[Levin]

https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202309190022

[moonrab]

https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202309190022

54 million of the 145 million eggs imported by the government from March to July were sent to be destroyed due to their expiration.

Odd to be investigated for corruption imo.
What a waste of eggs and $.

[K88 shu shu]

in sinkieland our Eggmy got farmer friend provide her with many trays of eggs when we can't find any in our supermarkets.

[lvlrsSTI]

Taiwan is short of eggs…for political reason it blocks the egg import from China and import eggs far away from Brazil…mostly turned smelly after long journey and poor packaging.

[Tee tiong huat]

Taiwan is short of eggs…for political reason it blocks the egg import from China and import eggs far away from Brazil…mostly turned smelly after long journey and poor packaging.

Taiwan’s Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) accepted the resignation of Minister of Agriculture Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) on Tuesday (Sept. 19) amid blowback from the country’s recent egg import controversy.
Taiwan bad egg...
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5003019

[lvlrsSTI]

Taiwan’s Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) accepted the resignation of Minister of Agriculture Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) on Tuesday (Sept. 19) amid blowback from the country’s recent egg import controversy.
Taiwan bad egg...
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5003019

Why can’t Taiwan import from China nearby since it is short of eggs?

[Tee tiong huat]

Sept. 19 (CNA) New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), this the opposition Kuomintang's (KMT) presidential candidate...Hou said the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should strengthen dialogue and functional exchanges to effectively lower the risk of potential conflict, Hou's office said.

"Mayor Hou answered them all, gave us a great view of, I (he) guess, how he views Taiwan, his vision for Taiwan if he's elected, and also his understanding of U.S.-Taiwan relations and the challenges Taiwan with China faces."

[Tee tiong huat]

Sept. 19 (CNA) New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), this the opposition Kuomintang's (KMT) presidential candidate...Hou said the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should strengthen dialogue and functional exchanges to effectively lower the risk of potential conflict, Hou's office said.

"Mayor Hou answered them all, gave us a great view of, I (he) guess, how he views Taiwan, his vision for Taiwan if he's elected, and also his understanding of U.S.-Taiwan relations and the challenges Taiwan with China faces."

Ever since Gou declared his independent presidential candidacy, his popularity has consistently lagged behind the other three presidential candidates -- 
New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), and the incumbent Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德), who chairs the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Online media - Formosa opinion poll conducted between Sept.13-15, about@time Gou announced his running mate, Lai was in lead with 35.2% of support. 

The main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) candidate, Hou, followed with 20% and former Taipei Mayor Ko had 17.5%. Gou trailed behind with 10.3% .

Another recent poll by online media outlet CNEWS had Lai lead with 28%, followed by Ko 22.6%, while, Hou garnered 16.3%, and Gou 13.7% of the vote.

[Tee tiong huat]

Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou (center left) and his running mate Tammy Lai are accompanied by lion dancers at the opening of their signature collection site in New Taipei Wednesday. CNA photo Sept. 20, 2023
https://sgtalk.net/newreply.php?tid=104034

Taiwam four Presidential Candidates --

1) Terry Gou - Foxconn Technology Group founder
2) New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), 
3) Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), and.. 
4) The incumbent Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德), who chairs the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (from DPP).

[Tee tiong huat]

Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou is consistently lagged behind the other three presidential candidates (center left - and with his running mate Tammy Lai)
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202309200008

[Fit]

I don't like the messy Taiwan politics, but I respect their politicians who take responsibility! This will not happen in Sg!

[lvlrsSTI]

[starbugs]

They have so much rural land for farming and yet can be short of eggs. Really a sign of bigger problems with their government.

[Tee tiong huat]

Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou (center left) and his running mate Tammy Lai are accompanied by lion dancers at the opening of their signature collection site in New Taipei Wednesday. CNA photo Sept. 20, 2023
https://sgtalk.net/newreply.php?tid=104034

Taiwam four Presidential Candidates --

1) Terry Gou - Foxconn Technology Group founder
2) New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), 
3) Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), and.. 
4) The incumbent Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德), who chairs the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (from DPP).

Taiwan News) — The latest poll by RW News shows support for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (賴清德) continuing to rise and the gap between him and the three other rivals widening.

In the poll released Wednesday (Sept. 20), Lai came in first with the backing of 42.52% of respondents. In second place is Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) at 24.23%, followed by Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) of the Kuomintang (KMT) at 22.25%, and Foxconn founder Terry Gou (郭台銘) in last place at 6.58%.

[lvlrsSTI]

They have so much rural land for farming and yet can be short of eggs. Really a sign of bigger problems with their government.

