
Li Sichuan, the New Taipei City mayoral candidate of the Kuomintang, attended the event at the Guanyin Temple in Zhulinshan, Linkou, and reiterated the vision of elderly care cards and all-age care
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Li Sichuan attended the Guanyin Temple event in Zhulinshan, Linkou, where he paid homage to local elders and fellow villagers and promoted his political views.
KMT New Taipei City mayoral candidate Li Sichuan (middle) goes to the Zhulinshan Guanyin Temple dinner to bless the elders table by table. (Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)
KMT New Taipei mayor candidate Li Sichuan attended an event at the Heling Friendship Center of Zhulinshan Guanyin Temple in Linkou on the 5th. There were nearly a hundred tables and nearly a thousand local elders and fellow villagers in attendance. Li Sichuan arrived and was warmly welcomed by the chairman of Zhulinshan Guanyin Temple Cai Huangming, vice chairman Lin Pihe and the entire audience. Li Sichuan Sichuan also reiterated the policy vision related to all-age care at the meeting, which was well received by the villagers. Li Sichuan also said emotionally that he grew up worshiping Guanyin and felt particularly cordial every time he came to Guanyin Temple in Zhulin Mountain. Li Sichuan also wished a happy birthday to the centenarian Rui and the elders present, and the atmosphere was quite warm.
Regarding the welfare benefits for seniors concerned about the elders, Li Sichuan reiterated that the government's care for the elderly must be "visible, useful and flexible". The current New Taipei Respect for the Elderly Card is 600 points per month. In the future, as mayor, he will promote the transformation of 300 points into an Easy Card to allow the elderly to The elders can use it whether they go to supermarkets or supermarkets to buy daily necessities, or go to pharmacies to buy medicine or see a doctor. They have implemented the government's good intentions into practical and considerate care in daily life. As soon as they finished speaking, they received warm applause from nearly a thousand elders at the scene.
Li Sichuan said that Linkou has attracted a large number of young families to immigrate in recent years. The city government must create an environment where elders can rest in peace, young people can work with confidence, and parents and children can enjoy happiness. In terms of childcare and family care, large-scale indoor parent-child centers will be built in the future, and full efforts will be made to promote public care in schools and encourage companies to add child care. In terms of industry and employment development, through transportation construction and AI high-tech industry corridors, Linkou must promote the upgrading of local life functions and industries, and create more high-quality job opportunities for the younger generation.
Cai Huangming enthusiastically accompanied Li Sichuan to pay tribute to the villagers. Legislator Hong Mengkai, assemblyman Cai Shujun, candidates Cai Peicheng, Cheng Chenghong and local elders also came to support; Li Sichuan also paid tribute to the elders at nearly a hundred tables table by table. Many villagers took photos one after another and shouted "Li Sichuan frozen garlic" and "Come on Uncle Chuan" in unison. The cheers and applause lasted for a long time, showing the enthusiasm of Linkou villagers to support Li Sichuan and expressing their hope to create a better future for all people in Linkou.

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