By Tseng Nai-chiang / Staff reporterChiayi County Commissioner Helen Chang (張花冠) is holding an exhibition of her paintings to raise funds for next year’s Lantern Festival, which is to be held in the county. Chang Ming-da (張明達), a Democratic Progressive Party member who is seeking his party’s nomination for county commissioner next year, said that he had donated NT$300,000 (US$9,988) to the festival. “I am doing this to support commissioner [Helen] Chang,” he said. The total budget needed for the festival is about NT$550 million, of which NT$50 million must be raised by the county government. The county is still NT$20 million short, Helen Chang said, expressing hope that the show, which runs until Jan. 14, could raise at least NT$10 million.

Source: Taipei Times December 04, 2017 16:03 UTC