title: EDITORIAL: Taiwan needs absentee voting

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Again this year, as during previous elections, millions of people scrambled to return to their hometowns to vote, while others flew home from overseas.

This game of “musical chairs,” which occurs every time there are referendums, nine-in-one elections or legislative and presidential elections, is a waste of resources and an impediment to the electoral process. Many Taiwanese are reluctant or unable to make the trip to a polling station, which in some cases might require traveling the entire length of Taiwan proper, or to and from one of the outlying islands. For students and those on a budget, these journeys might be too much of a financial burden.

The Taiwan Youth Association for Democracy and National Students’ Union of Taiwan this year raised more than NT$2.5 million (US$83,281) to cover travel expenses for 3,500 students. The groups’ efforts are commendable, but a better option would be for the government to simply allow absentee voting, which has been bandied about for more than a decade.

In 2013, amendments were passed, but they appear to have been rescinded — or perhaps were only meant to be temporary. A March 18, 2013, Central News Agency report cites then-Central Election Commission (CEC) chairwoman Chang Po-ya (張博雅) as saying that absentee voting would be used “in a proposed referendum on the future of the controversial Fourth Nuclear Power Plant,” but added that it would not be allowed in combined elections.

Five months later, lawmakers passed amendments to the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法) and the Referendum Act (公民投票法). Reports at the time said the amendments would allow 190,000 election workers, 60,000 police officers and 220,000 military personnel to work on voting day, as well as 550,000 employees and 320,000 students who live in a city or county where they have not established voting residency to cast their ballots at alternative polling stations.

However, a quick look at the CEC’s Web site confirms that no such measure is in place.

“Electors must vote in person at their city or county of residence’s polling booth on election day. Absentee voting is not implemented in Taiwan,” a statement on the Web site says.

Entries for the two acts on the Ministry of Justice’s Web site also confirm this.

Article 13 of the recall act says: “An elector shall vote at the polling station at the location of domicile unless otherwise prescribed.”

Only two exceptions are listed: staff at a polling station can vote at that station, but only if it is in the same city or county as their registered address; voters with disabilities can be accompanied at the polls or register a proxy voter. Under no circumstances can votes be cast from outside Taiwan.

These restrictions are uncharacteristic of a developed nation and most countries allow voters to register at alternative polling stations ahead of elections or to vote at a representative office abroad. For Taiwan, voting from China would obviously not be feasible, but there is no logical reason that Taiwanese in the US or elsewhere should not be allowed to vote at representative offices. At the very least, voting at alternative polling stations within Taiwan’s borders should be allowed.

One concern of absentee voting is logistics, while another is security. In December 2018, Shih Hsin University public policy management professor William Yang (楊惟任) suggested that Taiwan use electronic voting. These systems have been implemented successfully in other countries and could be securely executed through citizen digital certificates or electronic IDs, he said. It could first be implemented within the nation’s borders, and only for referendums, and later expanded if successful.

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title: Solo approach to coding eduction harms industry

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Any tech breakthrough is almost always a joint effort. To add a single feature to an iPhone app, teams of front-end engineers, user experience designers and graphic designers must work with cybersecurity specialists, back-end developers and iOS developers — just for starters. That means that today’s best engineers are prodigious collaborators and communicators. And yet we still train too many prospective coders to work alone.

From their first day in the classroom, computer-science students are nudged to value individual successes over team victories. Most assignments are completed and submitted solo.

While liberal arts majors are drilled in methods of communication, and vocational programs like business and medicine feature tons of group work, many computer science programs prize technical output over so-called “soft skills” such as collaboration and communication. Conflict resolution and critical thinking get short shrift.

Computer-science classes are among the most likely to grade students on a curve, which pits classmates against each other, ensuring that one student’s success has the potential to lower another student’s grade; this approach has been found to deter female students in particular.

The deepening shortage of computer-science professors has led many programs to adopt “competitive enrollment” models, which make introductory classes even more cutthroat, making students believe they must compete to stay in the major.

Even when students want to work together, they are often deterred by strict policies that consider collaboration to be cheating.

Yet students who learn through “pair programming,” in which two programmers work together at one computer, earn higher grades, create stronger projects, and display higher levels of satisfaction with their computer-science classes.

The benefits of pair programming are particularly pronounced for women: In one study, women who coded in pairs during an introductory course earned higher grades, were 36.8 percent more likely to major in computer science, reported greater levels of confidence in their solutions, and enjoyed the programming process more than women who did not work in pairs.

Another study found that working in pairs increased women’s confidence by 24 percentage points, compared with a 15 point increase for men.

Students who did not grow up coding at home or learning computer science in school benefit most from the engagement, social ties and active learning that arise from collaborative work.

Perhaps if collaborative learning did not remain so rare in coding education, the field could improve its dismal diversity record: Computer and mathematical occupations in the US are just 25 percent women, 8.4 percent black, and 7.5 percent Latinx. Those numbers are even worse in many top firms, where black and Latinx coders report feelings of isolation and often represent just 3 to 6 percent of employees.

Meanwhile, employers consistently find their new hires to be proficient coders, but struggling collaborators.

While the vast majority of employers value essential “soft skills” even more highly than a candidate’s college major, hiring managers place communication and problem-solving skills among the top-five competencies computer-science students are missing.

The results can be seen in Silicon Valley’s individualistic culture, in which engineers struggle for power within their teams and even refuse colleagues’ input for fear of losing sole credit for their work.

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European shares ease after three-day run, airlines soar

European shares fell modestly on Friday on weaker than expected US jobs growth, but travel and leisure stocks gained after Ryanair Holdings PLC raised its profit forecast and Evolution Gaming Group AB announced an online US casino deal.

The better than expected Christmas and New Year numbers from Europe’s largest low-cost operator lifted its shares to a two-year high and boosted budget carriers EasyJet PLC and Wizz Air Holdings PLC, which gained about 4 percent and 7 percent respectively.

Sweden’s Evolution Gaming Group jumped 6 percent after it announced an agreement with US-based Parx Casino to deliver online services.

The travel and leisure sub-sector closed at its highest in more than one-and-a-half years.

The pan-European STOXX 600 slipped in the final minutes of trading after spending most of the session in positive territory. It fell 0.12 percent to close the day at 419.14 points, up 0.2 percent for the week. It was the first decline in four days.

Slower-than-expected US jobs growth last month pressured Wall Street’s advance.

However, the pace of hiring remained more than enough to keep the world’s largest economy humming.

“The recent stock surge has ground to a halt after an underwhelming US jobs report,” IG Group PLC senior market analyst Joshua Mahony said. “However, with the US-China issue coming back into focus, next week is likely to see a shift onto more positive topics.”

The benchmark STOXX 600 had pulled back from record levels at the start of the week on concerns about an all-out conflict between US and Iran.

However, indications from both sides that they would refrain from further military action, as well as signals that a US-China trade deal would be signed on Wednesday helped markets resume their record run.

British retailer B&M European Retail Value SA suffered its sharpest fall in more than a year after it said sales growth slowed in the key Christmas quarter partly due to a tough market.

Superdry PLC also plunged about 7 percent, joining a spate of reports this week that signaled that UK retailers struggled for sales growth in the run-up to Christmas.

The European retail index ended Friday with its steepest weekly drop in 14 weeks.

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title: Wall St slips from records on jobs data

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Wall St slips from records on jobs data

UNDERWHELMING:The US jobs report showed the unemployment rate held near a 50-year low of 3.5 percent, while jobs increased by 145,000 — lower than expected
US stocks on Friday retreated from record-high levels as investors took profit and data showed slower-than-expected US jobs growth last month, but the major indices posted gains for the week.

Domestic jobs increased by 145,000 last month, below the forecast for a 164,000 rise, the US government data showed, as the pace of hiring remained more than enough to keep the longest economic expansion in history on track.

The report also showed that the jobless rate held near a 50-year low of 3.5 percent and average hourly earnings rose 0.1 percent in the previous month.

“You’ve had an extremely strong start to the year, led by a number of technology stalwarts, and an underwhelming jobs report,” said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities Inc in Los Angeles.

That has given investors reason to take some profit, but next week the focus would turn to earnings, he said.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 133.13 points, or 0.46 percent, to 28,823.77, the S&P 500 lost 9.35 points, or 0.29 percent, to 3,265.35 and the NASDAQ Composite dropped 24.57 points, or 0.27 percent, to 9,178.86.

For the week, the S&P 500 rose 0.9 percent and the Dow added 0.7 percent. The NASDAQ climbed 1.8 percent in its fifth consecutive week of gains.

The gains followed easing tensions between the US and Iran and firmer hopes of a US-China trade deal.

The S&P 500 technology index, which gained 2.2 percent for the week, was down 0.2 percent on Friday.

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told Fox Business that the trade deal is on track to be signed on Wednesday.

Boeing Co fell 1.9 percent after the company released hundreds of internal messages that contained harshly critical comments on 737 MAX aircraft development.

With the fourth-quarter earnings season set to begin in earnest next week, analysts expect profits for S&P 500 companies to have declined 0.6 percent in their second consecutive quarterly decline, according to Refinitiv IBES data.

Declining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by a 1.09-to-1 ratio; on NASDAQ, a 1.31-to-1 ratio favored decliners.

The S&P 500 posted 61 new 52-week highs and one new low; the NASDAQ Composite recorded 106 new highs and 27 new lows.

Volume on US exchanges was 6.77 billion shares, compared with the 7 billion average for the full session over the past 20 trading days.

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2020 Presidential Election Results: Tsai rallies Taiwan

PUBLIC SUPPORT REBUILT:The Democratic Progressive Party’s Tsai Ing-wen won the presidential vote in 16 of the nation’s counties and municipalities, with the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Han Kuo-yu taking the vote in just six — Hsinchu, Miaoli, Hualien, Taitung, Lienchiang and Kinmen counties


title: Gold investors stick to guns to reap last-minute gain

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A volatile week ended in favor of gold investors, with geopolitical tensions reigniting haven demand for the metal.

Hedge funds and other large speculators boosted their bullish bets on bullion to the highest since September last year.

While prices hit the highest in six years earlier in the week, the rally stalled as the risk of war between Iran and the US faded.

On Friday, US President Donald Trump announced sanctions against the Islamic Republic, reminding investors the conflict is far from over.

“An escalation in geopolitical risks, especially over short periods, could send investors into gold and the USD simultaneously,” James Steel, chief precious metals analyst at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc, said in a note on Friday. “This is precisely the climate that benefits gold, even if the US dollar also becomes highly sought.”

FUTURES

Gold futures rose for a third straight week on Friday after the sanctions strengthened the case for owning gold as a hedge.

The announcement came just two days after Trump said Iran is “standing down,” easing market anxiety.

“While we expected price momentum to build at the start of the new year, the rally has been stronger than expected amid escalating uncertainty,” Standard Chartered Bank analysts, including Suki Cooper, said in a note to clients this week.

HSBC on Friday raised its yearly forecast on gold prices to US$1,613 an ounce from US$1,560.

Spot gold on Friday traded at US$1,558.90 an ounce, up 0.6 percent for the week.

In the week that ended one Tuesday, money managers’ bullish bets rose 4.7 percent to 299,814 futures and options, according to data released on Friday by US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

That is the most since Sept. 24 last year. The increase also took the so-called net-long position to the highest since late September.

BITCOIN

Institutional interest in bitcoin-related contracts appears to be building and market measures indicate high anticipation of the launch of CME Group Inc options tomorrow, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.

While a consortium known as Bakkt, which includes New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange Inc, began offering options last month, volumes and open interest have been “rather small,” strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou wrote in a note on Friday.

Given the dominance of CME in trading bitcoin futures on regulated exchanges, this new offering might change things, they said.

“There has been a step increase in the activity of the underlying CME futures contract” over the past few days, Panigirtzoglou wrote, adding that open interest has increased 69 percent from year-end, and that the number of large open-interest holders has grown.

“This unusually strong activity over the past few days likely reflects the high anticipation among market participants of the option contract,” he wrote.

Introduction of new bitcoin contracts has a mixed track record.

At times it has appeared to be a drag on the price, such as when ICE debuted its new futures contract in September last year. The price peak about US$19,000 in December 2017 occurred just as CME and Cboe Global Markets Inc launched futures on the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin was US$8,027.77 yesterday, up 12 percent for the week and near its highest levels since the middle of November.

Separately, bitcoin’s intrinsic value has been rising, but remains below the market price following a significant divergence in the middle of last year, the report said.

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2020 Legislative Elections: Smooth sailing at most voting stations; 49 infringements reported

DEMANDING TO BE COUNTED: In a first for Taiwan, a man was allowed to cast a second presidential ballot, because he said the ink pad provided was too wet, resulting in him accidentally leaving an imprint on the ballot beneath the one he stamped
A torn up presidential election ballot is pictured in Tainan yesterday, where a woman tore up her ballot thinking that was the required action when the wrong candidate was circled on the ballot.Photo: CNA
Voting mostly went smoothly yesterday, with scattered incidents of electoral rules being broken, including ballots being destroyed or people taking mobile phones into polling booths.

Voting in the presidential and legislative elections began at 8am at polling stations nationwide, and ended at 4pm.

In Miaoli County, a 56-year-old man surnamed Liu (劉) was reported to have torn up all three of his ballots, because he made a mistake on the party ballot.

Liu told police that upon noticing his error, he panicked and did not know what to do.

In Nantou County, a Vietnam-born immigrant tore up her legislative ballot after she realized she had used her personal seal to stamp the ballot. Poll workers notified police after she walked out of the voting booth and requested a new one.

She told police that she was not thinking clearly when she destroyed the ballot.

Only ballots stamped by the official stamp available at polling stations would be counted, the Nantou County Election Commission said, adding that if a mistake was made, people should still put their ballots into the boxes.

In Yunlin County’s Mailiao Township (麥寮), a man was referred to police after he destroyed a ballot in front of other voters.

Poll workers said that the reason was unknown, but that he reeked of alcohol.

Another man in Mailiao was also taken to police for tearing up a ballot.

He told poll workers that the party ballot was too long and he became irritated after several failed attempts to fit it into the box.

Under the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法), defacing ballots can result in a fine of NT$5,000 to NT$50,000.

In Taipei’s Shilin District (士林), a 40-year-old man surnamed Chang (張) was referred to the police after his phone rang while he was voting, while a man in Keelung was arrested for taking his mobile phone into the voting booth and using it to take a photograph of his stamped ballot.

The Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法) states that anyone who takes a mobile phone or other camera equipment into a polling station faces a sentence of up to one year in prison, or a fine of up to NT$30,000, the Keelung City Election Commission said.

In Changhua County, it was reported that a person demanded a new ballot after he accidentally left an ink imprint on the ballot beneath the one he stamped.

The ink pad on site was too wet, he said.

A squabble ensued, as his request was rejected.

The special review committee from the Changhua County Election Commission arrived and ruled that the man should be given a new ballot, making him the first person in the nation’s history to be given a second presidential ballot.

Meanwhile, a longtime fugitive, wanted for a crime allegedly committed four years ago, was caught by police at a polling station in Kaohsiung yesterday.

The fugitive was spotted when he arrived at the Juy Guang Elementary School to vote, said Tai Chuan-cheng (戴銓成), head of the Zuoying Precinct substation.

The police officer who spotted the suspect chose to wait until the man had cast his vote before arresting him, Tai said.

However, when the man was arrested he said that he was not aware that he had been listed as a wanted suspect and had been working odd jobs in several places outside Kaohsiung, Tai said.

