

Lu Xiuyan put forward five insistences, which she said, in Taiwanese, means "persistence", including insisting on the Republic of China, insisting on protecting the constitution, insisting on democracy and freedom, insisting on putting people's livelihood first, putting people first, insisting on regional stability, and maintaining peace across the Taiwan Strait. She emphasized again, "No matter how my position changes, these five persistences are my unwavering beliefs."

Lu Xiuyan said that many people call her the mayor’s mother. In the past eight years, the city government team has laid a solid and good foundation for Taichung City. The family has grown and thrived bit by bit. As long as the direction is correct and as long as we work hard, Taichung will definitely be better.