Premier Su sends off Chen Chi-mai on his last dayBy Sean Lin / Staff reporterPremier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday thanked former vice premier Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁), a physician, for his contributions to the nation’s fight against COVID-19, during Chen’s last Cabinet meeting in the position. Former vice premier Chen Chi-mai waves goodbye to reporters at the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday. During his stint as vice premier, Chen, as chief information security officer, also led the Cabinet’s information technology team in pushing for 5G development and upholding information security, Su said. Chen’s use of big data in contact tracing has significantly helped the nation’s disease prevention efforts, he said. Chen became vice premier when Su became the premier for a second time on Jan. 14 last year.

Source: Taipei Times June 18, 2020 15:56 UTC