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KMT to appoint six Central Advisory Committee members, including Jaw
By Chen Yun
and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday announced plans to appoint six new members, including Broadcasting Corp of China (BCC) chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康), to its Central Advisory Committee.
The other five are former Straits Exchange Foundation vice chairman Kao Koong-lian (高孔廉); Tien Tsai-mai (田在勱), manager of Chung Yuan Christian University’s Executive Operation Office for Industry-Academia Cooperation; Chiu Kun-shuan (邱坤玄), a professor at National Chengchi University’s Graduate Institute of East Asia Studies; Sun Yat-sen School president Chang Ya-chung (張亞中); and foreign capital analyst Kirk Yang (楊應超).
EDITORIAL: The jaw of the catfish
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) on Monday was caught off-guard when media personality Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) announced his wish to restore his KMT membership, nearly three decades after he left the KMT to cofound the pro-unification New Party.
Jaw also expressed interest in serving on the KMT Central Advisory Committee and did not rule out vying for the party’s chairmanship. Jaw said that he was persuaded by Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), who continues to enjoy significant support among the party faithful, even after his loss in the presidential election and his recall as Kaohsiung mayor last year.