# Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) - Kaohsiung's Recalled Mayor **URL:** \ **Category:** Taiwan Politics\ **Tags:** kaohsiung, kmt\ **Created:** [December 4, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982 "2018-12-04T06:52:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CTaitung](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ctaitung/32/100105_2.png) [@CTaitung](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/CTaitung)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/49 "2019-01-06T07:04:19Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > > [@Vivalakaohsiung](#): > > > > Kaohsiung has a new flamboyant mayor with some big plans to make the city great again. > > > > What do we know about his election campaign promises and what are the chances he can fulfill on them? > > > > Interested in any factual thoughts on the matter. > > [And as his first act of being Mayor,](http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/01/06/2003707449) the Kaohsiung Tourism Board announced today a Love Motel Contest, allowing netizens to vote on the best love motels across the city. > > Stay Classy. Making Kaohsiung Great Again. Remember the old adage, any publicity is good publicity. Heck, he’s getting Taiwanese AND foreigners to start chatting on the topic of Kaohsiung again. The city’s been off the radar of too many people for too long. Now if he can make Kaohsiung a party city like Taichung was in the 90s, maybe throw in a casino referendum that has a better chance of passing in the city, and we got ourselves a good ballgame. ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Netizen](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Netizen](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Netizen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/50 "2019-01-06T07:33:09Z")
Kaohsiung is way too big and has way too much potential to be as sleepy and boring as it is. A HUGE city right on the ocean with zero nightlife and no places to have fun. It needs an injection of people with cash who are interested in having fun, rather than lackadaisical buxiban hustlers who drink outside convenience stores. I am pulling for you KHH ---
**Author:** ![KHHville](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/khhville/32/20061_2.png) [@KHHville](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/KHHville)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/51 "2019-02-27T20:41:59Z")
> **[Singapore supermarket signs exclusive deal to stock Taiwanese produce from...](https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3647095)** > > On Feb. 26, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu signed a deal with NTUC Fairprice during his visit to Singapore.Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu’s recent trip to Singapore has successfully expanded markets for Kaohsiung farmers, by signing a deal with a Singapore... First benefits of fruition, pun intended. _The agreement also calls for the supermarket chain to hold two food fairs promoting Taiwanese produce each year for the duration of the three year contract._ _The first such trade fair to promote products from southern Taiwan such as grapes and cabbage among other fruits and vegetables will be held in March, according to the report._ I don’t know the answer, but in 20 years, did the DPP not try this form of promoting fruit from south Taiwan to S’pore and elsewhere? Obviously, KMT promoted fruit for sale in China. ---
**Author:** ![Pubu](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Pubu](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Pubu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/52 "2019-02-27T23:29:25Z")
Strongly disliked him at first but his recent comment that air pollution is Kaohsiung’s most pressing issue made me warm up to him a bit. ---
**Author:** ![fanglangzhe](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fanglangzhe](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/fanglangzhe)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/53 "2019-02-28T01:11:21Z")
> [@Pubu](#): > > Strongly disliked him at first but his recent comment that air pollution is Kaohsiung’s most pressing issue made me warm up to him a bit. Really? Can you provide a source? I thought he said the city’s biggest problem is a stagnating economy and its associated problems (outflow of people, outflow of money, etc). ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/54 "2019-02-28T01:19:41Z")
I’m sure he’s said a lot of stuff. Whatever’s popular at the time… ---
**Author:** ![silly.putty](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/silly.putty/32/39_2.png) [@silly.putty](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/silly.putty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/55 "2019-02-28T01:40:49Z")
Please reconsider. > **[OPINION: Looking Back on a Farcical Start to the Han Kuo-yu Era - The News...](https://international.thenewslens.com/article/113702)** > > The start of Han Kuo-yu's reign as mayor of Kaohsiung has been defined by lies, more lies and a lack of accountability. > The inauguration cost a staggering NT$3 million (nearly US$100,000) and was so far over budget that his team had to dip into the city’s reserve fund, which is usually set aside to pay for the city’s response to natural disasters or other unpredictable crises. > His financial mismanagement of the city has already come under severe scrutiny. Han claimed during the election campaign that, under the previous Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration, Kaohsiung had built up debts of NT$3.1 billion (US$100.5 million). […] However, as with much of what Han says, these claims simply did not stand up to scrutiny. A recent report from Kaohsiung City Government showed debts of only NT$2.3 billion (US$74.6 million), of which just NT$1 billion had built up during the 12 years Chen Chu was Mayor. To add to this huge misrepresentation of Kaohsiung’s public finances, Han has somehow managed to [add a massive NT$266 million](http://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=488737) (US$8.6 million) in debt to the city during his first month in office. That is more than a quarter of what Chen Chu managed in 12 years. > Under questioning, he admitted that during his four years in office, he expected to deliver just two of [of 12 key pedges]: road improvements and the ‘love industry’. He is yet to provide any information about how he will actually deliver either of these. After saying he would expect his deputy mayor to resign should the city fail to improve its roads, he flat out refused to say which deputy mayor that would be, which does not exactly inspire much confidence. > He believes the south of Taiwan needs a high-capacity airport to boost the local economy. And, as Mayor of Kaohsiung, where else would he want it to be built than… Pingtung. […] Perhaps one of the reasons he wants to move the airport out of Kaohsiung is his plan for the current airport site. No, not property development or swanky new government offices, but an F1 circuit! There’s too much gold in that article, read it all. ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/56 "2019-02-28T02:44:39Z")