Taiwan's agriculture council official, Chiang Wen-chuan, said the shortage stems from changes in temperature, molting hens, and cases of avian flu wiping out millions of birds.

https://www.semafor.com/article/03/06/20...ces-taiwan

[lvlrsSTI]

Taiwan will import fresh and liquid eggs from Singapore for the first time ever, to help ease its ongoing shortage of the food staple, industry sources and Taiwanese officials said Monday.

https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304170013

[Tee tiong huat]

Taiwan will import fresh and liquid eggs from Singapore for the first time ever, to help ease its ongoing shortage of the food staple, industry sources and Taiwanese officials said Monday.

https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304170013

Singapore one• Boleh  exporting fresh egg.

[Levin]

Taiwan will import fresh and liquid eggs from Singapore for the first time ever, to help ease its ongoing shortage of the food staple, industry sources and Taiwanese officials said Monday.

https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304170013

Huh? But Singapore imports 70% of its egg demand. 

https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-for-thought/...ly-of-eggs

[lvlrsSTI]

Singapore one• Boleh  exporting fresh egg.

Our eggs are biggerer and betterer.

[lvlrsSTI]

Huh? But Singapore imports 70% of its egg demand. 

https://www.sfa.gov.sg/food-for-thought/...ly-of-eggs

We sell them imported eggs at higher price loh

[Tee tiong huat]

Taiwan’s Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) accepted the resignation of Minister of Agriculture Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) on Tuesday (Sept. 19) amid blowback from the country’s recent egg import controversy.
Taiwan bad egg...
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5003019

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Lai Ching-te (賴清德) remains the favorite for the Taiwan presidency according to a new poll, though the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate has shed significant support since the same poll was taken last month.

The Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation (TPOF) released the poll results on Tuesday (Sept. 26). It showed Lai leading the race with 31.4% of the vote, followed by Taiwan People’s Party candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on 23.1%. Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) placed third with 15.7%.

Meanwhile new entrant and independent candidate Foxconn founder Terry Gou (郭台銘) polled in last with 10.5%. Vice president for the ruling DPP party Lai shed over 10% support compared to TPOF’s last poll, however this poll did not survey support for the then undeclared Gou.

TPOF’s Chair You Ying-lung (游盈隆) said Lai’s drop in support was likely due to a recent controversy surrounding imported eggs. This controversy caused Taiwan’s agriculture minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) to resign, and resulted in over 54 million imported eggs being slated for destruction.😪😭

TPOF’s polling also showed over 56% were dissatisfied with Chen’s response. Chen has defended his actions throughout the saga, even after his resignation was accepted.

[Tee tiong huat]

Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou (center left) and his running mate Tammy Lai are accompanied by lion dancers at the opening of their signature collection site in New Taipei Wednesday. CNA photo Sept. 20, 2023
https://sgtalk.net/newreply.php?tid=104034

Taiwam four Presidential Candidates --

1) Terry Gou - Foxconn Technology Group founder
2) New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), 
3) Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), and.. 
4) The incumbent Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德), who chairs the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (from DPP).

Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) representatives to meet with their Kuomintang (KMT) counterparts on Sat (Oct. 14) to discuss a possible joint presidential run.
Ko said (Thurs) evening, he will communicate with the “greatest flexibility,“We hope results discussion will be acceptable to supporters of all parties.” Ko’s campaign manager said negotiations on a TPP-KMT alliance would be complete by the end of the month.

Speculation possible TPP-KMT collaboration has been brewing many months after Ko consistently polled ahead of KMT’s Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) in most public opinion surveys. Polling showed there is a chance a Ko-Hou pairing could defeat current presidential front-runner Lai Ching-te (賴清德).

Ko has said that if any collaboration (agreement) between parties is reached, the presidential candidate running mate pairing should be decided by a poll. He also said he would like to publicly debate Hou before any poll is held.

Speaking in TV interview (Thurs) Hou said idea will be part of discussions. Hou said - high hopes for the negotiations and that there are no factions among the opposition. SThere is only the “Republic of China, elimination of Taiwan independence and cross-strait faction,” Hou said. Both Hou and Ko's teams said that both parties must tolerate each other for the good of the country.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5019275

[Tee tiong huat]

Sept. 19 (CNA) New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), this the opposition Kuomintang's (KMT) presidential candidate...Hou said the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should strengthen dialogue and functional exchanges to effectively lower the risk of potential conflict, Hou's office said.