According to the National Police Agency, 49 breaches of electoral laws were reported yesterday, including 17 cases where a mobile phone or other camera equipment was brought to a polling station and 13 cases where ballots were destroyed.


title: 2020 Presidential Election: Envoys, foreign legislators congratulate Tsai

people: 蔡英文 韓國瑜 宋楚瑜

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Foreign observers watch the vote tallying yesterday at the Central Election Commission’s election center in Taipei.Photo: CNA
A US and a number of foreign missions in Taiwan last night extended congratulations to President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on her re-election.

Tsai, of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won a landslide victory over her Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rival, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), with People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) trailing far behind them both.

The US hailed Tsai’s victory as a demonstration of Taiwan’s “robust democratic system.”

The US Department of State, in a statement issued late last night, praised Tsai for developing a strong partnership with Washington and for her “commitment to maintaining cross-strait stability in the face of unrelenting pressure.”

“Under her leadership, we hope Taiwan will continue to serve as a shining example for countries that strive for democracy, prosperity, and a better path for their people,” it said.

It also congratulated Taiwan “for once again demonstrating the strength of its robust democratic system, which — coupled with a free market economy and a vibrant civil — makes it a model for the Indo-Pacific region and a force for good in the world.”

German Institute Taipei Director-General Thomas Prinz had earlier posted a message of congratulations on Facebook, saying that Germany and Taiwan not only have deep exchanges in areas of economy, academia, business and culture, but share the same values.

“Freedom, democracy, rule of law and human rights are the prerequisite foundation of running the country for both Germany and Taiwan, and you and your policies fully exemplify these values,” Prinz wrote.

Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Chief Representative Hiroyasu Izumi also posted a congratulatory message on Facebook.

“I feel extremely honored to be able to continue our collaboration with Tsai on elevating the Japan-Taiwan relations to the next level,” Izumi wrote.

Less than two hours after vote counting began following the polls closing, Finnish member of parliament Mikko Karna posted congratulations on Twitter.

“Already at this point of the count I feel safe to say: Congratulations Ms. @iingwen, The President of ROC #Taiwan!” wrote Karna, who is a chair of the Finnish-Taiwanese parliamentary friendship group.

“I am looking forward to visit your fantastic country next summer,” he wrote, adding: “Finland and Taiwan must maintain and further strengthen their bilateral relations.”

As of press time, there had been no response from Beijing.

Additional reporting by AFP

This story has been updated since it was first published.

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2020 Elections: Tsai thanks voters

‘RIGHT DIRECTION’:President Tsai Ing-wen in her victory speech thanked Taiwanese for choosing progress and democracy, and to continue their way of life of freedom
Supporters of President Tsai Ing-wen cheer while following a real-time counting of ballots yesterday evening outside the Democratic Progressive Party’s headquarters in Taipei.Photo: How Hwee Young, EPA-EFE

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President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) led her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to victory in yesterday’s elections, with the results giving her a solid mandate for a second term with 8.170,186 million votes, or 57.13 percent of the total ballots cast.

The first results started to come in at 4pm, showing Tsai in a comfortable lead over her main opponent, Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).

As TV channels started to broadcast results of the election, people started to gather in front of DPP headquarters in Taipei, cheering and waving flags in support of Tsai and her running mate, former premier William Lai (賴清德).

The crowd often broke into chants of the party’s slogan, “Let’s Win for Taiwan in 2020.”

Several people at the scene said it was a “fantastic result,” as it meant Tsai would lead the nation as president for another four years.

It also allayed their fear that Han would become the next president, as he has shown himself to be a man of “little substance with no capacity or competence as a politician.”

Others said they disliked Han’s way of speaking and his behavior, and were happy to hand him a heavy defeat.

Tsai in her victory speech said the results showed that Taiwanese cherish their democratic way of life and their nation.

“Today, Taiwanese voted to keep the DPP in power and keep its majority in the legislature, which shows that our nation has been moving in the right direction in past four years,” she said.

She thanked Taiwanese for choosing progress and democracy, and to continue their way of life of freedom.

“In the past four years our administration has made progress... I promise to improve upon those foundation. Now Taiwanese have given me another four years, I will improve in those areas where we have not done enough,” the president said.

Tsai said her administration will continue to push for reforms to undertake national construction projects and to close the income gap between rich and poor.

She would continue to guard the nation’s sovereignty and keep it safe, Tsai said.

Answering a question at a post-election news conference in Taipei, Tsai said: “This election is not about Taiwan versus China, but the result show that Taiwanese support the policies we have implemented through the past four years.”

Tsai thanked the foreign media presence and the international attention to the election, saying: “The ROC, Taiwan, is an indispensable member of the international community, and we are willing to work with other countries to share our prosperity, and to maintain regional peace and stability. All countries should consider Taiwan as a partner.”

Tsai thanked Lai, saying that he would be an important partner for the next four years, and that she would need his assistance.

She also thanked Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) for his hard work in leading the Cabinet, and implementing the government’s policies through public dialogue.

She also thank the voters, saying that she valued their confidence and support, and that they are the force behind her victory.

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people: 蔡英文 賴清德 韓國瑜 蘇貞昌

title: 2020 Elections: Tsai thanks voters


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Two Manchester City supporters have received five-year bans from soccer matches and lifetime suspensions from the English Premier League champions’ stadium after being found guilty of racist abuse.

Ian Baldry, 58, made a racist comment toward City and England winger Raheem Sterling as he celebrated scoring a goal in a Premier League game against AFC Bournemouth at the Etihad Stadium in December 2018.

The defendant from Yorkshire pleaded guilty in September last year to causing racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress.

He was sentenced on Friday at Manchester Magistrates’ Court, and also ordered to complete 200 hours of community service and pay ￡170 (US$222) court costs.

In a witness statement against the defendant another supporter present at the match told police “it was disgusting in this day and age that this was going on.”

“I was shocked and offended, and felt sick to my stomach when I heard it,” the statement said.

Baldry’s friend, James McConnell, from Manchester, was heard making racist remarks about two match stewards at the same match.

Witnesses described McConnell as being drunk and abusive throughout the first half, and regularly using foul language to insult the players on the pitch, Greater Manchester Police said.

The 57-year-old went on to make a comment about the race of a Bournemouth player, reportedly defender Tyrone Mings.

A fellow fan confronted McConnell about his behavior and later reported him to stewards.

He was also sentenced in Manchester after pleading guilty.

“Following the sentencing of Ian Baldry and James McConnell at Manchester Magistrates’ Court, and in line with Manchester City’s zero-tolerance approach to discrimination, lifetime bans have been issued by the club,” Manchester City said in a statement. “The club would like to thank Manchester City supporters for reporting both incidents and their cooperation throughout the investigations.”

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title: Fans handed five-year bans over racist abuse


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Ukraine yesterday demanded that Iran punish those guilty for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner and compensate those affected, while praising Tehran for cooperating with the “objective” investigation.

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy was due to discuss the incident with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani after press time last night, Zelenskiy’s press office said.

“We expect Iran ... to bring the guilty to the courts,” Zelenskiy wrote on Facebook, calling also for the “payment of compensation” and the return of remains.

Tehran yesterday admitted that it accidentally downed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on Wednesday, killing all 176 people onboard, shortly after launching missiles at bases hosting US forces in Iraq.

Rouhani said Tehran “deeply regrets this disastrous mistake.”

Tehran has invited the US, Ukraine, Canada and others to join the crash investigation.

Kiev said that Iran had cooperated with its experts and it expects an objective probe.

Tehran has handed Ukrainian experts enough data including “all the photos, videos and other materials” to show that the investigation “will be carried out objectively and promptly,” Zelenskiy’s office said.

“The political part of the work is finished,” it said.

It published photographs of experts examining the scene and close-ups of holes in the fuselage and shrapnel damage.

Ukraine on Friday said its experts dispatched to Iran had been granted access to the flight’s black boxes, debris from the plane, the crash site and to recordings of conversations between the pilot and the airport control tower.

Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defense council, which is coordinating the probe, told reporters that Kiev did not yet have evidence on where the missile was produced, only that it was “launched from Iranian soil.”

Zelenskiy earlier said that Ukraine hoped the inquiry would be pursued “without deliberate delay and without obstruction.”

He urged “total access” to the full inquiry for the 45 Ukrainian experts, and in a tweet also sought an “official apology.”

Ukraine International Airlines chief executive Yevhenii Dykhne said at a news conference in Kiev yesterday that Tehran should have closed the airport due to the escalation of tensions in the region following the US’ killing of a top Iranian general.

“It’s absolutely irresponsible... If you’re playing at war, they were obliged to close the airport,” Dykhne said.

He wrote on Facebook that the Ukrainian crew and the aircraft “were the best.”

In Tehran, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander yesterday said that the missile operator who shot down the passenger jet opened fire independently because of communications “jamming.”

The operator had mistaken the Boeing 737-800 for a “cruise missile” and only had 10 seconds to decide whether to open fire, Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, the guards’ aerospace commander, said in televised remarks.

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By Rachel Savage  /  Thomson Reuters Foundation, EDMONTON, Alberta
Sitting on the floor of a teepee in a circle of patients, friends and relatives, doctor James Makokis cried as he remembered his father struggling to accept him when he came out as gay at the age of 17.

Speaking to about two dozen people, including transgender teenagers and their parents, Makokis explained how his uncles helped his father come to terms with his sexuality.

“It was kind of difficult for him to, to understand that,” he said, his voice breaking as his husband, Anthony Johnson, comforted him in the soaring canvas structure in the garden of their home near Edmonton, capital of Canada’s Alberta Province.

Makokis, now 37, is a First Nations family doctor from Saddle Lake Cree Nation who identifies as “two-spirit” — an umbrella term used by indigenous people in North America who identify with both masculinity and femininity, and which harks back to precolonial third-gender roles.

Although his mother accepted him as gay, Makokis moved from his small rural community northeast of Edmonton to the city to finish his last year of school.

“Reflecting now as a physician, I had all the characteristics of depression,” Makokis told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview at his home, his black hair neatly divided in two chest-length braids, framing a beaded pendant.

“It was really important that I ... physically move away to be in a place like Edmonton that is more diverse,” he added.

After training as a doctor in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, Makokis wanted to support other indigenous LGBT people, particularly those identifying as “two-spirit,” many of whom feel their traditional acceptance in native communities has been lost.

He decided to focus on treating trans patients, advising them on transition, prescribing hormones and teaching indigenous culture to young people who make up about 5 percent of his estimated 300 patients.

“I thought if I practiced trans medicine I will be working to address this issue of homophobia, transphobia that has come to exist in our nations now ... and help to empower two-spirit people to belong again,” Makokis said.

This cultural education includes hosting LGBT-inclusive native ceremonies with his husband in “sweat lodges,” which are typically low, dome-shaped huts made of natural materials.

During a traditional Cree “sweat,” a spiritual purification and rejuvenation ceremony, women sit on one side of the lodge and men on the other.

However, at a “two-spirit sweat,” people were invited to sit freely as elders drummed, sang traditional songs and prayed in their native Plains Cree dialect while water was poured onto red-hot rocks in the dark.

Afterward in the nearby teepee, Makokis, Johnson and the other attendees took turns sharing stories of coming to understand the meaning of two-spirit and finding a community to support them.

There is no survey data on the number of LGBT or two-spirit people in Canada.

Sean Waite and Nicole Denier, assistant professors of sociology at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Alberta respectively, estimated the number of indigenous LGBT people as between 39,000 and 100,000.

Canada’s 2016 census counted nearly 1.7 million indigenous people, or 4.9 percent of the population of 35.2 million.

Two-spirit people describe their identity in a multitude of ways, from being able to access the masculine and feminine within them, to walking in both male and female worlds.

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Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang crosses the finish line of the Berlin Marathon in Germany on Sept. 16, 2018.Photo: EPA-EFE
Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang, former marathon world-record holder and bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympics, has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering with samples, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on its Twitter account on Friday.

Under anti-doping regulations, athletes have to inform testing authorities of their whereabouts for a one hour window of every day and three failures — not being present at the said time — within 12 months leads to an automatic ban.

No further details of the offenses were immediately available from the AIU.

Kipsang, 37, is a two-time winner of the London Marathon and has a personal best of 2 hours, 3 minutes, 13 seconds — making him the equal sixth-fastest man in history.

His time of 2:03.23 at the 2013 Berlin Marathon stood as the world record for a year.

He also won the 2014 New York Marathon and 2017 Tokyo Marathon.

“It is disappointing to hear another Kenyan, and a top one at that, becoming a victim of the doping scourge, but at the same time, we at Athletics Kenya take the development positively as we support the AIU in its effort to eradicate this scourge, which has taken a heavy toll on our athletes and image as a country,” Athletics Kenya executive committee member Barnaba Korir said.

“I am still in shock and terribly disappointed by the announcement,” Athletics Kenya representative Micah Chemos said. “Each day I wake up to some nasty news and reports involving our athletes, and this is in spite of the numerous seminars and education outreach we conduct around the country on this subject. This is a big name, an elite athlete, who should not just know better, but be a role model to the younger athletes.”

Kenya was among the nations placed on the World Anti-Doping Agency compliance watch list in 2016 and Kipsang is just the latest Kenyan athlete to be charged.

They include 2008 Olympic 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop, former Boston and Chicago marathon winner Rita Jeptoo, and 2016 Olympic marathon champion and former London Marathon winner Jemimah Sumgong.

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Americans are dying because

they cannot afford medical care

Millions of people in the US — an estimated quarter of the population — are delaying getting medical help because of skyrocketing costs
Susan Finley returned to her job at a Walmart retail store in Grand Junction, Colorado, after having to call in sick because she was recovering from pneumonia.

The day she returned, the 53-year-old received her 10-year associate award — and was simultaneously laid off, her family said.

She had taken off one day beyond what is permitted by Walmart’s attendance policy.

After losing her job in May 2016, Finley also lost her health insurance coverage and struggled to find a new job. Three months later, Finley was found dead in her apartment after avoiding going to see a doctor for flu-like symptoms.

“My grandparents went by to check on her and they couldn’t get into her apartment,” her son, Cameron Finley, told the Guardian. “They got the landlord to open it up, went in and found she had passed away. It came as a complete surprise to everybody. It just came out of nowhere.”

“She was barely scraping by and trying not to get evicted. She gets what appears to her as a basic cold or flu, didn’t go to the doctor and risk spending money she didn’t have, and as a consequence she passed away,” he said.

Asked about Susan Finley losing her job, Walmart declined to comment, saying that personnel files from 2016 had been moved offsite.

Finley is one of millions of Americans who avoid medical treatment due to the costs every year.

In a poll conducted last month by Gallup, 25 percent of respondents said that they or a family member have delayed medical treatment for a serious illness due to the costs of care, and an additional 8 percent reported delaying medical treatment for less serious illnesses.

A study conducted by the American Cancer Society in May last year found that 56 percent of adults in the US have had at least one medical financial hardship.

Researchers warned that the problem is likely to worsen unless action is taken.

Robin Yabroff, lead author of the American Cancer Society study, said last month’s Gallup poll was “consistent with numerous other studies documenting that many in the United States have trouble paying medical bills.”

Despite millions of Americans delaying medical treatment due to the costs, the US still spends the most on healthcare of any developed nation, while covering fewer people and achieving worse overall health outcomes.

A 2017 analysis found that the US ranks 24th globally in achieving health goals set by the UN.

In 2018, US$3.65 trillion was spent on healthcare in the US, and these costs are projected to grow at an annual rate of 5.5 percent over the next decade.

High healthcare costs are causing Americans to get sicker from delaying, avoiding, or stopping medical treatment.

Anamaria Markle, of Port Murray, New Jersey, was diagnosed with stage-three ovarian cancer in 2017. A clerk for nearly 20 years at the same firm, her family said that her employer laid her off after the diagnosis, with one year’s severance and health insurance coverage.

