26 Facts About Hsu Tain-tsair

Hsu Tain-tsair is a Taiwanese politician who served as the mayor of Tainan City from 2001 to 2010.

Hsu Tain-tsair was placed on the blacklist of the Kuomintang and was not allowed to return to Taiwan until 1990.

When Hsu Tain-tsair returned to Taiwan, he joined the Democratic Progressive Party.

Hsu Tain-tsair was nominated to run for the mayor of Tainan and was elected in 2001.

In 2009, Hsu Tain-tsair worked with the Tainan County government to push for a merger that would form a special municipality.

In 1976, Hsu Tain-tsair earned a Master of Economics degree from Chinese Culture University and started teaching banking the next year at the same school.

In 1982, Hsu Tain-tsair went to the United States as an exchange scholar at Columbia University.

In 1990, Hsu Tain-tsair was invited to a meeting by President Lee Teng-hui and returned to Taiwan as a Taiwanese-American professor.

Hsu Tain-tsair started helping members of the World United Formosans for Independence return to Taiwan in 1991.

In 1992, after being nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party, Hsu Tain-tsair was elected to become a member of the Legislative Yuan.

Hsu Tain-tsair lost the election for the office of mayor of Tainan in 1997 and instead became the secretary-general of the New National Coalition shortly after the establishment of the organization.

Hsu Tain-tsair was re-elected legislator in the 1998 legislative election.

Hsu Tain-tsair stepped out of the New National Coalition and rejoined the DPP shortly after his re-election to the Legislative Yuan.

Hsu Tain-tsair was elected mayor of Tainan in 2001 and was re-elected to that post in 2004.

Hsu Tain-tsair worked to help the city profit from historical assets and restore Tainan's former splendor.

Hsu Tain-tsair made 2007 Tainan's "year of culture and tourism" to promote Tainan's tourism attractions.

Hsu Tain-tsair supported a merger between Tainan City and Tainan County to form a special municipality.

In January 2010, Hsu Tain-tsair declared his candidacy in the 2010 municipal election.

Hsu Tain-tsair believes that in order to improve the competitive advantage of Taiwan, the government should review the distribution of resources between northern and southern Taiwan, with the purpose of balancing their development.

Hsu Tain-tsair thinks that the United Nations membership referendum is an important step for democracy.

Hsu Tain-tsair is confident about Tainan being chosen as the location for the new branch because of the transport convenience and academic resources of the region.

Hsu Tain-tsair started a program of having the city's garbage trucks ring out brief English lessons in 2002.

Hsu Tain-tsair promoted the use of eco-friendly chopsticks by requiring government officials and teachers to use their own reusable chopsticks when dining, expressing that the goal of the campaign is to reduce the use of disposable chopsticks by 100,000 pairs per day.

Hsu Tain-tsair believes that Tainan should become a city of international tourism and culture, and he is working towards that purpose.

The Hsu Tain-tsair administration was the first to take action since 1982 when the government became aware of the mercury concentrations.

However, on 10 April 2007, Hsu Tain-tsair was indicted by prosecutors for his alleged involvement in a construction scandal and violations of the Government Procurement Act.