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BackLai Ruilong's All Industries and All Industries Support Association formed an army on Saturday, and big names from the green camp gathered to compete with Blue and White.
Lai Ruilong's All Industries and All Industries Support Association formed an army on Saturday, and big names from the green camp gathered to compete with Blue and White.
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Lai Ruilong's All Industries and All Industries Support Association formed an army on Saturday, and big names from the green camp gathered to compete with Blue and White.

Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong will hold his first large-scale campaign this Saturday. President Lai Qingde, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai and other green camp celebrities will support him on the same stage for the first time, facing off against the "Double Ke" blue and white combination that will appear on the same day.

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  • Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong of the Democratic Progressive Party will hold a large-scale rally for the All-Industries Support Association on Saturday.
  • President Lai Qingde, Mayor Chen Chimai and former cabinet minister Su Zhenchang will support him on the same stage for the first time, launching a high-profile battle for the Kaohsiung mayoral election with the "Shuangke" blue and white camp that merged on the same day.

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The Kaohsiung mayoral election is heating up, with the blue and green camps holding large-scale campaign events and cross-party cooperation to stay at the grassroots level.

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The Lai Ruilong Industry Support Association will form an army on Saturday. Big figures from the green camp, including President Lai Qingde and Mayor Chen Qimai, will gather together. The picture shows Chen Qimai accompanying Lai Ruilong to register.

The Democratic Progressive Party's Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong's first large-scale campaign will be held this Saturday! President Lai Qingde, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai and other big names came together to support Lai Ruilong for the first time. The green camp's elite came out to fight hard on the same day.

Green camp auxiliary candidates pointed out that the recent combination of "Ocean Current" Shen Boyang and "Tornado" Lai Ruilong has successfully boosted the morale of the Kaohsiung Green Camp. Lai Ruilong's camp has also been activated, and the follow-up campaign and votes are quite enthusiastic.

Auxiliary candidates said that Lai Ruilong's camp had previously made all-out efforts to attack the grassroots and gathered organizational strength through various small and medium-sized support clubs. This Saturday, the Green Camp's first large-scale rally will be held at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Hall. All the Green Camp's elite will come out and check the energy of the land war in recent months.

Supporters of the election explained that the main body of the large-scale campaign on Saturday is the Hundred Industries Support Association. President Lai Qingde, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chimai, and former Executive President Su Zhenchang will share the stage to support Lai Ruilong for the first time. Not only are the green camp big names "Longzong" combined, but also Lai Qingde and Chen Chimai will stand on the stage of Lai Ruilong's support association for the first time to speak out.

Kuomintang's Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ke Zhi'en also announced in a radio program yesterday that he will join the People's Party founding chairman Ke Wenzhe to accompany the People's Party's Kaohsiung City Council candidate Lin Yukai to sweep the streets this Saturday. Lin Yukai's campaign headquarters will be established on October 4. Ke Zhi'en revealed that People's Party Chairman Huang Guochang will come to Kaohsiung. She emphasized that "Blue and White will definitely cooperate in Kaohsiung and strive to retain the People's Party parliamentary seats."

In mid-September, Ke Zhien's first three-mountain campaign was held in Fengshan, where he invited Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan, New Taipei City mayoral candidate Li Sichuan, and former Legislative Yuan Wang Jinping to share the stage. More than 30,000 supporters flocked to the scene. On the same day, "Ocean Current" Shen Boyang and "Tornado" Lai Ruilong strolled along the harbor, attracting more than 30,000 people to show their support. The blue and green competition on the same day instantly heated up the Kaohsiung mayoral election.

This Saturday will be the second high-profile confrontation between blue and green in the Kaohsiung mayoral election. The green camp's big players will gather to face off against the "Double Ke" team of blue and white, which is expected to add fuel to the topic of the Kaohsiung mayoral election.

President Lai Ching-te, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai, and former cabinet minister Su Zhenchang will gather at the Lai Ruilong Industrial Support Association this Saturday.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • This Saturday will hold a large-scale rally for the Lai Rui Long Industry Support Association

    Very likely · Within days

Open Questions

  • What is the actual number of people mobilized for the campaign by both sides this Saturday?
  • What are the actual benefits of Blue and White in the Kaohsiung City Council election?

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