When the insurance coverage ended, Markle struggled to pay for coverage through COBRA, a federal health insurance program for people who lose their job or have a reduction in work hours; additional expenses; copays, an out-of-pocket, upfront fee for a medical service; and medical debt not covered by insurance.

Laura Valderrama, Markle’s daughter, said: “It wasn’t financially sustainable to keep paying COBRA out of pocket. On top of the premiums, you still have to pay the bills. We kept getting lots of bills for surgeries, chemotherapy… All these treatments, all these bills kept coming in.”

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The identity of the player who is to protect Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s blind side is to remain unknown until just before today’s National Football Conference divisional playoff game against Green Bay.

Duane Brown and George Fant on Friday were listed as questionable, leaving questions about who would start at left tackle against the Packers.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was not in the mood to share information about either one.

“We’ll find out on game day,” Carroll said.

Brown is less than three weeks removed from minor knee surgery, while Fant suffered a groin injury in last weekend’s opening-round playoff win over Philadelphia.

Brown and Fant were limited participants in practice on Friday, increasing the chances that one or both could play.

For Brown, it was his first practice time since undergoing surgery on Dec. 23 last year.

Jamarco Jones — who started one game at left tackle late in the season — is likely to be Seattle’s starting left guard, with Mike Iupati listed as doubtful because of a stinger.

Seattle’s fallback option if Brown and Fant are unavailable might end up being Chad Wheeler, who was added to the active roster this week after spending half the season on Seattle’s practice squad.

Wheeler started 19 games earlier in his career with the New York Giants, including 14 of 16 last season.

He also played for Seahawks offensive line coach Mike Solari as a rookie and understands his blocking schemes, but most of those starts came as a right tackle, with only one of his starts with the Giants coming on the left side.

Throwing him into the pressure of a playoff game with the pass-rush skills of Preston Smith and Za’Darius Smith on the other side would present Wheeler with a challenging task.

“We would tell him to do what he’s capable of doing, don’t try and do stuff that is not in his wheelhouse,” Carroll said.

“He’s a good, smart football player, he’s been in the system and he knows what we’re asking of him, and he’s been really solid throughout. The main thing is just doing what he’s capable of doing and not overreach,” Carroll added.

One encouraging sign for Seattle is that defensive end Jadeveon Clowney seems to be feeling better than he did a week ago while dealing with a lingering muscle injury.

Clowney played one of his better games last weekend against the Eagles, with five tackles and one of Seattle’s seven sacks.

“As the week progressed he felt much better than he did last week, so he’s in good shape and ready to go,” Carroll said.

Seattle also listed defensive ends Quinton Jefferson (ankle) and Ziggy Ansah (neck) as questionable, along with safety Marquise Blair (ankle).

The Seahawks are to get some depth back at wide receiver, with both Malik Turner and Jaron Brown expected to play after missing last weekend.

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Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace, London, on Nov. 27, 2017.Photo: Reuters
The announcement by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — also known as the duke and duchess of Sussex — that they are stepping back from being “senior” members of the British royal family should have come as no great surprise to royal observers who have watched the pair struggle in the glare of the spotlight over the past year.

Insiders sometimes call the royals “The Firm,” and perhaps that analogy is useful to understanding their desire to live, shall we say, a more entrepreneurial life. (Buckingham Palace seems to have been caught flat-footed by their pivot.)

The shift is consistent with a long-term strategic plan attributed to Prince Charles, who has indicated that he favors a slimmed-down monarchy with fewer people called upon to play the role of senior executive.

He wants the focus to be mainly on the monarch and those in the line of succession. In this case, that’s the queen, himself, his son Prince William, and William’s oldest child, Prince George. It is not the Sussexes, as much as the media love covering them.

This means not only jettisoning some liabilities — think of Jeffrey Epstein-linked Prince Andrew — but also divesting some potential assets, like the Sussexes, into independent entities, if they do not fit with the strategic vision.

Think about it. To succeed, an organization needs to focus. The essence of competitive strategy is not only deciding what you will do, but being firm on what you will not do.

The royal family does not get to pick its relatives any more than you or I, but they can decide who lives off the public purse, who counts as “senior” and who does not.

There is no doubt they would prefer to keep the focus firmly on the royals who burnish the family brand. Over the past couple of years, Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton — the duke and duchess of Cambridge — have taken on an increasing number of public engagements of the kind the crown would like to see more of: carefully staged ribbon cuttings, sidewalk meet-and-greets, charity work.

They share adorable photographs of their adorable children (often snapped by Middleton herself). They weathered unsubstantiated rumors about their marriage and a falling-out with friends with hardly a backward glance.

By contrast, the Sussexes have managed over the past couple of years to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory several times. They have repeatedly failed to coordinate major announcements with the palace — Wednesday’s kerfuffle being just the latest, and maybe the craziest, example.

Last fall, they torpedoed the good public relations they had earned on a tour of South Africa by launching an ill-considered lawsuit against the press just as the visit was ending.

They also fumbled the public aspect of baby Archie’s birth — which is usually a pretty hands-down positive royal news story — by promising to share some details with the public, but then holding most of those details in strict secrecy.

And, fairly or not, they struck people as hypocritical by extolling personal efforts to mitigate climate change while, like most rich people, living a pretty carbon-intensive lifestyle.

When their celebrity friends rushed to defend them, it only made the public angrier.

While these might seem like tempests in so many gilded teapots, and while some of the criticisms seem wildly unfair — would we prefer elites who did not care about the climate at all? — taken as a whole, they run the risk of eroding the firm’s “customer base.”

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Hsieh, Strycova to take on Barty, Bertens in Brisbane

FORMER NO. 1 OUSTED:In Auckland, Jessica Pegula came from a set down to beat Caroline Wozniacki in the Dane’s penultimate tournament before retirement
Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic, left, discusses tactics with Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei in their Brisbane International doubles semi-final in Australia yesterday.Photo: screen grab from Facebook
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strycova yesterday advanced to the doubles final at the Brisbane International, while world No. 2 Karolina Pliskova is to defend her singles title today after edging Naomi Osaka in an epic three-set semi-final.

Reigning Wimbledon champions Hsieh and Strycova defeated unseeded Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Yang Zhaoxuan of China 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 in 1 hour, 28 minutes to advance to today’s final at the Queensland Tennis Centre.

The Taiwanese-Czech duo got off to another slow start at Pat Rafter Arena, falling behind 5-2 in the first set before rallying and then breaking Kichenok has she served for the set to set up a tiebreaker.

The top seeds then raced to a 5-0 lead in the decider, with back-to-back volleys by Strycova securing the set.

The second set proved much easier for the favorites, with Strycova serving out to love to complete the victory.

The top seeds failed to save the two break points they faced, but converted three of nine, winning 11 of 14 points on their second service to set up a final against home favorite Ashleigh Barty and Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, who received a walkover in the semi-finals when their opponents withdrew on Thursday.

In the singles, Pliskova triumphed 6-7 (10/12), 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 over Osaka in 2 hours, 48 minutes and is to face eighth seed Madison Keys of the US in the final.

She was forced to come from a set down, then save a match point at 5-6 in the second, before seeing off the reigning Australian Open champion.

The two are no strangers to long matches against each other — Osaka edged Pliskova 6-4 in the third set in the Australian Open semi-finals last year on her way to the title.

“That was one of the best matches that I’ve played on this court,” Pliskova said. “It was a great standard and she’s always tough to play against. I think I did a good job to stay in there after a tough first set, and in the second I just kept fighting and it paid off.”

In the first semi-final, Keys held firm when it counted to defeat two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

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Jessica Pegula yesterday upset former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki to set up a final against top seed Serena Williams.

The daughter of Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula came from a set down to beat Wozniacki 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the Dane’s penultimate tournament before retirement.

“Caroline has had an amazing career and I know she’s retiring so I had to work really hard, but I’m just happy to get the win and I’m pleased to be in the final,” Pegula said. “I definitely knew if I was going to play defensive I wasn’t going to win that battle because she’s the best in the world at that. So I knew I just had to step in and take my chances, and just trust my game.”

The crowd had barely recovered from the shock of Pegula’s victory when Williams joined her in today’s final after she took just 45 minutes to overwhelm third-seeded fellow American Amanda Anisimova 6-1, 6-1.

Anisimova was not born when Williams won the first of her 23 Grand Slam titles and had dreamed of one day playing the superstar, but she met Williams in her most dominant form.

“I was definitely in the zone today,” Williams said. “It was just one of those days. I knew I was playing a really, really great player and an even better person, so I knew I had to come out serious. It feels good. I’ve been working really hard for a couple of years — my daughter’s only two — and I seem to be really hard on myself, but considering everything, it’s really good.”


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Irons irate as VAR rules out equalizer

‘DODGED A BULLET’:It was a rare moment of VAR relief for fifth-placed Sheffield United, who have been on the wrong end of several contentious decisions this season
West Ham United’s Robert Snodgrass, left, scores a goal against Sheffield United that was later ruled out by the video assistant referee in their Premier League match at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England, on Friday.Photo: AP
West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice on Friday claimed that “nobody wants VAR [video assistant referee]” in the English Premier League after the controversial review system condemned his side to a dramatic 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United.

Trailing to Oliver McBurnie’s second-half strike, David Moyes’ men thought they had snatched an equalizer in stoppage-time when Robert Snodgrass fired home from Rice’s pass, but, with West Ham celebrating wildly, the goal was checked by VAR and eventually ruled out for a handball by Rice.

The ball was headed against Rice’s arm by a Blades player and, while the rule was correctly enforced, the England international was furious with the decision and VAR’s influence on the league this season.

“We are fuming. All the lads are livid. I’ve just watched it back. He has knocked the ball into my hand. If you are running with your arms like that with the rules as they are now it is handball, but it is not intentional. It is a kick in the teeth,” Rice said. “I think it is the thoughts of every Premier League player, not just me, pretty much everyone doesn’t want to have VAR in the game. There have been so many decisions this season that have been absolutely crazy. They were celebrating VAR like it was a goal and football should not be like that.”

The dramatic conclusion left Moyes to come to terms with a first defeat in the third match of his second spell in charge of the Irons.

It was a painful night all round for Moyes, who saw goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski suffer a hip injury before his replacement David Martin combined with teammate Fabian Balbuena to make the error that led to McBurnie’s winner.

West Ham sit just two points above the relegation zone and Moyes, who looked stunned when the VAR decision was made, said that the goal should have been allowed.

“We’re disappointed. We scored a good goal and it didn’t count. The defender got his head to it and headed against Declan,” Moyes said. “Whoever checked it I think got it wrong because it was a really good bit of play by Declan. Where do you put your hands, tie them behind your back?”

“It doesn’t change my view. I’m a football man, watched and played it all my life, and it looked good enough to me,” he said. “I wouldn’t say I’m a great fan of VAR, but we are having to come to terms with it. People who have played football know when it’s not right and tonight is one of those situations.”

It was a rare moment of VAR relief for Sheffield United, who have been on the wrong end of several decisions this season.

Blades manager Chris Wilder, whose side moved up to fifth place, conceded his team had enjoyed a lucky escape.

“I feel for David, that’s happened to us two or three times this season. We’ve dodged a bullet late on,” Wilder said. “As soon as they scored, no one was looking at it, but I felt for the opposition. It’s the same moan and groans as we’ve had in the past. We would’ve been devastated if we’d have drawn that game.”

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title: Djokovic and Nadal to do battle in the first ATP Cup final

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Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns to Daniil Medvedev of Russia in their ATP Cup semi-final in Sydney, Australia, yesterday.Photo: AP
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are to face each other in the final of the inaugural ATP Cup after winning epic three-set matches yesterday to steer Serbia and Spain to the decider.

World No. 1 Nadal ground down pumped-up Australian Alex de Minaur to guide the Davis Cup champions through their semi-final, while Djokovic battled past Russia’s Daniil Medvedev.

Under the format of the team event in Sydney, the top-ranked singles players from each nation play each other, ensuring the two legends clash for a 55th time since their first showdown in 2006.

World No. 2 Djokovic leads 28-26, including beating his archrival in the Australian Open final last year.

Nadal outlasted De Minaur 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 after unflappable teammate Roberto Bautista Agut tamed Nick Kyrgios 6-1, 6-4.

Djokovic also had a tough time against impressive world No. 5 Medvedev, coming through 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 on the back of Dusan Lajovic beating Karen Khachanov 7-5, 7-6 (7/1).

“Alex was playing at a very high level and for me my energy was a little bit lower than usual, but it has been a very emotional evening and a pleasure playing here,” Nadal said. “We know it’s going to be a super tough final. Novak likes a lot to play here, he’s had a lot of great results. So let’s see. We have a good team, too.”

De Minaur had a furious start, breaking Nadal in the opening game of the match and then keeping the pressure on, restricting the Spaniard’s trademark forehand to take the first set in 46 minutes.

Full of energy, his serve was on fire and he was winning the baseline rallies, but Nadal weathered the onslaught and finally won a break point, converting to take the second set.

De Minaur was deflated and the fight went out of him as the 19-time Grand Slam champion showed him who was boss, racing through the deciding set.

Sixteen-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic had looked on track for a comfortable win against Medvedev after sailing through the opening set and breaking in the first game of the second, but the Russian, who won their previous two encounters, roared back.

He broke in the next game and then again for 3-1, with Djokovic smashing his racket as Medvedev took the set to level the match.

A third set of long rallies went with serve until Djokovic got the crucial edge in the fifth game, converting a volley to go 3-2 in front and Medvedev had no answer.

“It was an exceptional match. Lots of rallies and very exhausting. Daniil Medvedev is one of the best players in the world and he showed today why,” Djokovic said. “He’s difficult to break from the baseline, he’s tall and has a good serve. This was the most difficult challenge I have had so far this year.”

Lajovic took a 2-0 record into his showdown with world No. 17 Khachanov and produced a performance that belied his ranking of No. 34,.

“It was definitely one of the toughest matches for me in my career, concerning the situation, the tension and the importance of the moment, but the crowd carried me,” he said.

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2020 Presidential Election: James Soong concedes defeat, warns on future

‘GOOD FIGHT’:The PFP cares only about what the public has gained from the elections and whether they helped set a common goal for the nation, Belle Yu said
People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong, center left, and former United Communications Group chairwoman Sandra Yu, center right, the PFP’s presidential and vice presidential candidates respectively, greet supporters as they prepare to hold a news conference at their campaign headquarters in Taipei last night.Photo: CNA
People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) last night conceded defeat in the presidential election, saying that the party respected the decision of voters.

Apart from thanking the party’s candidates, staff and supporters, Soong warned that the nation’s future leader would soon face many challenges.

“The nation will face a major change in the global political situation this year,” Soong said.

“If cross-strait relations remain unstable and Taiwan takes the wrong side in dealings with Japan, the US and China, all these factors will affect Taiwan,” he said.

“This government should stop pitting one party against another, stop destroying the civil service by offering lucrative jobs only to those who agree with it and stop using drastic measures to carry out social reforms,” he added.

Asked if he would run for president again in 2024, Soong said that the question is whether the nation will survive the next four years, given the trials it will face.

Securities analyst Wu Kuan-lung (吳官隆), a supporter of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou (郭台銘), watched the election results at the PFP’s campaign headquarters.

The loss by Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, proved that Han should not have run for president just a few months after taking office, Wu said, calling that decision Han’s “original sin,” for which he has no excuse.

Although they secured some legislator-at-large seats, the PFP and the Taiwan People’s Party lost their legislative elections, meaning there would be no “third force” party in the Legislative Yuan large enough to serve as a counterweight to either the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) or the KMT, Wu said.

PFP legislator-at-large nominee Amanda Liu (劉宥彤), a former aide to Gou, said that these elections were not won by the DPP, but rather lost by the KMT.

Not many party votes go to third parties when the competition between the DPP and KMT is intense, she said.

