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[cheekopekman]

Cannot make it one lah!

[Tee tiong huat]

ELECTION 2024/Terry Gou's decision to run for president 'deeply regrettable': KMT
https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202308280005

[Stoki]

Still too early. By Jan, he may hit 50%

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Still too early. By Jan, he may hit 50%

If he joins force with former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je, they could win the election…however he wants to the president rather than VP.

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The weakest candidate is from the KMT, the former police chief

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If he joins force with former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je, they could win the election…however he wants to the president rather than VP.

[Tee tiong huat]

The weakest candidate is from the KMT, the former police chief

Taiwan News: New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih, with Kuomintang Chairman Eric Chu. After winning re-election as New Taipei mayor by 25-point margin in Nov-2022. Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) was thought to be the "chosen one" who could help  opposition Kuomintang (KMT) win back power it lost to ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 2016.

Not only had he been elected mayor of Taiwan's most populous city with a record number of votes for a second time, the 66-year-old retired crime fighter had received five-star ratings as mayor in his first four years on the job from 2019 to 2022.

Yet, any momentum he could have leveraged into a bid for the presidency in 2024 quickly withered in the face of his perceived indecision, a split in his own party triggered by a populist billionaire, and a third party candidate with social media savvy.

By the time Hou was officially nominated on May 17 as the KMT's candidate in the January 2024 presidential election instead of business tycoon Terry Gou (郭台銘), he was already languishing in the polls behind the front-runner, Vice President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.

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Since then, he consistently polled about 5 to 7 points behind Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), founder of the fledgling Taiwan People's Party (TPP), and 15 points behind Lai, garnering only about 20% support, unthinkable just eight months ago. Though gap between Ko & Hou may be narrowing, question? is why slide in the first place and can Hou recover?

A number of commentators feel Hou's popularity has lagged b'cos he took too long to publicly declare his presidential intentions, leaving a void for Gou and Ko to pull support away from Hou by holding rallies and vocally criticizing DPP govt. Ko also parlayed his use of social media to drive up his support among younger voters while Hou was inactive.

Several pro-KMT political commentators, including Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康), Huang Wei-han (黃暐瀚) and Tung Chih-sen (董智森), repeatedly urged Hou to announce his presidential bid earlier, but the New Taipei mayor held back, presumably fearing it would be bad form to pursue higher office so soon after his re-election as mayor.

This that reluctance to rush into things & inclination to watch and wait before making a move could be tied to his upbringing and earlier professional experience as a police officer.

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Since then, he consistently polled about 5 to 7 points behind Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), founder of the fledgling Taiwan People's Party (TPP), and 15 points behind Lai, garnering only about 20% support, unthinkable just eight months ago. Though gap between Ko & Hou may be narrowing, question? is why slide in the first place and can Hou recover?

A number of commentators feel Hou's popularity has lagged b'cos he took too long to publicly declare his presidential intentions, leaving a void for Gou and Ko to pull support away from Hou by holding rallies and vocally criticizing DPP govt. Ko also parlayed his use of social media to drive up his support among younger voters while Hou was inactive.

Several pro-KMT political commentators, including Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康), Huang Wei-han (黃暐瀚) and Tung Chih-sen (董智森), repeatedly urged Hou to announce his presidential bid earlier, but the New Taipei mayor held back, presumably fearing it would be bad form to pursue higher office so soon after his re-election as mayor.

This that reluctance to rush into things & inclination to watch and wait before making a move could be tied to his upbringing and earlier professional experience as a police officer.

Hou will lose for sure. Only 10% of Taiwan support KMT. Lai will win landslide if Ko and Gou fight each other.

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After Lai wins the election, China may terminate ECFA (the free trade agreement signed during President Ma’s era) causing Taiwan’s economy go downhill and millions of people jobless. Taiwan has had USD 100 billion surplus thru trading with mainland China each year under ECFA for the past 12 years.

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After Lai wins the election, China may terminate ECFA (the free trade agreement signed during President Ma’s era) causing Taiwan’s economy go downhill and millions of people jobless. Taiwan has had USD 100 billion surplus thru trading with mainland China each year under ECFA for the past 12 years.

Good for us lor. More TWMM can come to SG to work. There have been quite many of them sharing on Youtube their worklife in SG, especially as kindergarten Chinese teachers.

[moonrab]

Actually it is not bad compared with 100years  Big Party KMT.
GOU is just a independent candidate not yet confirme.

KMT is actually hopeless in this round. Worst than previous GE, Han.

[Niubee]

If he change this slogan sure win.

One Taiwan, One Country.

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If he change this slogan sure win.

One Taiwan, One Country.

But he is a second generation of mainlander 外省人，his father was born in Henan in mainland China.