Yang Sui-sheng (;

Foochow Romanized Foochow Romanized, also known as Bàng-uâ-cê (BUC for short; ) or Hók-ciŭ-uâ Lò̤-mā-cê (), is a Latin alphabet for the Fuzhou dialect of Eastern Min adopted in the middle of the 19th century by Western missionaries. It had varied at dif ...

: Iòng Chŭi-sĕng; born 10 November 1954) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of

Lienchiang County The Matsu Islands ( or , ; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤), officially Lienchiang County (, ; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China ( ...

from 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2014.

Early life

Airplane incident

In 1996, while he was flying to

Matsu Nangan Airport Matsu Nangan Airport () is one of the airports in Matsu Islands, Lienchiang County, Fukien Province, Taiwan (ROC). It is located on the Nangan Island, near the Jieshou Village. It also serves as a heliport. As Uni Air is the only carrier servin ...

on Nangan Island, the airplane made an emergency landing at sea due to bad weather. A doctor by profession, Yang and his wife assisted the other passengers. From this experience, Yang began focusing his time on improving transportation infrastructure.

Lienchiang County Magistrate

2009 Lienchiang County Magistrate election

Yang was elected as the Magistrate of Lienchiang County after winning the 2009 Republic of China local election under

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

on 5 December 2009 and assumed office on 20 December 2009.

Casino in Lienchiang

Responding to the referendum result on the establishment of casino in Matsu and that the result showed 56% voted in favor against 42% who opposed in July 2012, Yang said that he welcomed the result, saying that the establishment of casino will bring change for Matsu Islands. It would improve the transportation infrastructure and could bring in more tourists. In December 2013, he urged the

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to pass the Gaming Act () as soon as possible so that it can bring job opportunities to Matsu residents and benefit Taiwan's economy as a whole. He also added that there is an urgency to modernize the transportation infrastructures of the county, such as airports and harbors. However, due to the limited funding by the

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, such a proposal is not yet feasible.

2013 Singapore visit

On 28 June 2013, Yang and 16 delegates were welcomed and greeted by the ROC representative to

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Hsieh Fa-dah and his staffs at the

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. Both of them discussed the issues of bilateral ties between Taiwan and Singapore concerning urban and industrial developments in Singapore. Yang also elaborated on the future development plans and construction blueprints for

Matsu Islands The Matsu Islands ( or , ; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤), officially Lienchiang County (, ; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China ( ...

. He hoped that Matsu Islands can follow the success of Singapore of its construction and development of the integrated resorts.

2014 Lienchiang County Magistrate election

Yang joined the 2014 Lienchiang County Magistrate election held on 29 November 2014. However, he lost to another

candidate

Liu Cheng-ying Liu Cheng-ying (; Foochow Romanized: Làu Cĕng-éng; born 24 August 1958) is a politician in the Republic of China. He is the Magistrate of Lienchiang County since 25 December 2014. Education Liu obtained his master's degree in preventive medic ...

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* 1954 births Living people Magistrates of Lienchiang County Taipei Medical University alumni 21st-century Taiwanese politicians {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub