By Ko Yu-hao / Staff reporterPresident Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday unveiled the Great South, Great Development policy aimed at closing the development gap between southern Taiwan and other parts of the nation. She was joined by her running mate, former premier William Lai (賴清德), as well as Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu (陳菊), Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) and DPP Kaohsiung City Councilor Kang Yu-cheng (康裕成), who heads Tsai’s campaign office in the southern city. Kaohsiung has transformed from an industrial city to a “marine capital,” Tsai said. She expressed the hope that development levels in the north and south could be balanced with the help of the Executive Yuan’s Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program, saying that the process must be accelerated. Under the policy, Yunlin County would become the nation’s hub for farming machinery and value-added agricultural and silk products, while Chiayi County would become the headquarters of Taiwan’s tourism, cultural and creative industries, precision machinery and seafood processing.

Source: Taipei Times December 14, 2019 15:56 UTC