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Hung Ho-cheng Registers First in Kinmen County Magistrate Race, Pledging to Listen and Act

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Independent candidate Hung Ho-cheng registered first on the opening day of registration for Kinmen County’s ninth magistrate election.
  • He identified limited youth employment, constrained transport capacity, unequal access to serious medical care and reliance on a narrow revenue base as four major local concerns.
  • Hung said his campaign would focus on listening to residents and solving practical problems rather than making slogans.

Independent candidate Hung Ho-cheng registered first for Kinmen County’s ninth magistrate election, placing “Listen to Kinmen and do what needs to be done” at the center of his campaign.

Hung, who is running for magistrate for the second time, said he would focus on practical solutions to long-standing livelihood concerns if elected. He identified four major challenges facing Kinmen: a lack of employment opportunities for young people, limited transport capacity, uneven access to serious medical care and an overly narrow fiscal base.

Listen to Kinmen and do what needs to be done

— Hung Ho-chengHis central campaign message for the Kinmen County magistrate election.

He said many young residents leave the islands for work in Taiwan because local opportunities are limited, making family life more difficult. Weather-related flight delays and standby seats have also become a regular concern. Medical capacity differs between Kinmen’s eastern and western areas, while patients with serious illnesses still need to be transferred to Taiwan for treatment.

Hung also pointed to the county’s reliance on the publicly owned Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor company to support welfare and construction spending. He said slowing business growth in recent years had created a test for the county’s financial resilience.

The county government should be about solving problems

— Hung Ho-chengHung described the practical role he believes the county government should play.

“The county government should be about solving problems,” Hung said. He argued that it should rely on reason, law and methods, not force or volume. He said his future administration would follow the principles of “listen carefully and handle matters properly,” with stronger systems for responding to individual cases and public issues.

Hung graduated from Chinese Culture University, works as a computer engineer and currently runs a guesthouse. He said Kinmen has talent and resources, but needs an administration willing to listen carefully and deal with problems clearly.

listen carefully and handle matters properly

— Hung Ho-chengThe principles he said would guide his administration.
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