Good job, fishy fishy. ---
**Author:** ![Pubu](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Pubu](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Pubu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/57 "2019-02-28T04:24:08Z")
> **[「被高雄空污震撼到」　韓國瑜：改善空污是未來最重要工作-風傳媒](https://www.storm.mg/article/939771)** > > 高雄市長韓國瑜今（13）日偕首長搭乘直升機視察愛河流域，他肯定愛河有美麗的風光，但是「高雄空氣汙染」令他震撼；「空汙」會是未來施政最重要的工作。\[啟動LINE推播\]每日重大新聞通知為發展愛河觀光產業，韓國瑜上午搭乘直升機鳥瞰高雄，了解愛河整治及觀光建設工程，以及摩天輪建置地點。韓 ---
**Author:** ![tango42](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tango42](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tango42)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/58 "2019-02-28T04:34:30Z")
> [@silly.putty](#): > > not property development or swanky new government offices, but an F1 circuit They better keep the ticket prices well under NT$300. ---
**Author:** ![shiadoa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/shiadoa/32/10295_2.png) [@shiadoa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/shiadoa)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:48am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/59 "2019-02-28T04:48:24Z")
Good luck with an F1 circuit. ---
**Author:** ![KHHville](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/khhville/32/20061_2.png) [@KHHville](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/KHHville)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/60 "2019-02-28T04:51:40Z")
> [@shiadoa](#): > > Good luck with an F1 circuit. exactly, now that ChiComms got one. KHH should target NASCAR. yah know, cuz NASCAR fans are rednecks and so are… ---
**Author:** ![OysterOmelet](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/oysteromelet/32/219695_2.png) [@OysterOmelet](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/OysterOmelet)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/61 "2019-02-28T04:56:22Z")
My second cousin, once an engineer for a Motorola contractor, is a huge racing fan. I told him 在美國只有沒有教育的人才看賽車。 He said what he watches is European F1 not NASCAR. I didn’t kNow the difference. ---
**Author:** ![KHHville](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/khhville/32/20061_2.png) [@KHHville](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/KHHville)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/62 "2019-02-28T05:00:16Z")
> [@OysterOmelet](#): > > My second cousin, once an engineer for a Motorola contractor, is a huge racing fan. I told him 在美國只有沒有教育的人才看賽車。 > He said what he watches is European F1 not NASCAR. I didn’t kNow the difference. the difference: you can buy a showroom model of a NASCAR to take home and drive street legal. The good days of NASCAR were Monte Carlo SS, Ford Thunderbird, Buick Regal V6 turbochargers, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/63 "2019-02-28T16:29:11Z")
Yet he is hailed as the next president and is almost mauled by a crowd of 30 thousand fanatics in Sanchong who want to touch him, dare not shake his hand… ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/64 "2019-02-28T16:31:41Z")
Eh there are many fairs of this sort. As a matter of fact, not only is the fruit sector the fastest growing one, due to these events, but also South East Asia, even Filipinas of all places, show biggest growth. So they are ridding the coattails. Korean Fish Wil gather praise for someone else’s work. ---
**Author:** ![KHHville](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/khhville/32/20061_2.png) [@KHHville](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/KHHville)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/65 "2019-02-28T16:59:02Z")
> [@Icon](#): > > Yet he is hailed as the next president and is almost mauled by a crowd of 30 thousand fanatics in Sanchong who want to touch him, dare not shake his hand… the App generation, young and old, latching onto the latest fad or cool thing. well…remember, Obama made president as a freshman Senator. So, strange things occur in politics. Imho, he’s better off making his stand in KHH. ---
**Author:** ![Icon](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/icon/32/189245_2.png) [@Icon](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Icon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/66 "2019-02-28T17:54:43Z")
It is not his freshness I disagree with, but his oily Ness. ---
**Author:** ![dan2006](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dan2006](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/dan2006)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/67 "2019-02-28T21:39:16Z")
Are Korean fish really that oily? ---
**Author:** ![ultramanusagi](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@ultramanusagi](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ultramanusagi)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982/68 "2019-03-01T02:46:15Z")
What he is advocating is very dangerous for Taiwan. Because he is suggesting/inviting unchecked Chinese capitol whether towards real estates here or Taiwanese businesses. For the short term, maybe it might help the economy. However, if one let uncontrollable amount of Chinese capitol pour into here, that would mean a prelude to the PRC to take over of this place. [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982.md?page=2) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/han-kuo-yu-kaohsiungs-recalled-mayor/174982.md?page=4)