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Taiwan’s KMT turns to comic actor to tackle election tragedy
- Stanley Fung tells public ‘democracy salon’ that the party needs to get back on its feet to save the Republic of China
- Kuomintang will also need to stand firm against Taiwanese independence efforts, he says
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After a year of electoral tragedy, Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang invited Hong Kong comic actor Stanley Fung Shui-fan to speak at the first of a series of forums on Wednesday designed to help revive the party’s fortunes.
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Addressing the public at the first of the KMT’s “democracy salons” in Taipei, Fung said he still identified as a supporter of the party despite his great disappointment with it.
“The KMT is a historical and revolutionary party which set up the Republic of China,” Fung said, referring to Taiwan’s official title.
“It should have been a great party … but today it has become an opposition party with little public support.”
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The KMT’s approval rating plunged to 15.8 per cent compared with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s 36.8 per cent, according to a survey in June by the Election Study Centre of National Chengchi University.
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