PFP spokeswoman Belle Yu (于美人) said that the party fought the good fight, but added that voters made the final decision.

“What the PFP cares about is not the victories of political parties, but rather what people have gained through the process,” Yu said.

“What consensus have people reached through the elections? Do we now have a common goal for the future?” she said. “This is what we care about.”

As her role as spokesperson ended yesterday, Yu said that she was honored to be part of a historic moment working for Soong’s presidential campaign, his “last battle.”

“We will miss Chairman Soong. We thank him for his contribution to Taiwan’s democracy and for giving 44 years of his life to the nation,” Yu said.

Prior to last night’s election, Soong had also been the PFP’s presidential candidate in the 2012 and 2016 elections, losing by a significant margin.

In 2012, Soong secured only 2.77 percent of overall votes.

In 2016, Soong and his running mate, former Republican Party chairwoman Hsu Hsin-ying (徐欣瑩), garnered 1,576,861 votes, or 12.83 percent of total ballots.

Soong first ran for the presidency in 2000 as an independent candidate and narrowly lost to former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) by 2.46 percentage points.

In 2004, Soong was the running mate of former vice president Lien Chan (連戰) in a KMT-PFP alliance. They lost to Chen and former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) by 0.2 percentage points.

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Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera is bowled by Navdeep Saini, unseen, in the third Twenty20 international in Pune, India, on Friday.Photo: AP
Skipper Virat Kohli on Friday hailed India’s clinical start to the year after they completed a 78-run, series-clinching win over Sri Lanka in the third Twenty20 international.

Openers K.L. Rahul, who top-scored with 54, and Shikhar Dhawan, who hit 52, put on 97 for the opening wicket as India amassed 201-6 after being put in to bat in Pune.

Paceman Navdeep Saini claimed three wickets to help dismiss Sri Lanka for 123 in 15.5 overs, despite a fighting 57 by Dhananjaya de Silva.

Saini sent back De Silva after his 36-ball knock and then got skipper Lasith Malinga for a duck as the visitors lost their second straight match after the opening Twenty20 was abandoned due to rain.

Shardul Thakur also played a key part after hitting 22 off eight balls while batting down the order and then taking two wickets with his medium-pace bowling.

“Good start to this year. We have started on the right track, chasing one game and setting one game. Two very clinical performances, so I’m very happy,” Kohli said. “Just the confidence of getting that 200 mark every now and then will put us in good stead. That middle collapse was challenging, and what Manish [Pandey] and Shardul did was very good.”

Pandey, scoring 31 off 18 balls, and Thakur, who was named Man of the Match, put on an unbeaten 37-run stand for the seventh wicket and the duo managed to get 19 runs off the final over.

Earlier, the left-handed Dhawan was dropped on 1 by Dasun Shanaka at deep square-leg off Angelo Mathews and made the most of the spill as he recorded his 10th Twenty20 half-century in just 34 balls.

Left-arm wrist-spinner Lakshan Sandakan finally got Dhawan, then struck twice in his next over to send back Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, for 4, as India slipped to 122-4.

“We bowled OK for these kind of conditions in the first 15, 16 overs, and after that they got away,” Malinga said.

“We didn’t have much time to change our squad, but this is the talent we have in Sri Lanka, so we have to back them,” he said. “Everyone in world cricket is using wrist-spinners because they are wicket-taking options, and we have Sandakan and [Wanindu] Hasaranga.”

Kohli, who dropped himself to No. 6 in the batting order, took the attack to the opposition with a 17-ball 26 before being run out.

Sri Lanka were never in the chase after losing their top three for 15 runs and then slipping to 26-4.

De Silva and Mathews, who made 31, put on 68 for the fifth wicket to raise the visitors’ hopes, but Washington Sundar struck back to break the partnership.

Jasprit Bumrah became India’s highest wicket-taker in Twenty20s with 53 after he took the wicket of Danushka Gunathilka for 1.

India next host Australia for three one-day internationals starting on Tuesday in Mumbai.

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title: Belgian whizz-kid Evenepoel to be unleashed at Giro

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Cycling’s latest whizz-kid Remco Evenepoel is to make his Grand Tour debut as one of the youngest ever starters of the Giro d’Italia in May, Deceuninck Quick-Step announced on Friday.

There are three individual time trials on this year’s Giro and Evenepoel, who turns 20 later this month, is European champion and world silver medalist in the discipline, making him a potential contender.

“I’ll just see how I do each day over the three weeks, and have fun and hope the weather is good,” Evenepoel said in a video.

In an interview with Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport, Evenepoel said he was relishing the chance to wear the overall race leader’s pink jersey after the first stage in Budapest, which is a time trial.

“I’m good at time trials, although it’s under 10km and I’m better at longer distances. I’ll prepare myself to give everything and whatever happens, happens,” he said.

Colombian prodigy Egan Bernal won the Tour de France last year as the youngest man in the race at 21, while at the Vuelta a Espana Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar came third aged just 20.

The youngest Giro winner was the great Fausto Coppi, who won at 20 years, 8 months and 20 days in 1940. Evenepoel would be younger if he triumphs this year.

The charismatic former RSC Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven youth-team soccer player last year was voted Belgian Sportsperson of the Year after setting pulses racing by winning the Tour of Belgium and the San Sebastian classic two years after his conversion to road racing.

Asked by Gazzetta whether he wanted to become the best rider of his generation, confident Evenepoel replied: “Sure, why not?”

“It will be difficult, and will mean winning lots and winning well,” he said. “Maybe in 15 years we’ll meet again and see if that’s how it turned out.”

Evenepoel’s early career prowess has led to him being compared with countryman Eddy Merckx, widely considered to be the best ever road cyclist, but the youngster is not impressed by attempts to liken him to the “Cannibal.”

“I don’t like comparisons with Merckx or any other rider because we’re talking about different eras, so it doesn’t make any sense,” Evenepoel said. “I am who I am, that’s who I want to be, and that should be enough.”

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title: 國奧首戰消耗大體能受影響 張玉寧傷退來誰來頂替

countries: 烏茲別克 韓國 中國

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1月12日，中國國奧隊將迎來U23亞洲杯的第二場比賽，對陣烏茲別克國奧隊。首場比賽最後時刻被韓國國奧隊絕殺，讓中國國奧隊的小夥子們也非常遺憾，不過球員們也表示，希望能夠放平心態，全力以赴去拼後面的兩場小組賽，不要給自己留下遺憾。

在第一場比賽中，替補出場的周俊辰表示：第一場比賽大家都希望能夠拿到分數，這是所有共同的想法，後來我們也是希望能夠戰勝對手，實在贏不了保平也可以，所以最後的結果真的很遺憾。

對於首戰的失利是否會影響後面的兩場比賽，周俊辰直言：我們對自己還是很有信心的，只要發揮出自己的實力，我覺得跟任何隊都能拼一下，只要自己有信心就可以了。儘管第一場的結果不是很理想，但是不影響我們后兩場可以去發揮出自己的水平。

談及后兩場比賽的心態，周俊辰表示：作為隊員我覺得不要去在乎那麼多東西，放平心態去拼這最後兩場就可以了。拼得好我們出線了，大家都會皆大歡喜很開心，如果最後沒有出線但是我們拼過了，也不留遺憾。（木蘭）


countries: 中國 伊朗 塞爾維亞 烏茲別克 葡萄牙

title: 烏茲國奧主帥：中國隊實力不俗 目標是進軍奧運

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1月12日，中國國奧隊將迎來本屆U23亞洲杯的第二場比賽，對陣烏茲別克隊。對手是上屆比賽的冠軍。此番遭遇衛冕冠軍，對於國奧隊來說，也是一場非常艱難的比賽。

本場比賽之前，烏茲別克國奧隊主教練德魯洛維奇在接受採訪時在談到第一場在領先的情況下被伊朗隊扳平時表示：每一支參賽球隊都踢得積極主動，每場比賽我們都會遭到對手的頑強抵抗。首戰伊朗的確非常艱苦，萬事開頭難。我們是奔著勝利去的，但最終只收穫了平局。

對於下一輪的對手中國國奧隊，德魯洛維奇表示：從第一場比賽結束后，我們就開始備戰與中國隊的比賽。對手實力不俗，這不會是一場輕鬆的比賽，但我相信我的隊員們。

德魯洛維奇最後表示：上一屆我們能夠奪冠非常開心，我曾經在葡萄牙拿過很多冠軍，還參加過歐洲杯、歐冠和世界杯。執教塞爾維亞國青隊，我拿過歐青賽的冠軍。現在，我也想要在烏茲別克國奧取得巨大的成功，我的主要目標，就是拿到奧運會的入場券。（木蘭）


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1月12日，中國國奧隊將迎來本屆U23亞洲杯的第二場比賽，對陣烏茲別克隊。對於這場比賽，國奧隊也在賽前重點觀察了他們的比賽錄像，主教練郝偉也告訴了對方重點盯防對像。國奧隊的球員們也知道這場比賽的重要性，必須要拿分才能有希望小組出線。

在第一場比賽中首發出場的胡靖航在採訪時表示：今天全隊已經觀看烏茲別克比賽的錄像。烏茲別克的球員身體很好，速度也很快，個人能力可能更強，尤其那個9號很不錯，是我們重點盯防的人物。

另外一位鋒線球員田鑫則表示：烏茲別克的整體實力還是很強，他們肯定是一支強隊。但是，從上場比賽來看，對方現在的狀態不是很好，所以我們也不會害怕對手。

談到對手的漏動，田鑫坦言：我們覺得烏茲別克國奧隊的後防還是有些配合的失誤，身後的空間可以利用。我們只要抓住機會能進球，相信就一定有希望贏球。（木蘭）

title: 國奧點出烏茲重點盯防之人 對手狀態不好有希望贏球

countries: 烏茲別克 中國


title: 國奧清楚次戰重要性 再輸球將出局必須要拿分

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1月12日，中國國奧隊將迎來本屆U23亞洲杯的第二場比賽，對陣烏茲別克隊。本場比賽對於國奧隊來說非常重要，因為首戰已經負於韓國隊，如果再失利的話，國奧隊也將提前一輪出局，所以本場比賽一定要在對手身上至少拿到一分或者是三分。

談到第二場比賽的重要性，前場進攻球員胡靖航坦言：這場比賽必須要拿分，前場球員就是需要去幫助球隊得分，幫助球隊取得勝利。上一場比賽確實挺可惜的，現在要儘快調整自己的狀態和心態，好好地備戰這場比賽。每一場比賽都是決賽，全力以赴。這場比賽我們還是得堅持自己的打法，發揮自己的特點，找到對方防線的漏洞。

對於經過第一場的惡戰，體能是否有所影響，胡靖航表示：體能沒什麼問題，第二場可能狀態會更好一些，因為第一場是大強度，加上年輕隊員恢復也比較快。之前在海口備戰對體能的訓練也比較多，體能方面沒什麼問題。進球靠大家，不管誰進球，只要贏球就行。

張玉寧受傷對於國奧隊影響不小，對此國奧隊小將田鑫則表示：這對我們球隊來說是一個損失，張玉寧有高度，他不在會對球隊影響較大，我們可能會多打身後，高空球也會少一些。接下來，我們這些鋒線球員必須承擔更多的責任。為了這個團隊，為了能爭取更好的結果，我們肯定會繼續努力、拼搏，打好後面的比賽。

其實在上一場比賽，中國隊也有一些進球機會，只不過沒有把握住。對於這個問題，作為前鋒的田鑫說道：機會都挺好的，如果稍微冷靜一下，可能就把握住了。不過，現在再去多說前面的比賽已經沒有意義了，我們不會因為第一場輸球就放棄最初的目標。我覺得，現在大家要去盡最大的努力，打好後面的兩場比賽，然後爭取完成目標。（袁野）


title: 紐時：台灣人用選票駁斥中國 BBC記者妙問小英是否感謝他...

countries: 中國 台灣 香港

people: 韓國瑜 習近平 蔡英文

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2020-01-12 01:05:59

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕總統蔡英文在週六的總統大選中獲勝，成功連任。《紐約時報》稱，台灣選民用選票對中國越來越強大的威權主義進行了嚴厲的駁斥。《BBC》記者則妙問蔡英文，是否有為勝選感謝中國國家主席習近平。

《紐約時報》報導，蔡英文在發表勝選感言時呼籲團結、捍衛台灣主權並改善經濟，「每一次選舉，台灣人都在告訴全世界我們有多珍惜民主自由的生活」。面對北京對台灣日益增強的掌控，蔡英文誓言要維護台灣主權。

報導指出，此次選舉吸引了大批選民，成千上萬人從國外飛回台灣投票。蔡英文的勝利凸顯了她的競選成功打動了對中國愈發警惕的選民；台灣選民用選票對中國越來越強大的威權主義進行了嚴厲的駁斥。

《BBC》報導則提到蔡英文以超過57%得票率、將近820萬張選票，遙遙領先她的競爭對手韓國瑜。報導分析稱，對於尋求連任的台灣總統來說，800萬張選票非同尋常，蔡破紀錄的勝選「給北京帶來很大的壓力」。

《BBC》記者表示，蔡英文的勝選帶有政治諷刺意味。如果中國共產黨沒有對台灣施壓、對香港危機的態度難以捉摸，台灣候選人的勝利之路可能就不會那麼確定。「結果宣布後，我問蔡英文，她是否有為她的勝利感謝中國國家主席習近平。她笑了。」


people: 習近平 蔡英文 韓國瑜 林昶佐 川普

countries: 台灣 澳洲 美國 中國 香港

title: 華郵：台灣總統大勝親中對手 民主生機勃勃

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2020-01-12 00:45:01

〔中央社〕台灣大選結果出爐，總統蔡英文連任成功，美國「華盛頓郵報」以「台灣總統大勝傾向北京的對手，贏得連任」為題報導，並指出競選過程中，台灣民主生機勃勃、充滿創意。

這篇發自台北的報導指出，蔡總統在這場爭取連任的選戰中，取得壓倒性的勝利。競選過程中，她呼籲選民向世界、特別是向中國表達，「台灣人要的是民主而不是獨裁」。

報導提到，相較於一年前蔡英文民調落後，這一年間有驚人的轉變。包括中國國家主席習近平對台灣的侵略意圖升高以及香港局勢的危險，都使得選情轉而對蔡英文有利。

華盛頓郵報（The Washington Post）指出，與北京友好的國民黨推出的候選人韓國瑜，利用大眾的憤怒情緒，採取了川普式的選戰打法。

報導引用前澳洲外交官、羅伊國際政策研究院（Lowy Institute）學者卡薩姆（Natasha Kassam）的分析指出，「台灣的這場選舉，可能是2020年最重大的選舉，讓美國在內的其他民主國家能夠預見正要遭遇的問題」。

卡薩姆說，處理日益獨裁的中國帶來的後果，台灣不僅是全世界戰略的一環，台灣長久以來站在第一線對抗中國共產黨的侵略已有數十年。

台灣面臨的難題在於，一方面要保衛民主體制，一方面要處理與中國的經濟連結。

報導提到，香港問題使得許多台灣年輕人出來投票，一名28歲的年輕人說：「我不希望台灣變成香港。我們要用選票確保家園的民主與自由。」

華盛頓郵報的記者觀察，台灣不單只是個民主國家，而且這個民主體制充滿活力，選戰打得活潑又有創意。

包括死亡金屬樂團的主唱林昶佐競選立委連任；太陽花運動參與者賴品妤熱愛Cosplay，戴著橘色假髮、穿緊身衣站上造勢舞台。

總統蔡英文曾被畫成日式動漫的女主角，也曾拿著光劍與星際大戰粉絲合影，她養的貓也被印在T恤上。

除此之外，台灣在性別議題上走在亞洲各國之前，擁有世界第一位跨性別內閣成員，並在去年成為亞洲第一個同性婚姻合法化的國家。（編輯：周永捷）


title: 2020大選結果看過來》一次掌握2020總統、立委大選結果

content_text: 民進黨取得過半席次，台灣基進取得一席區域立委，柯文哲為首的台灣民眾黨拿下五席不分區，第一次進入國會，成為立院第三大黨。


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徐永明在選後記者會上表示，2022不管是首長還是議員選舉，時力都不會缺席，且將廣提人選。（攝影／楊涵之）
即便在選戰後期大賣「亡昌感」，時代力量最終不分區得票率落在7％上下，得到3個席次，分別是專攻環保的陳椒華、律師邱顯智、跟小燈泡媽媽王婉諭，戰神黃國昌的魅力終究不足以將自己續留在國會。

