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Taipei 1 (constituency)
Taipei City Constituency I () includes all of Beitou and part of Shilin in northern Taipei. The district acquired its present boundaries since 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative Yuan were reorganized to become single-member districts. Current district * Beitou Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word ''Kipatauw'', meaning witch. Beitou is the most mountainous and ... * Shilin: 2 sub-districts ** Tianmu: 8 urban villages *** Sanyu, Tianmu, Tianfu, Tianlu, Tianshou, Tianhe, Tianshan, Tianyu ** Lanya: 5 urban villages *** Dexing, Dehua, Zhongcheng, Lanya, Lanxing Legislators Election results 2008 2012 2016 References {{coord missing, Taiwan Constituencies in Taipei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanking, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution. The Legislative Yuan previously had 759 members representing each constituencies of all provinces, municipalities, Tibet, Outer Mongolia and various professions. Until democratization, the Republic of China was an authoritarian state under Dang Guo, the Legislative Yuan had alternatively been characterized as a rubber stamp for the then-ruling regime of the Kuomintang. Like parliaments or congresses of other countries, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of legislation, which is then sent to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beitou District
Beitou District is the northernmost of the twelve districts of Taipei City, Taiwan. The historical spelling of the district is Peitou. The name originates from the Ketagalan word ''Kipatauw'', meaning witch. Beitou is the most mountainous and highest of Taipei's districts, encompassing a meadow with rivers running through the valley which have abundant steam rising from them; the result of geothermal warming. The valley is often surrounded by mist shrouding the trees and grass. Beitou is famous for its hot springs. In March 2012, it was named one of the ''Top 10 Small Tourist Towns'' by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan. History The area's hot springs had long been enjoyed by the aboriginal people of Taiwan. Shortly before the Japanese period a German sulfur merchant established the first hot spring club in Beitou. During early Japanese rule, ''Hokutō'' () was a village at the entrance of the well-known North Formosa sulfur district. Three Japanese extracting plants in this d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shilin District
Shilin District (also spelled Shihlin District, zh, t=士林區, p=Shìlínqū, poj=Sū-lîm-khu) is a district of Taipei. The central command center of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) is located in Shilin. History The name ''Shilin'' was derived from ''Pattsiran'', the indigenous Ketagalan word for "hot springs". It was then transliterated into Chinese as "" (), which has been written as ''Pat-chi-na'' or ''Pachina''. Prior to Han Chinese settlement, the area was home to the ''Kimassauw'' community () of the Taiwanese indigenous peoples. During the Qing era, a fort was set up, later called Zhilan Yi Bao (first fort/settlement of Pattsiran, ). By the late Qing dynasty, "many literary talents from Shilin had passed the imperial examination", prompting the local gentry to rename it ''Shilin'' (), meaning "congregation of scholars and talents".alternately, "scholars enter the forest" (). In the 1920s under Japanese colonial rule, the area was organized as and in 1933 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ting Shou-chung
Ting may refer to: Politics and government * Thing (assembly) or ting, a historical Scandinavian governing assembly * Ting (administrative unit) (亭), an administrative unit in China during the Qin and Han Dynasties * Ting (廳,厅), an administrative unit (subprefecture) in China during the Qing Dynasty Products and services * Ting Inc., an internet service provider run by Tucows * Ting Mobile, a cell phone service provider owned by Dish Wireless * Ting (drink), a carbonated grapefruit beverage popular in the Caribbean People *Ding (surname) or Ting, a Chinese surname *Ting (cartoonist), Merle Tingley (1922–2017), Canadian editorial cartoonist *Ting Ju ch'ang (1836–1895), Chinese admiral *Samuel C. C. Ting (born 1936), American physicist *Ting Tse-Ying, Chinese scholar and associate of the French writer Marcel Schwob Other uses * Ding (vessel) or ting, an ancient Chinese cauldron * Ting, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran * Ting River, a river in Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalia Wu
Rosalia Wu (; born 28 May 1974) is a Taiwanese politician. Elected to the Taipei City Council in 2006, she served until 2016, when she won election to the Legislative Yuan. Education Wu was born in Taipei County on 28 May 1974. She is a graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University, where she studied Spanish and Japanese, before pursuing a master's of arts within National Taiwan University's Institute of Political Science. Political career Wu is affiliated with the former New Tide faction of the Democratic Progressive Party. She was elected to the DPP's Central Standing Committee in 2012. Wu was elected to the Taipei City Council three times, in 2006, 2010, and 2014. For a portion of her time on the city council, Wu served as the DPP's caucus whip. While on the council, she showed an interest in environmental and infrastructure issues. In 2009, after a televised advertisement had been taken off the air due to a violation of the Satellite Radio and Television Act, Wu worked to remo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. The city of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,646,204 (2019), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or just the city itself. Taipei has been the seat of the ROC central government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Republic Of China Legislative Election
