Kuomintang Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ko Chih-en stated a weekend temple rally with Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu gave her campaign a “major shot in the arm” ahead of the upcoming municipal elections.
Lai Jui-lung’s transport proposals envisage purple, cyan and blue rail routes forming a seven-line network. The Purple Line is undergoing feasibility review, while other alignments and funding arrangements remain unsettled.
Lai Jui-lung and Ko Chih-en will face each other in a televised mayoral debate on Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. The format includes policy presentations, media questions and cross-examination.
Tsai Ing-wen and Hsiao Bi-khim are scheduled to join Lai Jui-lung’s Oct. 17 campaign rally near Fongshan West MRT station. Frank Hsieh and Mayor Chen Chi-mai are also on the announced guest list.
Councilor Lin Chih-hung wants a fresh feasibility assessment of a 24-hour Kaohsiung airport, arguing that past aviation policy constrained southern development.
Lai Jui-lung is pitching Kaohsiung’s Asia New Bay Area to AI companies, arguing that investment need not wait for Taipei’s proposed airport redevelopment.
An election controversy erupted on Sunday, Oct. 11, after a roadside billboard listed Democratic Progressive Party (DPP, 民進黨) incumbent officeholders and candidates as endorsing Kuomintang (KMT, 國民黨) mayoral nominee Ko Chih-en (柯志恩).
Ko Chih-en and Lai Jui-lung have agreed to a televised Kaohsiung mayoral debate jointly hosted by three broadcasters. Its date and format remain undecided.
Ko Chih-en must take the initiative to break the deadlock in Kaohsiung’s mayoral race, writes Shen Nai-hsun. He argues that the KMT candidate cannot rely on her party’s fortunes elsewhere to improve her prospects in the south.
Kaohsiung councilor Lin Chih-hung has urged mayoral candidate Ko Chih-en to support timely budget passage as the government outlines conditional dates for NT$10,000 cash payments in early 2027.