接班人沒當選，黃國昌：不後悔

區域的部分，時力則是全軍覆沒，其中以新竹市的高鈺婷表現最出色，得票率高達2成8%；而有意「接棒」黃國昌新北「七星區」的賴嘉倫，最終僅得到約7.3％的選票，結果並不漂亮。

其實時力在七星區的政黨票是超越賴嘉倫的得票數，可見賴的地方實力仍偏弱，也被視為時力的一大失算，因為該區是由民進黨賴品妤勝出，如果當初派黃國昌親自出征，那麼這席可能屬於時代力量；不過在選後記者會上，黃國昌表示，自己不後悔做此決定。

黃國昌強調，如果他個人當選，但政黨票表現不夠好，那麼一點意義都沒有 ; 他希望能創造一個團隊來支撐更多工作同仁，並栽培下一代人才。黃國昌也說，目前選制讓小黨在區域難有生存空間，跑地方便能看出棄保效應對於大黨吸票的幫助，但如果小黨不想成為藍綠的附庸，這是必經之路。

黃國昌下一步要找工作，未決弊案會交接

黃國昌表示，自己對結果比較遺憾的是，時力政黨票輸給台灣民眾黨一段距離，但他自認時力候選人講好聽點，「不輸給」民眾黨，未來需要透過更積極的作為證明時力存在的價值。

對於未來規劃，黃國昌表示，會先休息、沈澱一下，之後要回到民間社會「找工作」；據了解，有律師資格的他向友人表示，想回去開律師事務所。

除此之外，黃國昌也說，自己手上懸而未決的案子也會交接給黨內立委，他向支持者保證，時力打弊案、監督的決心絕對沒有改變，對3位當選人也相當有信心，會是國會最強的監督力量。

時力拿下百萬政黨票，確定監督、不親綠路線

黨主席徐永明指出，時力政黨票從上屆744,315增長至1,098,100票外，突破百萬的目標，且「質」上也有所改變。徐永明表示，2016選民投給他們的理由非常多，現在這100多萬票則是對理性監督的肯定，代表時力路線成功。

時力2016因為與民進黨合作下，區域能拿下3席，但不分區也因此被吸走不少選票，曾預估的4席變2席；2020堅決不走小綠路線後，區域全倒，但政黨票卻與選前民調預估的8%差不多，也奠定時力不親綠的立場。

這次時代力量拿下3席立委，能保有立院黨團，且5位區域候選人得票率也都高於7%，可見各個地方都培養出一定的基本盤；只不過，在黃國昌未來沒有舞台表現的情況下，能否維持這樣的支持度，將是時力最大的挑戰。

2022首長、議員選戰，時力：絕對不缺席

根據徐永明的規劃，2022時力將廣提市議員候選人，並強化地方組織。徐永明說，目前時力議員的表現有目共睹，下次的地方選舉，不管是議員還是首長，時力絕對不會缺席。

據傳，時力規劃由黃國昌選台北市長、邱顯智選新竹市長，對此黃以「一個大問號」回應，對預估未來的問題，不願給出確切答案，僅表示他現在沒有想參選台北市長，但自己也認同廣提人選的策略。

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taiwan-subdivisions: 成功 新北 新竹市

title: 2020大選結果》百萬政黨票仍留不下戰神 黃國昌下一步要交接弊案、找工作 時力提前宣布參戰2022


people: 韓國瑜 費鴻泰 李中 陳明義 陳超明 李彥秀 林金結 林國春 謝龍介 許淑華 李登輝 張嘉郡 黃昭順 李雅靜 邱烽堯 馬英九 洪宗熠 陳菊 陳學聖 林為洲 陳明文 朱立倫 賴士葆 謝淑亞 汪志冰 林奕華 沈智慧 林國慶 徐志榮 葉壽山 楊瓊瓔 張麗善 黃國昌 黃柏霖 萬美玲 林思銘 盧秀燕 呂玉玲 馬文君 黃桂蘭 蔣萬安 侯友宜 李永萍 吳敦義 林郁方 吳斯懷 魯明哲 孫大千 王惠美

events: 敗選 選舉

taiwan-subdivisions: 永和 新店 和美 淡水 嘉義 沙鹿 光復 雲林 萬華 高雄 南投 北屯 新北 鹿港 淡水區 苗栗 彰化 北投 嘉義縣 汐止 屏東 中正 中和 桃園

title: 2020大選結果》韓國瑜拖垮立委 區域慘得25席 地方執政優勢全面消失！

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國民黨不分區有爭氣，區域卻還是一蹶不振，只有南投、竹縣、苗栗、離島是鐵票區，韓國瑜母雞拖垮小雞。（圖片來源／信傳媒編輯部）
國民黨在2020立委選舉，拿下38席，比2016年「小有進步」，但連續兩次大選都不到40席，是絕對少數，與選前外界評估有45席的實力有一段差距，尤其不分區獲472萬票，拿到13席，成績不惡，「下架吳斯懷」並未起到作用，比上次多3席，問題就在區域，僅得到25席。

母雞拖死小雞，15執政縣市已成植物人

韓國瑜在總統大敗，與立委選情確實有連動關係。韓國瑜到選前兩個月之後，幾乎很少走訪區域立委候選人，每天行程很少，有的話也是亮亮相，要像民進黨大咖陪候選人一掃街、拜市場等就是好幾個鐘頭，完全不能相比。藍軍有的到後來自動在看板「下架韓國瑜」，依然無法挽回選情。

國民黨在2018年縣市長選戰拿下15席，六都取下3都，南部高雄與北部新北都進入囊中，還有中台灣，但整個大選打起來，毫無節奏，像個植物人。韓國瑜依然是以打市長的格局在競選，更多的是想依賴韓流加持的候選人，也只想打空戰，不想走基層，别說不會贏，只會輸得更難看。

有人說國民黨立委被韓國瑜活活拖死，雖不中亦不遠矣，因為韓系兵團幾乎全軍覆沒，這個結果也說明，不論擁有中央或地方政權，已經沒有所謂「行政優勢」，國民黨高雄8席立委都遭滅頂，相對有機會的黃昭順、黃柏霖、李雅靜都不敵，但值得注意的是，民進黨立委的得票，卻也沒有陳菊時代的所向披靡，有鬆動跡象，所以藍軍不是沒機會，而是「母雞」的形象真的值得檢討。

雲林以南吞了21張老K，韓家軍絲毫沒有抵抗能力

雲林以南，民進黨揮出21支全壘打，也就是國民黨吞了21張老K，連續兩屆被完全擊倒，一方面是立委越來越需要經營基層，國民黨失去區域後，沒有立委做地方服務，樁腳陸續被策反，更沒有著力點，嘉義、台南、屏東長期被綠營掌握，若能搭配妥當，連任機會就越高。

以雲林而言，雖然張麗善執掌縣府，但畢竟才經過政黨輪替，重新上手顯然來不及，張嘉郡與謝淑亞都敗北，韓國瑜的負面新聞也震撼中間選民內心。

在嘉義縣，原本較有實力一搏的海線，也比2016輸得還多；但以為山線陳明文很強大，結果暗助的林國慶卻只輸8千票，這都是策略出問題。

在台南，民進黨立委得票情況普遍下滑，但國民黨還是沒有起色，韓國瑜元旦到台南升旗，另一位網紅級的謝龍介也沒有作用。

在屏東，國民黨周佳琪與葉壽山其實表現不差，比過去都有進步，但因為之前基本盤差距太大，一時間也難以扳回，何況韓國瑜的光芒消失。

綠營打到淡水河口，侯友宜輔選成績很不理想

事實上，從各地選情就能一窺藍綠狀況，在藍軍情勢大好時，決戰點都在綠營的南部老巢；若是綠軍情勢大好，大概就是殺到藍營重鎮淡水河。這次台北、新北激戰，就很明顯透露國民黨「後院失火」。

果不其然，國民黨在台北市，韓家軍孫大千遭到修理，汪志冰無法討回北投，林郁方二度兵敗中正萬華，而且李彥秀還多輸掉港湖區；蔣萬安、費鴻泰都驚險過關，林奕華及賴士葆都只在過半邊緣，若不是靠基本盤，可能已被翻盤。

至於侯友宜的新北，雖勉力由洪孟楷奪回淡水區，但李永萍有機會光復的汐止還是贏不了，除了保住永和、新店兩席深藍，其餘乏善可陳，侯友宜如此的輔選成績，與市長選舉判若兩人，他的光環難以轉移給立委候選人，警界學弟林國春再吃敗仗；韓國瑜的「起家厝」中和、韓系邱烽堯也無力勝選。其他扛韓系招牌的林金結、陳明義、黃桂蘭等，一個比一個輸得還多。

盧秀燕、王惠美老巢失守

中台灣，盧秀燕已經使出全力對付「中火」空汙，但他的老巢北北屯，選民竟已讓沈智慧落選，表達對這樣施政的不滿；雖然副市長楊瓊瓔搶回神雅潭區，但失去顏寬恆等黑派護持的沙鹿海線，可能更得不償失。韓家軍的林佳新、李中、莊子富，幾乎沒有抵抗對手的能力，開票沒多久就豎白旗投降。

原本預期有機會力拼拿下4席的彰化，謝衣鳳贏得較為輕鬆，但洪宗熠並沒有退步；倒是柯呈枋意外敗選，首度讓出鹿港和美區，這裡是縣長王惠美的老巢，下場與盧秀燕一樣，選民所表達的意向，其實已經再明白不過了。

國民黨高層各忙各的，重整還要拖

比較能稱善的，就是南投馬文君、許淑華保住席次，但許淑華贏得驚險，開票時連說話都發抖，只能以「慘勝」收場。苗栗依然是國民黨的優勢區，竹縣亦然，問題是，陳超明、徐志榮、林思銘、林為洲，都不是正統韓家軍。桃園挺韓的陳學聖也戰敗，魯明哲、萬美玲、呂玉玲，都以不到5成得票率險勝。

國民黨節節敗退，韓國瑜競總主委朱立倫，輔選立委比總統多，黨主席吳敦義又是口誤又是神隱，張善政也選到「走鐘」，馬英九賣另類「亡國感」，沒有戰略、也缺乏戰術，整體而言不是一支正規軍，當年李登輝、金溥聰時代的嚴整軍紀已不復見，大家心懷鬼胎、各有心結，又在想著選後權位，國民黨的重整，還不會從明天就開始。

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2020大選結果》南台灣揮出21席全壘打 一年前沒人相信民進黨國會會過半

2020大選結果》百萬政黨票仍留不下戰神 黃國昌下一步要交接弊案、找工作 時力提前宣布參戰2022


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2020選舉結果出爐，總統蔡英文成功連任，民進黨國會席次也再度過半，總共拿下62席。

其中不分區拿下13席、區域立委拿下48席。南部更是綠油油一片，雲林、嘉義、台南、高雄、屏東21席立委全部拿下。獲民進黨支持的台中市台灣基進黨候選人陳柏惟、台北市無黨籍立委林昶佐、桃園市立委趙正宇也都當選，結合盟友民進黨在國會拿下65席，在這次立委選舉可說打了相當漂亮的一仗。

一年前沒人相信民進黨國會能過半

去年2月韓流正強，民進黨在台南以及新北的兩席立委補選，都選得相當辛苦，當時負責輔選的前行政院院長賴清德還一度擔心民進黨2020的立委選情恐怕會很危險，全黨也瀰漫在一股悲觀的氣氛中，換句話說，如果在半年多前，你跟政治圈的人說民進黨立法院會過半，大概沒人會相信，甚至可能還會笑你政治判斷有問題。

不過隨著紛擾的總統黨內初選結束，黨中央成功整合民進黨內部，接著提名多位亮眼的年輕戰將，在加上內政也在院長蘇貞昌穩穩地掌握全局下，民進黨的支持度一步一步往上爬，配合外在美中貿易戰以及香港反送中的「抗中」聲勢，短短一年的時間，民進黨從外界原本不看好到今天立院取得實質過半，在2018年地方選舉大敗後接掌黨中央的卓羅團隊，值得紀上一筆。

時力、民眾黨分票，讓區域立委少四席

這一次立委選戰打得驚險，其中區域立委的部分，民進黨在選前10 天打出告急牌，為選情膠著立委10席催票，結果催出了新北市賴品妤、桃園市黃世杰、台中莊競程、彰化縣陳秀寶4席。

不過台北市吳怡農、許淑華、桃園市鄭寶清、新竹縣鄭朝方、彰化洪宗熠以及花蓮蕭美琴仍無法超車。預估小幅領先的台北市高嘉瑜如預期勝出，但新北市呂孫綾不幸落敗。

其實從幾位原本勢均力敵最後落敗的席次來看，新北呂孫綾、桃園彭俊豪以及新竹的鄭宏輝最為可惜，可說是泛綠分裂的受害者，因為這三個地方時代力量都提名的立委人選，如果把時力候選人的票加上去，呂孫綾、桃園彭俊豪以及新竹的鄭宏輝都可以勝過國民黨對手。另外，北市的許淑華以及與民進黨有好的洪慈庸則是受到台灣民眾黨提名人分票的影響，許淑華、洪慈庸與對手差距都不大，最後以些微票數落敗，相當的可惜。

台灣基進搶了不分區選票

至於在不分區的部分，從民進黨在近3屆立委選舉的政黨票得票率與席次，2008為36.9%，獲得14席；2012拿下34.62%，分得13席；2016為44.06%，衝上18席，從過去幾次的不分區得票來看，這次的成績僅能算是開出平盤。

選前大約一個月，代表民進黨的總統候選人蔡英文曾經對台灣基進開綠燈，呼籲大家政黨票不一定要投民進黨，接著又發生了林靜儀德國之聲「叛國說」事件，林靜儀遭到部分綠營人士切割，這也惹怒了部分台派支持者，就在選前兩個星期，許多台派支持者私下呼籲把政黨票投給台灣基進。

這導致選前10天，民進黨把安全名單從15席下修至12席，並一再呼籲支持者集中選票，最後民進黨拿下了13席，不過台灣基進成成功拿下3.16%，雖然台灣基進可以拿到政黨補助款，不過卻沒有立院席次。換句話說，如果這3.16％加回給民進黨，那民進黨不分區將可以再增加2席左右，那就是原本預估的15席。

小黨林立，卓榮泰：民進黨應該要做更多更好

民進黨黨主席卓榮泰在記者會接受媒體提問時坦言，不分區政黨票在小黨林立之下，在計算過程吃了一點小小虧，但民進黨也保持合作的態度和方式，最後兩天，大聲疾呼集中選票，產生了作用，但不分區席次仍減少，但有這麼多跟我們理念相同政黨成立，「民進黨應該做得更多、更快、更好，民進黨會謹記在心」。

由於民進黨章規定，總統為當然黨主席，卓榮泰的任期到5月19日為止，至於會不會提前走人？卓榮泰說，他會進一步思考，如何對於黨政合一、促進未來新政府籌組的方向、黨部可以給予的協助，在時程速度上做調整，由於目前沒有不安定的狀況，所以要進一步討論。

