By Chang Yi-chen and Dennis Xie / Staff reporters, with staff writerTaiwan needs an experienced master to solve its problems, not more empty promises from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) or the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), People First Party (PFP) chairman and presidential candidate James Soong (宋楚瑜) said yesterday. Touting his performance during his tenure as provincial governor from 1994 to 1998, Soong said that Taiwan was more harmonious in that period, and no DPP regional head picked fights with him. “The PFP transcends political partisanship and brings groups together to truly serve regional needs,” he said. He also criticized the “great south, great development” policy that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who is seeking re-election for the DPP, proposed on Saturday in Kaohsiung. “Kaohsiung, a heavy manufacturing base, suffers the most from poor air quality, with a risk of lung cancer 15 times higher than that of Keelung, Taipei and Taoyuan,” she said.

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