Taipei mayor holds 55 percent approval rating: pollBy Lee I-chia / Staff ReporterTaipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has a 55 percent approval rating among city residents, a survey released on Friday by the Taipei Research, Development and Evaluation Commission showed. Ko’s approval rating was the same as a poll conducted in December last year, and his disapproval rating was 2 perentage points lower. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, second right, Taiwan Tourism Interchange Association President Lai Pi-chen, left, and Taipei Hot Spring Association president Chou Shuei-mei, second left, attend the opening of the Taipei Summer Travel Expo on Friday. It collected valid responses from 1,083 city residents, while 1,075 people refused to take the survey. Both options would require a tunnel, the construction of which could affect the water quality at the Feitsui Reservoir (翡翠水庫), the main source of water for Taipei and New Taipei City, he said.

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