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Updated Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:47 am TWN, By David Young, The China Post Pres. Ma pledges to push for rapprochement with ChinaAsked if he is copying his deceased mentor Chiang Ching-kuo, President Ma said he isn't a copycat. The keyword used to say copying in Mandarin is "shan cai," which was coined in China and borrowed. It literally means a "lair of bandits." "No," President Ma said, "it's my own version." Why bandits? Well, they can do what they wish without interference from any quarters. So, any copycat doohickey sold much cheaper than the original is called a "shan cai" version. Chiang was a populist president. He visited practically every corner of Taiwan to meet common people, calling himself "a Taiwanese." Ma, who served one time as Chiang's special assistant, has never tired of doing what his mentor did. President Ma lauded Premier Liu Chao-shiuan's Cabinet for doing a fine job. "The Cabinet is doing better, though gradually," he added. He made no response, when queried if he was planning a Cabinet reshuffle. Thanks to the good work of the Liu Cabinet, Ma said, the Taiwan economy, hit hard by the global financial crisis, will improve in the last two quarters of this year. "The light is at the end of the tunnel," President Ma said. "We may have to have a hard time ahead, but the situation will show improvement in the third and fourth quarters of this year," he predicted. Directions of efforts He outlined the six directions of his policy efforts in the three years to come. First and foremost, President Ma said, efforts will be directed toward Taiwan's economic reconstruction. Billions of dollars have been earmarked for projects to get Taiwan out of its current economic doldrums. Improvement of Taiwan-China relations follow. "We shall bring peace to the Taiwan Strait," he said. "Safeguarding sovereignty," he added, "isn't by word of mouth but by action." One such action is Taiwan's presence at the WHA meeting in Geneva. Closely related to those efforts are Taiwan's pragmatic diplomacy. "We shall do what we can to get Taiwan back to the international community as a responsible member," President Ma stressed. Still another direction of efforts is toward the development of green energy industries, President Ma went on. "We'll reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy to help achieve Taiwan's sustained development," he added. Efforts will also be concentrated on the expansion of the social welfare net to help the disadvantaged minority of society. Ma promised to improve medical care and public health service for all. Last but not least, Taiwan will have a clean and capable government, President Ma said. Government corruption will be stamped out, he added, while the administration has to be improved. "As we redouble our efforts," President Ma said, "we are certain Taiwan will move out of the valley of economic misery step by step in the foreseeable future." Comments May 21, 2009 extrajuice@ There's no convincing way to be certain of Pres. Ma's long-term intentions, but I'd rather give him the benefit of the doubt. If he involves the people through referendums on cross-strait issues a tad more and makes more transparent negotiations, dealings and agreements occurring with China, it may remove some of the negativity building up through speculation. The man is intelligent, no doubt, and he realizes that political ascension can really only occur as desired when the economy is in an improved state. He has a fine line to walk, and attempting to balance China's perceptions of Taiwan and still follow the most beneficial path for Taiwanese is by no means a clear and easy feat. Most Taiwanese do not readily visualize the bigger global picture that Ma's moves are being made in and in that sense more easily place staunch and direct blame.My advice? Take the earmarked money and plow it into nanotech, biotech and other high-barrier-to-entry markets which can place Taiwan once again at the head of the curve. Utilize remaining funds to enhance specialized education to feed these industries. Over the long-term, Taiwan will re-cement the success experienced with chip production. May 22, 2009 pgsaffold@ By economic recovery are you referring to the 6% unemployment rate or the record plunge in GDP of almost 10%.. May 25, 2009 coffee_whiskay@ @pgsaffold (5-22)The world calls it the "Global financial Crisis". But here in Taiwan we are not so lucky. Because we have our own DPP, we have Two Dreadful Economic Crises prior to the Global Financial Crisis. The Two DPP-made Dreadful Economic Crises were: 1- The DPP are incompetent, unproductive and uncreative in planning the Economic Policy. 2- The Corrupt Chen just sat idle and planned his own corrupt policy for his own Secret Bank Account. Now at the time President Ma took over as President of the Republic of China the Global Financial Crisis was added to the list of the Two DPP-MADE DREADFUL ECONOMIC CRISES. In just 1 year. President Ma, KMT and his CABINET have began to clean up the MESS leftover by the Corrupt Chen and the incompetent DPP. President Ma not only successfully recovered our economy but also successful in other fields That is ACHIEVEMENT. |
 President Ma Ying-jeou at a press conference. He denied charges of selling out Taiwan, yesterday. (CNA) Enlarge Photo
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President Ma’s achievement in just one year has brought economic recovery even as the financial crisis grips the whole world.
President Ma brought peace and harmony between both sides and let Republic of China in Taiwan move forward with honor, respect and dignity in the world stage.