KMT institute resumes party training sessionsBy Shih Hsiao-kuang / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Institute of Revolutionary Practice yesterday resumed its training sessions after a 20-year hiatus, with institute director Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) saying the party should do more to connect with young people. During the session’s opening ceremony in Taipei yesterday, Lo said he was moved to see 400 applicants sign up “even when the KMT is in its darkest era.”Lo Chih-chiang, director of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Institute of Revolutionary Practice, talks to reporters in Taipei yesterday as the institute resumed its training sessions after a 20-year hiatus. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei TimesGiven its limited quota, the institute only admitted 100 applicants, he said. “Young people’s interest in the session is an extremely precious gift for the KMT, as the party has almost nothing left but ideals, its mission and glory in its counteraction against the power-abusing Democratic Progressive Party,” Lo said. KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣), serving as the director of the session’s camp activity, met with trainees at an evening forum yesterday.

Source: Taipei Times July 04, 2020 15:56 UTC