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Liang Yu-tzu Registers to Run for Pingtung Mayor, Pledges Central-Local Policy Coordination

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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

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  • Democratic Progressive Party candidate Liang Yu-tzu registered her Pingtung City mayoral bid on September 1 with support from party and local officials.
  • She said Pingtung needed change, central government resources and precise local implementation to overcome stagnation.
  • Party official Hsu Fu-kuei pledged full support, while Liang highlighted her decade of political staff experience and work as a county councilor.

Liang Yu-tzu began her campaign for Pingtung City mayor at the Pingtung Sugar Factory, where a retired Taiwan Sugar employee handed her a white sugar cane stalk as a blessing for continued success.

We urgently need change.

— Liang Yu-tzuLiang criticized what she described as long-term stagnation in Pingtung City.

She then went to the Pingtung City Office to complete her candidate registration. Democratic Progressive Party Pingtung County chair and legislator Hsu Fu-kuei, county councilors, city representative candidates and civic group representatives accompanied her, presenting a united party front.

Liang, a native of Pingtung City and the daughter of a sugar factory worker, said the city had endured too much stagnation. “We urgently need change,” she said. She argued that Pingtung could not rely on local efforts alone and needed central resources matched with precise implementation on the ground.

Pingtung City must break through its current situation. It cannot continue fighting alone.

— Liang Yu-tzuShe called for central resources and accurate local implementation.

Liang cited 10 years of experience as a political aide and her recent work as a county councilor as advantages in linking central and local policy. Hsu described Pingtung City as the driving force of county development and said the party would combine professional support from various sectors behind her campaign.

Pingtung City is the driving force of county government development and needs a new generation with vision and execution ability to lead the charge.

— Hsu Fu-kueiHsu endorsed Liang and pledged support from the party organization.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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