卓榮泰強調，6月19日正式提名蔡英文為總統候選人時，他在中央黨部說過一句話，「希望總統在最快的時間內回來主持會議，我這句話不會改變」。

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2020大選結果》韓國瑜拖垮立委 區域慘得25席 地方執政優勢全面消失！

2020大選結果》百萬政黨票仍留不下戰神 黃國昌下一步要交接弊案、找工作 時力提前宣布參戰2022

taiwan-subdivisions: 雲林 花蓮 高雄 成功 安定 彰化縣 嘉義 屏東 桃園 新竹縣 新北 中區 新北市

people: 洪宗熠 鄭寶清 蕭美琴 洪慈庸 林昶佐 呂孫綾 韓國瑜 黃世杰 許淑華 卓榮泰 賴清德 高嘉瑜 蔡英文 林靜儀 鄭宏輝 趙正宇 蘇貞昌 黃國昌

countries: 台灣 德國 香港

political-parties: 基進黨 時代力量

events: 選舉 反送中

title: 2020大選結果》南台灣揮出21席全壘打 一年前沒人相信民進黨國會能過半


title: 人人攏頭香，人人攏好運 彰化市南瑤宮搶頭香2.0升級 拜頭香

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農曆年腳步近了，眾所矚目的南瑤宮 「搶頭香」 活動即將邁入第10年，不過由於過去搶頭香開廟門時，推擠、跌倒受傷頻傳，甚至還曾爆發肢體衝突，南瑤宮做重大變革，將「搶頭香」改為「路跑與拜頭香」，藉由新春除夕參拜信眾用很虔誠的心來獲得媽祖的保佑，「人人攏頭香，人人攏好運」，進而宣揚媽祖神威！
另外，為使歷年「搶頭香」活動更加具有意義及安全，更改規則讓有意參賽民眾事先報名賽跑，起跑點和終點都設在南瑤宮廟門口，有效分散人群，大家不用再像往年一樣擠在廟門口搶頭香發生推擠受傷，並在新春期間服務香客，受理登記一起開廟門，一人一柱清香向彰化媽誠心敬拜祈求新的一年平安如意，提昇信眾向心力。
 「路跑競賽」的路線規劃是由南瑤宮門前廟埕出發，由南瑤路北上直行抵達旭光路口折返，南下直行到南瑤宮廟門前終點處約1.5公里，本次有區分男子組及女子組由裁判組判定各組前三名，第1名獎金8,888元、第2名獎金6,666元，第3名獎金5,168元。
此次路跑即日起至109年1月23日止歡迎各路英雄好漢、路跑女王蒞臨南瑤宮報名，報名每名添油香200元並開立感謝狀惠存，贈送彰化媽樂活毛巾、招財進寶金幣錢母、行車安全紅綾及摸彩卷各1份，歡迎大家儘速共襄盛舉前來報名。
 至於「人人攏頭香，人人攏好運」一起拜頭香活動，即日起受理報名限量1,000名，邀請大家一起來開廟門向彰化媽祈求庇佑，迎接萬象更新的新年，報名每名添油香100元並開立感謝狀惠存，贈送恭喜發財金幣錢母、彰化媽傳承香火袋及摸彩卷各1份，歡迎大家儘速共襄盛舉前來報名。
 此外，另有「祈求招財進寶金幣錢母活動」，1月25日(大年初一)起至1月27日(大年初三)連續3天在南瑤宮三殿舉行，每日限量300份上午9時發號碼牌，10時準時開始，歡迎大家共襄盛舉。


taiwan-subdivisions: 彰化 鹿港 田中 員林 泰山 彰化縣 二林 和美 北斗 溪湖

title: 2020書香彰化－與大師有約」月月都有精彩講座 1月18日相聲瓦舍 馮翊綱 帶頭開講

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2020書香彰化－與大師有約」月月都有精彩講座豐富您的生活,日前 舉行宣傳記者會，彰化縣長王惠美與會，會中特別邀請【相聲瓦舍】的創辦人馮翊綱教授為1月18日首場講座「發揚吾笑精神-- 談喜劇與幽默」現身分享，從歷史、文化出發，與大家談一談喜劇的意義、幽默的本質，妙語如珠，獲得滿堂彩。
 王縣長說，縣府從民國97年就開始舉辦與大師有約的活動，迄今已邁向第13年，透過演講者台上十分鐘台下十年功的智慧讓民眾可以用最快的速度學習，這次很高興獲財團法人泰山文化基金會、健生實業股份有限公司贊助共同辦理，從以往的兩個月一場次，每年6場次，擴大為每月1場次，計12場次，每個月都有請大師來演講，今年更將辦理範圍擴大至彰化縣八大生活圈（彰化市、田中鎮、北斗鎮、二林鎮、鹿港鎮、溪湖鎮、員林市、和美鎮）巡迴舉辦，希望將書香風氣向下扎根，讓鄉親們能夠就近親近大師，歡迎所有鄉親共襄盛舉。
 除劇場表演藝術家馮翊綱外，今年講座還有旅遊文學作家張國立、實力派演說家高志斌、新聞主播眭澔平、生動詼諧書寫大自然的苦苓、自然觀察作家劉克襄、編劇小說家楊富閔、大學校長李家同、心靈勵志作家戴晨志、形象管理專家陳麗卿、專職作家駱以軍、長期關注自然教育的親子專家李偉文等各行各業的講師，演講主題涵蓋戲劇、飲食、旅行、自然生態教育、文學寫作、衣著美學等多元領域，透過講師分享人生經歷與生活撇步，開闊民眾的眼界，讓閱讀及學習更有趣味。
 參加講座即可獲得神秘小禮物，還有機會獲得該場講師親筆簽名著作。另外，只要參加3場次，可獲一次摸彩機會，獎品有電視、烤箱、抱枕等共246個獎品，將分別於第6場次(6/7)及第12場次(12/13)抽出。
 今年系列講座很精彩，歡迎大家從不同的角度來聽各講者分享他們獨特的見解。詳情請上文化局網站「最新消息」(http://www.bocach.gov.tw)查詢。


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參考消息網1月12日報導 外媒稱，路透對外匯分析師進行最新調查結果顯示，美元在過去兩年主導匯市交易后，2020年仍將保持這一地位。

路透社1月10日報導，在被問到匯率整體走勢時，多數對現匯匯率作出預估的分析師仍認為，歐元在年底前可能小幅上漲；不過幾乎沒有人稱，美元穩固的市場主導地位將很快削弱。

報導稱，這種觀點部分緣於最近美國和伊朗之間的緊張形勢加劇，投資者湧入日元等避險資產，扶助日元1月8日觸及三個月高點。

儘管分析師2019年不斷唱衰美元，但美元兌主要貨幣在2019年並未下跌。目前預計美元至少還將走強六個月。

在1月6日至9日接受路透社訪問並回答了一個額外問題的57名分析師中，約60%的人表示，美元將繼續主導市場6月至12個月，或者超過一年。

去年此時，逾60%受訪分析師預測稱美元的漲勢已經停滯。

「你的預測值是一回事，你的信念水平又是另外一回事，我覺得你可以聽出來我的信心相當弱。」丹麥盛寶銀行匯率策略主管約翰·哈迪說，去年底匯率劇烈震蕩令匯市基本沒有方向可循。

然而，有鑑於美國經濟今年增長料將溫和，同時其他經濟體的增長料將走出谷底，美元的光芒可能略顯消退。

「我們不是在告訴投資者脫手並且去買歐元。我們是要告訴投資者，美國與歐洲的表現將趨於一致，所有數據的初步跡象都表明歐洲正在企穩。」花旗全球宏觀和資產配置分析師傑米·費伊說。

不過對於哪一個或哪些貨幣能與美元正面交鋒，分析師並沒有明顯的一致看法。

報導介紹，實際上，這些分析師在被問及今年哪些貨幣表現可能優於美元時，看法基本上分成兩派。

62位分析師中有27位選擇新興市場貨幣，22位分析師選擇發達國家貨幣。另外13位認為可能沒有貨幣能夠取代美元的主導地位。

歐元有潛力讓強勢美元失色，不過歐元處境艱困，過去兩年下跌近7%。

不過分析師仍預期，歐元六個月後料上漲約2%至1.13美元（1美元約合6.94元人民幣）附近，全年料上漲近4%，以1.15美元收尾。歐元/美元1月9日報在1.11美元左右。但這很大程度將取決於歐元區經濟體的表現。

「如果美國因為本國經濟增長面臨嚴重下行壓力、全球增長也同樣疲弱，而不得不降息的話，那就更難說歐元會有任何實質反彈了。」西太平洋銀行宏觀策略師蒂姆·里德爾表示。

countries: 美國 伊朗 丹麥

taiwan-subdivisions: 太平 新興

title: 外媒：料走強，美元或將主導2020年匯市走勢


content_text: 記者2020年1月11日從北京新發地市場獲悉，2019年新發地各類農副產品總交易量達1749萬噸，總交易額達1319億元。新發地董事長張玉璽透露，2020年，新發地將在本市新增100家超市(便利店)及50輛社區直通車，同時擴建東南亞國家等海外進口水果種植基地至50萬畝，此舉預計將降低榴槤、香蕉、西瓜等進口水果的價格。（新京報）...

title: 新發地2020年將新增100家超市 擴大產品基地建設


title: 龍頭房企銷售增速放緩 地產行業去槓桿效果明顯

content_text: 2019年，在「房住不炒」的政策主基調下，「穩地價、穩房價、穩預期」的目標有序推進，房地產行業整體規模增速較前兩年已明顯放緩。從各大市場機構發佈的銷售榜單來看，2019年規模房企的增長速度明顯下降，房企整體目標完成率水平也逐年降低。各梯隊房企競爭格局進一步分化，行業集中度繼續提升。（中國經營網）...


countries: 加拿大 伊拉克 巴西 挪威 美國 伊朗 委內瑞拉

title: 國際能源署預計供應過剩、需求疲軟將抑制油價上漲

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新浪美股1月12日訊 國際能源署（International Energy Agency）署長法提赫-比羅爾（Fatih Birol）說，儘管最近出現了波動，但由於需求減弱和更多原油進入市場的前景，油價不太可能大幅上漲。

比羅爾在阿布扎比舉行的一次能源會議上接受採訪時表示，「如果沒有重大的意外事件發生，我認為油價不會大幅上漲，因為市場上有大量石油。而且需求不是很強勁。」

自年初以來，由於美國和伊朗之間的衝突以及最近伊拉克的動蕩，油價經歷了劇烈波動。比羅爾說，由於全球供應過剩，中東緊張局勢和委內瑞拉經濟危機等近期事件帶來的利好並沒有持續下去。他說，更多來自巴西、挪威和加拿大等非歐佩克國家的石油正在路上。

比羅爾說，防止油價飆升符合產油國的利益。他指出，世界無法承受每桶100美元的油價。「價格上漲對已經處於脆弱狀態的世界經濟增長非常不利，」他表示。


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新浪財經訊 1月12日消息，經中國銀保監會批准，「加快農業保險高質量發展論壇」昨日在天津舉行。中國銀保監會副主席梁濤出席論壇並致辭。

梁濤指出，我國農業保險的市場規模迅速擴大，保障作用有效發揮，轉型升級持續提速，監管能力不斷強化，取得了顯著成效。他強調，要以《關於加快農業保險高質量發展的指導意見》為統領，堅持把增強農民獲得感作為優先目標，貫徹新發展理念作為戰略基點，深化改革作為強勁動力，激勵相容作為有效機制，良好的市場環境作為重要基礎。他表示，銀保監會將重點抓好優化農業保險監管基礎制度，深化農業保險供給側結構性改革，夯實農業保險工作基礎，持續加強監管能力建設等工作，加快推進農業保險高質量發展。

在會上，銀保監局代表表示將紮實推動農業保險轉型高質量發展，服務脫貧攻堅，助力鄉村振興，全面全方位的服務國家糧食安全戰略。保險公司代表表示將深入貫徹《農業保險高質量發展指導意見》，踐行國家鄉村振興戰略，打造「二元主體」產品體系，推深做實「擴面、提標、增品」及科技賦能，推動實現農業保險高質量發展。

長期從事農險研究的首都經貿易大學保險系教授、農村保險研究所所長庹國柱提出要逐步實現監管對象全面化，監管規則細緻化和監管隊伍專業化。南開大學農業保險研究中心主任江生忠對農業保險的「中國方案」做了深入評析，並進一步分析了農業保險高質量發展的內涵與要求。中國農業科學院農業風險管理研究中心主任張峭提出要通過強基礎、補短板，營環境來夯實農業保險高質量發展的基礎。

中國銀行保險信息技術管理有限公司介紹了在數據彙集、引入和共享渠道搭建方面取得的成效，提出大數據的行業價值已得到了初步體現，並表示要在協調、共享方面加強數據應用。

農業是國民經濟的基礎，也是典型的高風險產業。農業保險作為分散農業生產經營風險的重要手段，被世界各國普遍採用。2007年，中央財政農業保險保費補貼試點首先在內蒙古、吉林、江蘇、湖南、新疆和四川六省啟動，並逐步推向全國，這一政策極大的推動了我國農業保險的發展。2012年11月發佈的《農業保險條例》規範了農業保險活動，提高了農業生產抗風險能力，促進農業保險事業的健康發展。農業保險保費收入從2007年的51.8億元直線升高到2018年的572.65億元，預計2019年能達到680億元左右。提供風險保障從2007年的1126億元增加到2019年的3.6萬億元。服務農戶從4981萬戶次增長到1.8億戶次。我國農業保險已成為僅次於美國的全球第二大農業保險市場，在貫徹落實中央強農惠農富農政策、推進現代農業發展、保障國家糧食安全、穩定農民收入等方面發揮了重要作用。

2019年5月29日，經中央全面深化改革委員會第八次會議審議並原則同意《關於加快農業保險高質量發展的指導意見》，該文件於9月19日由財政部、農業農村部、銀保監會和林草局四部委聯合下發。這是繼《農業保險條例》頒布實施之後我國發展政策性農業保險的又一重要的綱領性文件，也標誌著我國的農業保險將逐漸步入高質量發展階段。

參加論壇的還有來自財政部、農業農村部、國家林草局、銀行保險監管部門、地方政府、保險業界和學界的代表共200餘人。本次論壇由中國保險學會和南開大學農業保險研究中心共同承辦。

countries: 美國 中國

title: 梁濤：從四方面為農業保險創造寬鬆監管環境


taiwan-subdivisions: 大里 大里區

title: 大里托嬰中心將開幕　1/13起受理登記

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大里首座公設民營托嬰中心將於1月15日開幕， 預計收托52名0至2歲嬰幼兒，市府社會局表示， 1月13日起至31日止受理招生，春節期間( 1月23日至1月29日)不受理報名， 1月21日上午10時30分舉行招生說明會， 提供家長多元收托資訊。

社會局表示， 公設民營大里托嬰中心設置於台中市兒童青少年福利服務中心1樓( 台中市大里區新光路32號)，採日間收托， 預計收托52名嬰幼兒， 收托時間為週一至週五上午8時至下午6時，每月收取托育費7, 000元，並協助家長申請托育費用補助。

社會局指出，凡設籍台中市0至2歲嬰幼兒， 其父母或監護人一方設籍於台中市，且符合收托資格者， 均可報名登記，若申請收托嬰幼兒超過收托名額， 將於2月3日上午9時進行抽籤，洽詢電話04- 24831701、04-24831901。


countries: 新加坡 智利 墨西哥

title: 中央氣象局  國際各主要都市天氣預報

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預 報 都 市 天 氣 氣溫(攝氏)

