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During the Zhubei mayoral election, People's Party candidate Qiu Chenyuan publicly challenged KMT candidate Wu Xuzhi and DPP candidate Zeng Shengkai to hold a municipal debate. However, the two responded that they had discussed it or still needed to study it. Qiu Chenyuan therefore criticized the two for evading public testing.
In response to Qiu Chenyuan, the People's Party candidate for Zhubei mayor of Hsinchu County, criticizing his opponents for "evading and dodging" and not daring to hold a public debate on Zhubei municipal affairs. KMT candidate Wu Xuzhi responded today, emphasizing that what is really important now is not repeated arguments among the candidates, but that there are still many problems that citizens are facing every day, and solutions must be found quickly.
Wu Xuzhi also criticized Zhubei City's annual fiscal revenue of more than 2 billion, and its citizens' tax-generating ability ranks among the best in the country. However, a review of the city's office operations in recent years has revealed that many public resources have been devoted to the chief executive's personal image packaging. From the signatures on public buildings, personal inscriptions on promotional materials, and various publicity activities held in the name of the office, "privatizing and politicizing" public facilities built by all citizens' taxes is also a violation of fiscal discipline.
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Wu Xuzhi emphasized that every ounce of the budget is the hard-earned money paid by the hard work of the citizens. The core of Xuzhi's future governance will be to devote all public resources to the most urgent needs of the citizens and will never be reduced to a treasury for personal packaging.
Wu Xuzhi further stated that in response to parents’ concerns about schooling issues, he continues to coordinate with the Transportation Department and passenger transport operators, hoping that Express 9 can increase the number of classes between 6:40 and 6:55 in the morning and 5:10 and 5:15 in the afternoon. Regarding the need for additional classes in high schools, he will continue to communicate and take inventory with the Education Bureau, and move forward towards the goal of 29 to 33 classes.
He said that problems such as adding more classes in high schools, commuting to school, mass transportation, pedestrian safety, insufficient number of bicycles, and unsafe riding environment are real needs that Zhubei families face every day, and they cannot be put aside because of the election. "People want to know who can really solve their problems."
Qiu Chenyuan, candidate for Zhubei mayor of the People's Party, recently issued a challenge to Wu Xuzhi and candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party Zeng Shengkai on the fiscal discipline of municipal offices, inviting the two to open a municipal debate. Qiu Chenyuan criticized today that one of the two people said that they had "discussed" and the other said that "still needs to be studied". They were basically "evading and afraid to face the test." He also bluntly said that Zhubei City does not need an "evasive" or "intern" mayor.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
If Wu Xuzhi is elected, he will promote a public resource review mechanism to avoid being used for personal image packaging.
Likely · Within months
The number of general classes in Zhubei City will be increased in the coming months, especially at the high school level
Likely · Within months

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