The 2008 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 12 January 2008 for members of the Legislative Yuan. It was the first Legislative Yuan election after the constitutional amendments of 2005, which extended term length from three to four years, reduced seat count from 225 to 113, and introduced the current electoral system. The results gave the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Pan-Blue Coalition a supermajority (86 of the 113 seats) in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party, which won the remaining 27 seats only. The junior partner in the Pan-Green Coalition, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, won no seats. Two transitional justice referendums, both of which failed to pass due to low turnout, were held at the same time. Legislature reform For the first time in the history of Taiwan, most members of the Legislative Yuan were to be elected from single-member districts: 73 of the 113 members were chosen in such districts by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kao Chien-chih
Kao Chien-chih (; born 17 August 1953) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Kao is a graduate of Shih Hsin Vocational College, which later became Shih Hsin University. Political career Kao was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2004 after having served on the Taipei City Council. In 2007, he was involved repeated altercations with Kuomintang legislator Chu Fong-chi. In May, the Kuomintang accused Kao of slander for his comments on the party's assets. Kao and Yu Jane-daw filed a separate lawsuit against former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou for allowing a private organization to use public land for profit. Kao was an early supporter of Frank Hsieh's 2008 presidential campaign. Hsieh was eventually named the Democratic Progressive Party's nominee, but lost the office to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou. Kao's own legislative reelection campaign was opposed by a coalition of LGBT rights activists, and he lost to KMT opponent Ting Shou-chung Ting may refer to: Politics and governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Republic Of China Legislative Election
The 2012 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, legislative elections were held simultaneously with the presidential election. Elected parliamentarians formed the fifteenth Legislative Yuan session since 1946, when the current constitution came into effect. Voting took place on 14 January 2012 between 08:00 and 16:00 local Taipei time at 14,806 polling stations nationwide. Electoral system Members were elected by parallel voting. Subsidies According to the "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act", subsidies are payable to the political parties who sponsor candidates for Legislative Yuan elections. Article 43 has the following specifications: Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Lie
Yang Lie (; born 13 October 1952) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. Yang Lie has filmed a public service announcement with Dwagie meant to draw attention to stray cats in Taiwan. During the 2012 Taiwan legislative election, Yang represented the Democratic Progressive Party as its candidate in Taipei 1 against Ting Shou-chung. A review of the film (2015) praised his performance. Selected filmography *''Unique Flavor'' (2008) *'' In a Good Way'' (2013) *''Prince of Wolf'' (2016) *''Refresh Man ''Refresh Man'' () is a 2016 Taiwanese television series created by Sanlih E-Television, starring Aaron Yan, Joanne Tseng, Lene Lai and Jack Lee as the main cast. Filming began on January 27, 2016 and is filmed as it airs. The drama premiered ...'' (2016) *'' In the Family'' (2017) *'' Pigeon Tango'' (2017) References 1952 births Living people Taiwanese male television actors Taiwanese male film actors 21st-century Taiwanese male actors Taiwanese male singers 20th-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Taiwanese General Election
General elections were held in Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, on Saturday, 16 January 2016 to elect the 14th President and Vice President of the Republic of China, and all 113 members of the ninth Legislative Yuan: Presidential election The president and vice president election was held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ing-wen with her independent running mate Chen Chien-jen won over Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and James Soong of the People First Party (PFP). Tsai became the first female president in Taiwan, as well as the Chinese-speaking world. A second-time presidential candidate, Tsai secured the DPP's nomination uncontested as early as February 2015, while KMT candidate Hung Hsiu-chu, who won the party's nomination in July 2015, was trailing behind Tsai by double digits. Alarmed by Hung's perceived pro-Beijing stance, the KMT held an extraordinary party congress to nullify Hung's candidacy in a controversial move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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