＊東京 多雲 ４ － ９ ＊大阪 雨天 ６ － １１ ＊首爾 陰天 -３ － ３ ＊曼谷 陰天 ２７ － ３４ ＊雅加達 雨天 ２５ － ３１ ＊吉隆坡 雨天 ２５ － ３３ ＊新加坡 雨天 ２５ － ３０ ＊馬尼拉 雨天 ２５ － ３０ ＊加德滿都 晴天 ６ － １６ ＊胡志明市 陰天 ２４ － ３２ ＊河內 雨天 １７ － ２３ ＊新德里 多雲 ７ － １９ ＊伊斯坦堡 雨天 ６ － ９ ＊莫斯科 陰天 -４ － １ ＊海參威 多雲 -１４ － -１０ ＊伯力 陰天 -２１ － -１４ ＊關島 雨天 ２６ － ２９ ＊檀香山 雨天 ２４ － ２７ ＊洛杉磯 晴天 １０ － １５ ＊舊金山 陰天 ７ － １２ ＊西雅圖 下雪 -１ － ７ ＊拉斯維加斯 陰天 ３ － １１ ＊紐約 雨天 １１ － １６ ＊芝加哥 下雪 -７ － -１ ＊華盛頓特區 雨天 １２ － ２０ ＊邁阿密 雨天 ２３ － ２７ ＊多倫多 下雪 -７ － １ ＊溫哥華 下雪 -７ － ２ ＊蒙特婁 下雪 -１２ － -１０ ＊墨西哥城 多雲 １１ － ２２ ＊里約 雨天 ２７ － ３３ ＊布宜諾斯艾利斯 陰天 ２１ － ２６ ＊聖地牙哥（智利） 晴天 １６ － ３２ ＊利馬 陰天 ２１ － ２５ ＊奧斯陸 陰天 １ － ８ ＊阿姆斯特丹 雨天 ５ － ９ ＊馬德里 晴天 -３ － ９ ＊里斯本 晴天 ６ － １２ ＊哥本哈根 雨天 ４ － ６ ＊赫爾辛基 雨天 ２ － ７ ＊法蘭克福 陰天 ０ － ６ ＊柏林 陰天 ０ － ７ ＊日內瓦 多雲 -１ － ８ ＊布魯塞爾 陰天 ３ － ８ ＊倫敦 雨天 ７ － １２ ＊巴黎 陰天 ３ － ８ ＊維也納 多雲 ０ － ６ ＊羅馬 晴天 ３ － １２ ＊威尼斯 晴天 １ － ７ ＊斯德哥爾摩 雨天 ３ － ９ ＊布達佩斯 晴天 -１ － ５ ＊雅典 雨天 ８ － １３ ＊華沙 陰天 １ － ５ ＊布拉格 陰天 -２ － ４ ＊約翰尼斯堡 陰天 １７ － ２７ ＊開羅 陰天 ９ － １６ ＊威靈頓 陰天 １７ － ２０ ＊奧克蘭 晴天 １４ － ２３ ＊墨爾本 陰天 １２ － ２１ ＊雪梨 雨天 １９ － ２１ ＊伯斯 晴天 ２０ － ３３ ＊布里斯班 雨天 ２２ － ２７


title: 彰化「農婦」哭哭！出奇招投吳怡農一票 下場笑翻

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2020-01-12 01:30:02

〔記者劉曉欣／彰化報導〕彰化竟然出現「吳怡農」的選票？原來是支持吳怡農的「農婦」為了想投吳怡農一票，特別「有備而來」，在第一選區的選票上「加工」，完成一個「農婦」的心願，只是，這張票當然也被宣布是廢票。

這張堅持票投吳怡農的選票，出現在和群國中投票所，由於開票時，每張選票都會對外亮相，這張廢票讓人雙眼為之一亮，選務人員全都笑了出來。

這張廢票經過精心加工，在原本的選票貼上從選舉公報影印下來的吳怡農照片，堅持在吳怡農的照片旁蓋上戳印，就是要完成「農婦」心願。

而這張選票當然被視為廢票，只是吳怡農最後落選，在場看到這張廢票的人都覺得，這位「農婦」一定難過到心都碎了！


taiwan-subdivisions: 基隆 中和區 萬華 新北市 萬華區

title: 女華僑分屍案》疑遭暗戀男子分屍肢解 警方火速緝兇

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2020-01-12 00:53:58

〔記者劉慶侯／台北報導〕25歲的馬來西亞籍鄧姓女子遭殺害分屍棄屍案，台北市警萬華分局初步查證，疑是遭與她分租公寓林姓中年房客所殺害。

警方表示，林男目前在台北市萬華區的中央果菜市場工作，在案發後曾租用車輛，將鄧女的屍身裝箱後，載住基隆山區產業道路棄置。

北市警萬華分局6日接到報案協尋後，經調閱監視畫面，發現林嫌租用小型車輛，將紙箱等大型物件，自公寓搬下後駛離。

警方一路根據監視畫面追蹤，發現出現在基隆山區的產業道路，經警方循線追查，意外的在一處邊坡發現鄧女已遭切割的屍塊。

警方隨後針對林男租住處進行蒐證，發現他的住處浴室曾被清理過，現場瀰漫著松香水及殺蟲劑氣味，警方初判林男是在自己住處中肢解分屍死者。

警方目前追查林男下落，發現對方最後的出沒地點在新北市中和區，現全面追緝中。


taiwan-subdivisions: 基隆 萬華 樹林

title: 女華僑分屍案》鄰居浴室疑為支解現場 充斥松香水氣味

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2020-01-12 01:10:37

〔記者王冠仁／台北報導〕26歲馬來西亞籍鄧姓女華僑，昨（11日）中午被警方發現她遭人殺害分屍，棄置在基隆山區。鄧女原本在台北市萬華租屋居住，她與家人失聯多日，家人找上警方求助；警方事後發現與鄧住在同棟樓、涉有重嫌的44歲林姓男子消失無蹤，警方曾進入林屋內查看，發現他浴室內瀰漫松香水氣味，不排除浴室就是鄧被分屍的第一現場。

本月6日，鄧女的林姓表哥向警方報案，指稱居住在台北市富民街一處民宅5樓出租套房的鄧女，失聯多日。警方獲報後調閱監視器畫面追查，發現鄧返家後就沒再外出，且44歲林姓男房客不久後就抱著2個大紙箱外出，還驅車前往基隆一帶。

警方沿線調閱監視器畫面追查，昨中午在基隆山區的產業道路旁樹林中，發現裝有鄧女屍塊的紙箱。

據悉，鄧的屍塊被棉被包裹，四肢與軀幹分別被裝入2個紙箱，且屍塊被發現時已腐爛發臭。

警方懷疑林「人間蒸發」涉有重嫌，事後前往他住處內查看；他住處浴室內被打掃得十分乾淨，甚至可以聞到松香水的殘留氣味。警方不排除林就是在浴室內將鄧支解，事後再以松香水詳細清除殘餘血跡。

據了解，鄧平時從事餐飲業，上班地點在台北車站附近，她工作認真、為人和善，工作表現深受肯定，也與同事相處融洽。

警方說，林有多起竊盜前科，在住處附近果菜失場工作，他也在富民街租屋居住，恰好是鄧的同棟鄰居，他對鄧有好感，疑曾向她搭訕被拒。目前警方雖然鎖定林身分，但他下落不明，警方不排除他可能四處逃亡或畏罪自殺，正全力追緝。


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2020-01-12 00:43:55

〔記者顏宏駿／彰化報導〕彰化縣立委第三選區（北斗、二林、溪湖）由國民黨的謝衣鳳勝選，這也是國民黨在彰化唯一的一席，謝衣鳳頂著經濟學博士的光環，又有派系組織票作後援，成功擊敗尋求連任的民進黨對手洪宗熠。

國民黨濁水溪以南全軍覆沒，謝衣鳳算是為藍營守住濁水溪天險，也為媽媽鄭汝芬報到4年前的一劍之仇，她不僅是國民黨縱貫線「最南方」的立委，也是彰化唯一的一席國黨立委，原本國民黨立委是鹿港區的柯呈枋，但柯呈枋連任失利，敗給民進黨的陳秀寶，彰化這席由謝衣鳳保住。

謝衣鳳11日勝選時表示，她的勝利是「年輕人返鄉」肯定她的政見，記者問她此刻最想做什麼，謝衣鳳不假思索說「想吃辣」，原來愛吃辣的她，為了嗓音，選舉近一年來不敢碰辣，她說，今晚終於可以吃大辣。

people: 洪宗熠 鄭汝芬

taiwan-subdivisions: 成功 彰化 鹿港 二林 彰化縣 溪湖 北斗

title: 為國民黨守住「最南」防線！謝衣鳳復仇成功：最想吃辣


countries: 中國 台灣

people: 楊鎮浯 陳玉珍

taiwan-subdivisions: 和平 金門縣 金門

title: 楊鎮浯對選舉結果失望：盼民進黨務實看待兩岸和平發展

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2020-01-12 01:00:38

〔記者吳正庭／金門報導〕2020年大選結果揭曉，金門縣長楊鎮浯11日晚間說，對於台灣的選舉結果感到非常失望，期盼民進黨政府贏得勝利後，能務實看待兩岸應該有的一個和平發展的道路；兩岸在發展過程中，需要一起坐下來談，讓老百姓過得更好，這才是全國之福。

楊鎮浯說，恭喜陳玉珍蟬聯立委，未來不管在中央，還是地方事務上，縣府團隊都會跟陳玉珍立委的團隊密切合作，因為緊接著就會面臨到春節疏運的問題，這問題需要攜手合作才能順利完成；還有很多政策的爭取，也都需要攜手為金門努力。

楊鎮浯說，身為國民黨員，看到台灣這樣的選舉結果非常失望，但失望之餘，也體認到整個環境一定會更加艱苦，特別金門處在兩岸之間，有很多是需要靠兩岸之間才有求取發展的機會。希望民進黨在贏得勝利後，能夠務實的來看待兩岸應該有的1個和平發展的道路。

楊鎮浯說，相信國民黨經過這次選舉，應該知道有哪些不足的地方要深自檢討；同時也看到整個選舉結構的改變，整個民心的走向趨勢，已經反映得非常清楚。

楊鎮浯說，特別是在兩岸的部分，在整個大勢底定之後，兩岸可能會出現非常嚴峻的情況。執政黨連任，務實的面對兩岸關係應該有的正常狀態，是執政黨刻不容緩應該做的事。

楊鎮浯說，無法預期兩岸關係是否會繼續限縮，選舉既然已經過了，不管是民進黨或是中國當局，兩岸關係絕不能再有選舉的考量跟操作，這是全民所期待的。


taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 高雄市 員林

events: 敗選 參選

people: 韓國瑜 蔡英文

title: 韓國瑜掉28萬票 林智鴻：高雄人教訓「落跑市長」

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2020-01-12 01:05:35

〔記者陳文嬋／高雄報導〕總統大選結果出爐，國民黨總統候選人韓國瑜最後以552萬票大敗，他身為高雄市長，在高雄只拿下61萬票，得票數「倒退嚕」，不如前年參選市長得票數，還一口氣掉了28萬票，高雄人是一吐怨氣，要給「落跑市長」教訓。

國民黨總統候選人韓國瑜前年參選高雄市長，拿下89萬票贏得勝選，不過2020總統大選結果出爐，他身為高雄市長，卻只在高雄拿下61萬票，得票數明顯「倒退嚕」。

民進黨議員林智鴻表示，總統蔡英文這次在高雄得票數破百萬，創下歷史新高，反觀韓國瑜棄市民於不顧，得票數不增反減，就是高雄人覺醒了。

林智鴻說，韓國瑜大輸蔡英文，選票還掉了28萬票，就是高雄人一吐怨氣，要給「落跑市長」教訓，尤其韓國瑜的敗選感言，竟說週一回高雄上班，就是坐實了把高雄當備胎。


taiwan-subdivisions: 八德 北區 北屯 成功

events: 選舉 反送中 參選

countries: 香港 台灣

people: 盧秀燕 沈智慧 蔡英文 曾朝榮 賴清德 劉國隆 許淑華 林佳龍 韓國瑜

title: 攻破盧秀燕不敗之地 莊競程這樣打敗沈智慧

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2020-01-12 01:20:00

〔記者蔡淑媛／台中報導〕台中市立委第五選區（北屯、北區）是藍營傳統票倉，由盧秀燕擔任立委20年，一直是民進黨艱困選區，這次徵召39歲台大醫工博士、交大助理教授莊競程，挑戰國民黨老將、現任立委沈智慧，莊競程素人參選，但年輕、專業、有衝勁，投入選戰僅4個月，勤跑基層、務實政見，訴求成功抗中保台發酵，加上舅舅市議員曾朝榮服務基層扎實、國民黨分裂、韓流消退、香港反送中事件影響，台中投票率7成6創新高，催出中間選民與年輕人選票，最後以11萬4738得票數、得票率44.63％，打敗對手1萬966票（42.58％），獲得空前勝利，成功翻轉北北屯。

第五選區參選爆炸，9人競逐，國民親民等4黨加入戰局，但仍是藍綠對決，莊競程由交通部長林佳龍擔任競總主委操盤，曾朝榮為召集人，莊競程個人條件優秀，民進黨府院黨高層數度站台，蔡英文、賴清德也分別四度親自輔選，拉抬聲勢，加上綠營基本盤穩固，聲勢急起直追。

莊競程以年輕、專業形象，一波波空、陸選舉攻勢，民進黨喊出抗中保台及3票顧台灣，莊競程也發起下架親中立委、公開對手在立院問政品質、上億債務問題，選民人心思變，加上總統蔡英文大贏韓國瑜，發揮母雞帶小雞影響力，莊競程選前呈現五五波的拉鋸戰，極有可能翻盤，最後催票成功，光榮北北屯，戰役打得辛苦，非常不容易。

第五選區是藍營票倉，選民結構為6比4，市長盧秀燕連任六屆立委選區，今年1月立委補選交棒沈智慧，以49230票勝出，得票率57.78％，王義川則是32903票，得票率38.62％，雙方差距約1萬5000票，投票率是歷年台中市立委補選投票率最低。而2016年劉國隆以台聯黨身分，代表泛綠披掛出征，獲得8萬4117票、得票率39.96％，以2萬4329票敗給盧秀燕的10萬8446票、得票率51.51％，莊競程這次以5200多票、2％差距獲勝。

沈智慧曾任6屆立委，今年立委補選以盧秀燕接班人、找韓國瑜女兒韓冰、立委許淑華助選，韓流助她風光重返政壇，這次再度爭取連任，競選策略強打聯合韓國瑜競選，但韓流已經失效，又打出恢復四維八德、加強毒品及酒駕、大客車肇事罰責為訴求，雖然眷村票做後盾，面對綠營凌厲攻勢，大多冷處理，輕估情勢，大意失荊州，仍以傳統選舉固椿，發現選情危急時打出搶救牌，已經大勢已去，來不及。


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賴品妤在自行宣布當選前就有消息傳出她宣布當選，還有支持民眾「提早放鞭炮」，讓她只能在臉書上崩潰地發文「闢謠」，而宣布當選後，她也在臉書上PO出成為立法委員的自介，並附上Cosplay辣照。（圖擷自賴品妤臉書）

2020-01-12 00:52:58

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕民進黨新北市第12選區立委候選人賴品妤在第10屆立委選舉中險勝國民黨立委候選人李永萍，不過在她鬆口前就有消息傳出她即將宣布當選，還有支持民眾「提早放鞭炮」，讓她只能在臉書上崩潰地發文「闢謠」，而正式宣布當選後，她也在臉書上PO出成為立法委員的自介，並附上Cosplay辣照。

