Remembering Lee Teng-hui: Groups urge renaming airport to honor LeeBy Lin Tsuei-yi and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport should be renamed “Lee Teng-hui Airport,” Taiwan-Japan cultural exchange organizations said yesterday in a joint statement. Japan-based Taiwan independence activist Lin Chien-liang (林建良), who initiated the statement, said the idea of renaming either the Taoyuan airport or Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) in honor of Lee has been raised by several Japanese friends who contacted him after Lee passed away. A departure board in Terminal 2 of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is pictured on March 21. Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei TimesNaming international airports after political figures who have made significant contributions and achievements during their tenure is a common practice, the statement said, citing as examples New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. The statement included comments by All Japan Taiwanese Union president Chao Chung-cheng (趙中正) and Taiwanese Association in Japan president Wang Shao-ying (王紹英).

Source: Taipei Times August 01, 2020 15:56 UTC