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MOI to present report on vote-buying

The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said yesterday it would give a progress report on vote-buying cases linked to Saturday’s local government elections at the legislature today, an announcement that drew mixed reactions.

The pan-blue camp said it hoped the ministry would increase its efforts to expose illegal campaign practices, while pan-greens doubted the effectiveness of the crackdown.

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Heavyweights campaign ahead of poll

With less than a week before polling, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweights were busy yesterday criss-crossing the nation to drum up support for their candidates.

Campaigning yesterday, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), who also serves as KMT chairman, said he would see to it that electrification of the Hualien-Taitung railway line is completed within five years.

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Newsflash

Taipei City and the four special municipalities that came into being on Saturday could turn into a disaster for the central and local governments if underlying financial problems are not properly addressed, experts told a forum on the financial aspects of the five megacities yesterday.

Peng Pai-hsien (彭百顯), a professor of finance at Kainan University, told a panel organized by the Taiwan Brain Trust think tank in Taipei that the five special municipalities face an immediate shortfall of NT$718.5 billion (US$24.27 billion) — which would climb to NT$803.4 billion if potential debt were counted — while the central government was faring no better, with a potential debt of NT$21 trillion.