Piggy banks, T-shirts drive donation campaigns

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) started sending plastic piggy banks to Tsai's campaign offices around the island, asking supporters to buy them, get them filled with donations, and send them back.

The piggy banks were selling like hotcakes at Tsai's Yungkang office in Tainan, according to the United Evening News.

Some supporters said they wanted to keep the piggy banks as souvenirs, but most stressed that they would fill them with change and send them back to Tsai's campaign offices, the paper said.

In Taipei, Tsai also debuted her autobiography. She said she had had no plans to publish such a book, but her aides had “forced” her to.

The fundraising idea was inspired by a recent incident in which three children donated their piggy banks to fund Tsai's campaign.

But after the government watchdog expressed concern that underage people are not allowed to make political donations, the DPP returned the donations to the children.

Meanwhile, Ma's campaign headquarters in Taipei began selling souvenirs, such as caps and T-shirts featuring the national flag.

But as the souvenirs are meant to raise funds for Ma's campaign, they can only be sold to R.O.C. citizens who are 20 or older according to the political donation law.

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