"Mayor Hou answered them all, gave us a great view of, I (he) guess, how he views Taiwan, his vision for Taiwan if he's elected, and also his understanding of U.S.-Taiwan relations and the challenges Taiwan with China faces."

Gou announced on Oct. 6 that he has collected enough signatures to run in the January 2024 presidential election as an independent.

The results of the petitions will be announced by the CEC on Nov. 14.

Should Gou successfully secure a spot on the ballot, he will run against three other presidential candidates: New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), Chairman of the Taiwan People's Party Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and the incumbent Vice President and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chair, Lai Ching-te (賴清德).

[Tee tiong huat]

Recent polling shows support for the Gou-Lai ticket is the lowest among all major candidates, at just under 10%.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5023648

[Tee tiong huat]

Recent polling shows support for the Gou-Lai ticket is the lowest among all major candidates, at just under 10%.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5023648

Taipei, Oct. 24 (CNA) Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) said Monday that he did not dismiss the possibility of becoming the vice-presidential candidate, a bid to oust Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Hou yielded ground for first time in an interview with United Daily News. Liberty Times & China Times, saying he would not insist on being presidential candidate with joint ticket smaller opposition Taiwan People's Party (TPP).

Instead, he expressed openness to running as vice president alongside rival candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) of the TPP to unseat Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Hou stressed the necessity of being on the same ballot with Ko."For KMT-TPP alliance to completed and achieve a rotation of parties, the names of both individuals [his and Ko's] must be on the same ballot," he said.

With 2024 presidential election in Taiwan about 80 days away, polls suggest if DPP's presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (賴清德) would win comfortably over Hou and Ko, who are running neck and neck and split most of the opposition support fairly evenly. Another opposition figure, Foxconn founder Terry Gou (郭台銘), who is running as an independent, has trailed in the polls with less than 10 percent support.

KMT/TPP have been deadlocked on how to present a unified front for 2024 election to challenge DPP because both Hou and Ko want to head a presidential ticket, and both parties have disagreed on how to determine the best choice for president.
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202310240007

[Tee tiong huat]

The polling methodology proposed by the TPP involves 50% representation from landline surveys and 50% from mobile phone surveys, or exclusively using mobile phones. Hou told 3-media outlets that top billing could be decided by incorporating both a primary & polls, with each given equal weight, an apparent compromise intended to resolve the deadlock. Hou's campaign office previously announced plans to conduct primary on Nov. 4. According to Hou, the preparation for such a vote would take approximately 10 days.

Based on timeline, he said he anticipated a response from Ko by Oct. 25. Taiwan presidential candidates have to formally register their candidacies between Nov. 20 and 24, meaning that if an agreement to collaborate is not achieved by then, the opposition could have three presidential tickets on the ballot, which would likely hand the election to the DPP's Lai.

Hou told reporters. KMT/TPP collaborate election strategy, it should not be a zero-sum game or an elimination match where one side takes all. Cooperation is essential, regardless who takes the lead & who plays a supporting role," he said.

Ko's campaign office said Ko will hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to address the matter.

[Tee tiong huat]

DPP's Lai still in lead for Taiwan presidency as Ko and Hou's support converges. Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation poll shows candidates' rankings same if Terry Gou included. (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) remains in the lead for the 2024 presidential election according to a poll released on Tuesday (Oct. 23).

Lai, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate, received 29.7% support according poll, followed by Taiwan People’s Party’s (TPP) Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) @25.6%. Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) polled @21.1%, while just over 15% said they were undecided.

Poll was carried out by Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation (TPOF), and compared to their survey conducted (Sept), only Hou's support grew. Lai is now down over 13% since his support peaked in August, while Ko and Hou’s poll numbers continue to converge.

When independent presidential candidate Terry Gou (郭臺銘) is included in polling, candidate rankings are the same as without him, and Gou gains support at their expense. However, Gou remains in last, polling at 12.4%.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5025619

[Tee tiong huat]

Recent polling shows support for the Gou-Lai ticket is the lowest among all major candidates, at just under 10%.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5023648

In 4th post is Independent presidential candidate Terry Gou (郭臺銘) rankings are same as without him, and Gou gains support at their expense. However, remains in last, polling at 12.4%.

1st) Lai, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate, received 29.7% support. according to the poll, followed by 

2nd) Taiwan People’s Party’s (TPP) Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) at 25.6%. 

3rd) Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) polled at 21.1%

[sporeguy]

Taiwan is short of eggs…for political reason it blocks the egg import from China and import eggs far away from Brazil…mostly turned smelly after long journey and poor packaging.

Puki-mak can contributes his smelly eggs too!