Islandwide dash to win voters in pre-poll flurry
/ Choan-Taioan khi2pong7 ti soan2-cheng5 e chhiapiann3 khiu2phio3 2001/11/22
The China Post staff
/ Alai hoanek
Campaigning for the Dec. 1 electionsfor legislators, city mayors and county magistrates shifted into high gear yesterday with the onset of the official campaign period.
/ 12-goeh chhe-1 e lip8ui2 kah koan-chhi-tiunn e keng7soan2, chahng chengsek khaisi liauau, ikeng kasok teh piann3 ah. Nearly all candidates started the day early, going to Buddhist and Taoist temples, marketplaces and busy commercial districts to shake hands with voters.
/ Chhaputto sou-u-e hausoanjing thaucha to chhutmng, khi si7bio5, chhitiunn, kah nau7khu khi chham soanbin akchhiu2. Streets in major cities around the island were decked with campaign banners, flags and billboards. Sound trucks drove through main streets blaring out music and campaign speeches.
/ Choan-Taioan chu-iau touchhi e kelou pak8-kah choansi pou3tiau5, ki5-a2, chham khanpang. soanthoan-chhia sai-koe toa-kelou, hongsang imgak kah kengsoan ian2kang2. In Taipei, opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Legislator Apollo Chen, who is running for re-election in the city's south precinct, said at a news conference that one of his supporters in Wanhua district had received an official campaign bulletin on which no serial numbers of more than half of the candidates were printed.
/ Ti Taipak, hoantui e Kokbintong (KBT) lip8ui2 Apollo Tan, i chhamka punchhi lamkhu e kengsoan, ti kichiahoe kong, i-e chit-e toa3 ti Bangka e chichhichia siutioh-e soanki kongpo u chit-poann isiong e hausoanjin e ho7ma2 bo5 in3-chhutlai. Chen demanded that the Taipei City Election Commission recall all of the flawed campaign gazettes and replace them with corrected ones.
/ Tan iaukiu5 Taipakchhi Soanki Uioanhoe hoe5siu sou-u-e in3-mtioh e kongpo, oann7-cho2 cheng3khak-e. Municipal election officials apologized for the mistake. They said as the contracted printing company was required to printmore than 4 million copies of campaign bulletin in three days, it was likely that the company committed certain flaws.
/ Chhi e soanki koann-oan uitioh chit-e mtioh hoe7-sitle2. In kong inui pausiong ai2 ti 3 kang lai7 in3 400-ban tiunn soanki kongpo, lanbian chhut-hian chitkoa khoattiam. As additional copies were available, the officials said, city residents who received flawed campaign gazettes can approach the offices of their neighborhood chiefs (also known as lichang in Chinese) for replacements.
/ Koann-oan kong, in iau-u ke-giah-e, chiaptioh u mtioh e kongpo e chhibin esai khi hukin-e li2tiunn2 hia oann7. Also in Taipei, independent legislative candidates Shih Ming-teh and Sisy Chen began to canvass votes on the streets early in yesterday morning.
/ Iuoan ti Taipak, bo-tongchek8 e lip-ui hausoanjin Si1 Meng5tek chham Tan5 Bun5chhian3 chahng thau3cha2 to khaisi chiunn7ke khiu2phio3. The pair first showed up at the mass rapid transit system's Nanking E. Road station to shake hands with commuters. As both of them enjoy high popularity, they received an enthusiastic welcome from commuters.
/ In nnglang taiseng ti Lamkiann Tang Lou chiat8un7cham7 kah laiong e lang akchhiu. Inui nnglang long chin chhutmia, laiong e lang long hou3 in jiatliat-e hoangeng5. Shih, an incumbent legislator who is seeking a third term in the Taipei north precinct, and Chen, a popular TV talk show host, jointly organized a concert at Ta-an city park Tuesday night with an aim to "mount a different kind of campaign."
/ Si1, hianjim lip-ui, ti Taipak pakkhu kengsoan te-3-jim, chham Tan, umia-e tiansi talk-show /tolk-siou/ chuchhijin, nnglang lianhap ti Pai-2 amsi ti Tai-an konghng kipan chit-tiunn imgak-hoe,boeh "u chit-e bokangkhoan e kengsoan oahtang." Both Shih and Chen are founding members of the Shanmeng political alliance. They vowed to stick to clean and high-quality electioneering free of any smear campaign gimmicks.
/ Si chham Tan longsi Sanbeng chengti lianbeng e khipanlang. in koatsim boeh kianchhi chhengkhisiunn, koan-phinchit e kengsoan oahtang, be7u7 siamih kong-lang-painn-oe e kengsoan hoe-iunn7.
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