By Rachel Lin and Wu Po-hsuan / Staff reportersNational Taiwan University (NTU) yesterday urged the Ministry of Education to approve the appointment of NTU president-elect Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔), after a provisional school affairs meeting passed a motion supporting Kuan. Kuan was on Jan. 5 elected NTU president and was supposed to take office on Feb. 1. A resolution proposed by NTU agricultural economics professor Jerome Geaun (官俊榮) and NTU psychology professor Hsu Yung-fong (徐永豐) urged the ministry to give Kuan an appointment contract and advised the school to take legal action if the ministry refuses. Two motions launched by NTU economics professor Jang Show-ling (鄭秀玲) and NTU electrical engineering professor Wu Ruey-beei (吳瑞北) sought to start a new election process, but both were voted down. Students waiting outside the meeting room were blocked by staff who said there was no more room, said Kao Shao-fang (高紹芳), NTU student and NTU Presidential Election Reform Front spokesperson.

Source: Taipei Times May 12, 2018 15:56 UTC