賴品妤在這次立委選舉中獲得84393票，險勝國民黨立委候選人李永萍的81613票，不過在她自行宣布當選前，就有競選總部「爆雷」，導致宣布當選的消息流出，讓她急忙在臉書上連發動態「我還沒當選啦！大家等我一下」、「我真的還沒當選！總部外的鄉親不要一直瘋狂放鞭炮啦！」。

最後她在7點55分自行宣布當選，也在臉書上PO出自介「各位朋友大家好，我是新北市第十二選區立法委員賴品妤，未來四年請多指教」，並附上在汐止拱北殿拍的Cosplay照片，照片中她扮成「火星仙子」，白皙腿根直接露出，相當火辣。

許多網友看了笑翻了，紛紛留言表示「上任第一時間就被爆雷，工作人員表示計劃通」、「自行宣布當選也算是一種爆雷行為」、「第一次被爆雷齁、「\爆雷委員/\爆雷委員/\爆雷委員/」、「換你被爆雷了」。

賴品妤臉書全文

references: 網友 臉書

taiwan-subdivisions: 新北市 汐止

title: 宣布當選前就被「爆雷」！賴品妤崩潰闢謠再辣露腿根


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2020-01-12 01:04:09

〔記者陳璟民／台北報導〕外傳鴻海集團創辦人郭台銘為這次大選結果不如他的預期，鴻海集團大數據辦公室主任高虹安雖當選民眾黨不分區立委，但郭董顧慮高虹安未來可能沒辦法執行他的意志，氣得要她退出民眾黨等，高虹安今天凌晨受訪表示，不知這些傳聞從何而來。

高虹安說，昨天下午就到民眾黨計票直播會場，黨主席柯文哲晚上約9點演說及受訪之後先離場，她因趕著數日前就約好10點要上電視台節目，所以9點出頭也離開會場，才會在民眾黨不分區立委名單第五名的蔡壁如確定上榜，5席準立委要合照時，沒有她在內。

至於郭台銘本人跟幕僚，高虹安說，昨天開票後到深夜，根本沒有人打給她，她也還沒跟郭董直接回報當選、討論選情結果等，更未聽聞郭董有生氣、要她退出民眾黨等情況，傳言根本是子虛烏有。

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people: 高虹安 柯文哲 蔡壁如


taiwan-subdivisions: 成功 高雄市 三民區

references: PTT 臉書 網友

title: 電影後製成立委「掃街就被笑」！陳柏惟扳倒台中海線…深夜感性直播：給我一點時間

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▲陳柏惟發表勝選感言。（圖／翻攝陳柏惟臉書）

記者柯振中／綜合報導

2020總統、立委選舉結果11日晚間出爐，台中市第二選區立委由台灣基進的陳柏惟勝選。陳柏惟晚間開直播指出，他的案例是「素人也能打破政治勢力」的最好應證，透過努力、勇敢與打拼，終於辦到這點；他同時也預告，自己會寫一篇「很長很長」的文章來感謝眾人，要大家拭目以待，「但是還要給我一點時間。」

台中市第二選區普遍被外界認為是艱困選區，陳柏惟的勝選不僅讓網友嗨翻，更被稱為「扳倒海線顏家」的創舉。對此，陳柏惟表示，他原以為自己是最大的砲灰，沒想到成更淹過消波塊，贏得選戰。

陳柏惟晚間感性開直播說明，他之所以會成功，是因為勇敢、努力以及打拼，用這些特質感動了選民，得到了民眾的肯定，才能拿下立委席次，「那你是不是可以想想，你們也可以透過勇敢、努力、打拼來克服一切，克服工作上的困難。」

▲陳柏惟指出，自己是素人也能打破政治勢力的最佳應證。（圖／翻攝陳柏惟臉書）

陳柏惟說，他是「素人也能打破政治勢力」的最佳應證，如果台灣民眾以他身上擁有的特質來面對工作，台灣一定會煥然一新。此外，他提到，這次能夠贏得選戰，要感謝的人真的太多，不只有團隊、志工與幹部，「我想要全面來感謝這些人。」

「但是還要給我一點時間。」陳柏惟最後強調，為了不留下遺憾，也不遺漏任何人，他接下來會打一篇「很長很長」的感謝文，來謝謝這段時間支持他的所有人，「3Q，I love you！」

對於陳柏惟的勝利，一名網友在PTT上指出，陳柏惟會當選「根本不是奇蹟」，從投入台中選區開始，陳柏惟不斷被嘲諷，但仍堅定步伐，不斷上街拜票，站在路口，後期才成功營造氣勢，「X，能選贏顏家絕對絕對絕對不是奇蹟，而是一步一腳印努力下來的！！」

根據維基百科的資料，陳柏惟原先是「電影後期製作」的工作者，曾擔任電影後期製作、特效部專案經理、立體視覺總監等職務，曾參與製作多部知名電影，2017年底加入台灣基進後，代表參選高雄市三民區議員。2019年8月5日參選台中市第二選區立委，正面挑戰顏寬恒。

►「2020愛妳愛妳」～超殺新年禮盒來了！


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▲2020總統立委大選11日落幕，國民黨候選人韓國瑜以552萬多票輸給蔡英文。（圖／記者林敬旻攝）

記者趙蔡州／綜合報導

2020總統立委大選11日落幕，國民黨候選人韓國瑜以552萬多票，輸給民進黨候選人蔡英文8,17萬多票，總票數輸了近265萬票，光高雄市就輸了48萬票。對此就有網友發現，只要高雄市長當到一半想落跑（或落跑成功），高雄人就會用選票教訓該市長，甚至提出相關數據證明，文章立刻引發網友討論。

網友在批踢踢以「高雄人連續三次教訓落跑市長」為題表示，謝長廷2005年先轉任行政院長、2008年宣布競選總統，結果高雄市以44萬票輸給馬英九46萬票；陳菊2018年轉任總統府秘書長後，民進黨在同年的高雄市長選舉也失利，陳其邁以74萬票輸給韓國瑜89票。

▲網友表示，「藍綠XX繼續把高雄當跳板，就等著被高雄人教訓吧。」（圖／翻攝自批踢踢）

網友表示，現在韓國瑜想要選中華民國總統，結果被高雄人狠狠教訓，高雄市僅拿下61萬多票，輸給蔡英文109萬多票，光一個高雄市就輸了「近48萬票」相當慘烈，讓原PO忍不住感嘆，「藍綠XX再繼續把高雄當跳板，就等著被高雄人教訓吧。」

文章分享後引起網友熱烈討論，有人說「高雄市長真的不能亂跑唉」、「你沒有說，我都沒有發現唉」、「為啥高雄的特別愛落跑」、「說明高雄就是跳板而已」、「相比之下，台北真的都乖乖做到完」、「高雄有這麼讓人待不下去嗎」、「難怪今天高雄的月亮特別亮，終於開眼了。」

people: 謝長廷 蔡英文 馬英九 韓國瑜 陳其邁 陳菊

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 成功 高雄市

title: 高雄人連續3次教訓「落跑市長」　他提數據驚曝：別把高雄當跳板


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▲2020宋楚瑜開票之夜，宋楚瑜致詞與謝票。（圖／記者周宸亘攝，下同）

文／楊亞璇

2020大選落幕，親民黨總統候選人宋楚瑜落選，創黨21年來的親民黨拿下3.6%政黨票，首次在立委席次上掛零，即使鴻海創辦人郭台銘相助，最後成績依然不盡人意，宋楚瑜的「終局之戰」真的會「終橘」嗎？

回顧宋楚瑜投入參選過程，他原先屬意交接給台北市長柯文哲，豈料柯文哲在8月籌組台灣民眾黨並擔任黨主席，為延續親民黨的生命、鞏固政黨票，宋楚瑜只好親征總統大選，在去年11月13日宣佈角逐2020總統，而宋當時也誓稱這是「終局之戰」。

不過以選舉結果來看，宋楚瑜的參選，無法挽救親民黨的頹勢。宋一宣布參選，隨即遭到外界譏為「每四年就會出現一次」的宋省長，了無新意，況且在時間上已來不及為局勢加溫，當時的藍綠兩黨在歷經半年以上的黨內初選廝殺到確定候選人，早已讓選戰升溫，宋楚瑜的參戰幾乎是壓線宣布，起步比對手晚太多，難以造勢，成為一大劣勢。

儘管宋楚瑜在選戰期間包括政見會、辯論會中，時不時批評韓蔡、酸藍綠，但幾乎遭到對手「冷處理」，完全激不起火花，在民進黨所打的「亡國感」與國民黨的「亡國瑜感」兩極對立下，完全沒有宋楚瑜的容身之處，慘遭邊緣化。

在時間上來不及布局之下，親民黨不走藍綠兩黨傳統的陸戰方式，改走溫馨路線，無論是不分區候選人環台送愛，亦或是宋楚瑜、余湘多次造訪社福機構，什麼活動都沒曝光度，喪失議題主導權，再加上資源遠不及兩大黨，唯一的大造勢只有選前之夜一場，如此「佛系戰法」更是難以衝出氣勢。

知情人士分析，2016年親民黨走中間偏綠路線，吸納不少中間選民，拿下157萬選票，得票率12.83%，但宋楚瑜4年來沒有積極耕耘，加上親民黨在立法院沒有特別表現，地方服務也難以伸展，黨內抱持著「小黨做小事」心態，走小黨格局，如今親民黨路線隨著宋楚瑜對兩岸立場的搖擺，宋楚瑜的政治形象也已隨時間逝去漸漸削弱，根本無法將2016年的氣勢延續至2020。

這次宋楚瑜理應作為母雞帶領著小雞衝政黨票，但在宋的聲勢大不如前，即便有總統候選人的親民黨，聲量甚至不及

才成軍5個月、由柯文哲所帶領的民眾黨，何況今年小黨林立，民眾黨的磁吸效應，更加稀釋了第三勢力的政黨票。

因此當郭台銘被期待扮演另一隻母雞的角色，成為親民黨的救援投手，不分區名單中出現「郭家軍」時，確實是亮點，只是儘管郭台銘極力拉抬，但因為郭台銘本身不參選總統、也未名列在不分區名單中，再加上郭台銘支持者與國民黨重疊，郭初選落馬之後不少郭粉已陸續回歸，初選時的「老虎軍團」也不如過往凝結，真正「鋼鐵郭粉」恐怕早已為數不多。

▲2020親民黨選前之夜，郭台銘跟宋楚瑜合體。（圖／記者周宸亘攝）

再加上郭台銘在民眾黨及親民黨「雙押寶」的如意算盤，被柯文哲以「商人」一說輕易瓦解，郭台銘遭外界質疑是在「併購」親民黨，大舉消弱郭台銘在親民黨所扮演的母雞角色，種種政治盤算，都讓選民難以買單，郭宋合作如此大膽的政治實驗，證明郭台銘的政治實力，沒有想像中強大。

最終親民黨在立院沒有留下半席，宋楚瑜也成為親民黨最後一位政治明星，但每張票50元的政黨補助款，對親民黨而言，是再一次延續政黨生命的機會，「終局之戰」的宋楚瑜會不會真的「終橘」？親民黨是否就此泡沬？只剩一口氣的親民黨，在2022年地方選舉之前，應可看出端倪。

events: 敗選 選舉 參選

people: 宋楚瑜 柯文哲

title: 宋楚瑜敗選關鍵分析／親民黨21年立委首度掛零　終局之戰真的「終橘」？


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記者柯沛辰／新北報導

新北市第12選區民進黨立委候選人賴品妤大勝票，回顧5年前太陽花學運，她用雙手力阻立法院議場大門，獲得「太陽花女戰神」的封號；5年後她接受民進黨徵召，意外在參選記者會上一頭栽入麥克風，結果一夕爆紅，如今不僅是這次區域選戰中的大黑馬，也是國會最年輕的立委。

新北第12選區包含汐止、金山、萬里、瑞芳、平溪、雙溪、貢寮區，又稱「七星區」，由於現任立委黃國昌不競選，該選區形成7搶1局面，除了話題滿點的賴品妤，其中又以國民黨政壇老將李永萍、黃國昌子弟兵賴嘉倫最受矚目，選情可說是充滿挑戰。

▲賴品妤險勝李永萍2780票，以黑馬之姿勝出。（合成圖／ETtoday資料照）

原先外界對賴品妤持保留態度，因為李永萍先後經歷台北市副市長、台北市文化局長等職，行政經驗豐富，加上賴嘉倫受現任立委黃國昌光環加持。如今開票結果出爐，賴品妤以8萬4393票脫穎而出，擊退8萬1613票的李永萍，賴品妤贏得驚險，也贏得充滿戲劇性，反觀賴嘉倫只拿到1萬3563票，跌破專家眼鏡。

從選區來看，賴品妤首次參選就拔得頭籌，除了拿下金山區、萬里區、雙溪區、貢寮區，人口最多的汐止區也是決勝關鍵；儘管汐止仍由李永萍拿下，但因為近年來年輕家庭遷入、人口結構改變，這次兩人僅差距372票，顯示長期被視為藍營版圖的汐止似乎已悄悄動搖，成為賴品妤的突破口。

回顧選舉期間，賴品妤勇敢做自己，不畏Cosplay被外界拿來作文章，甚至抓準時事議題主動出擊，提出下架吳斯懷主張，並在波特王事件中痛打對手，不僅獲得年輕世代共鳴，更成功以個人特色拚出聲量，凸顯自己與傳統政治人物的差異。

▲賴品妤在記者會上一頭栽進麥克風，一夕橫掃媒體版面。（合成圖／記者黃國霖攝）

27歲的賴品妤1992年出生新北市中和，國立台北大學進修學士班法律系畢業，父親是民進黨前立委賴勁麟，母親則是媒體人吳如萍。17歲那年，賴品妤第一次走上街頭，自此長期關注台灣政治及社會議題，在2013年8月擔任黑色島國青年陣線幹部，獲得「社運女神」、「悍妞」及「太陽花女戰神」封號。

賴品妤參選後，對手一直抨擊她「年輕賣萌」，但她強調自己有參與社運10年的經驗，還在林昶佐身邊當過2年多立委助理，不該將年輕與沒經驗劃上等號，更何況選民根本就不排斥年輕人，即便她理解一定有人會質疑她的年紀，但她想強調的是「我才是一直在第一線的人」。

▲賴品妤甩掉「沒經驗」標籤，強調她參與社運10年，一直身在第一線。（圖／記者李毓康攝）

政見方向上，賴品妤主打汐止區交通政策，主張新台五路及大同路高架化，短期、務實地先疏導車流，不盲喊蓋捷運；至於金山、萬里、瑞芳、平溪、雙溪及貢寮六區，她著眼於人口老化及長照問題，認為首要之務就是升級地方醫院設備，應增加行動醫療區每月定期巡檢。

賴品妤11日晚間發表勝選感言，她是民進黨最晚徵召的候選人，投入選戰的時間很不足，感謝大家給她機會，因為贏得這個選區非常不容易，接下來4年她一定會盡最大努力，也會證明太陽花或女戰神的稱號只是一個標籤，因為她不僅僅是如此，「作為最年輕的立委候選人，我對台灣有夢，我要用年輕的衝勁，證明沒有台灣人辦不到的事情！」

▲▼賴品妤熱愛Cosplay，以個人特色拚出聲量。（圖／翻攝自臉書）

people: 林昶佐 賴勁麟 黃國昌 李永萍 吳斯懷

events: 參選 選舉

taiwan-subdivisions: 汐止區 萬里 雙溪 瑞芳 大同 成功 金山區 新北 萬里區 新北市 汐止 雙溪區 貢寮區 中和 金山 平溪

title: 國會最年輕正妹！27歲賴品妤擊敗老將　汐止區關鍵372票決勝