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Candidate for Mayor of Taichung Ho Hsin-chun
Unofficial translation: 「首都格局、台中進擊」 · Slogan source: PChome 新聞 (in Chinese) ↗
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The nominee's three headline policies
Start the MRT Blue Line soon and speed up planning of the airport MRT Orange Line
Transport
What residents worry about: I'm stuck in traffic every day. When will we get an MRT?
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・未來政策 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
捷運藍線儘速動工，加速機場捷運橘線規劃
捷運藍線儘速動工，加速機場捷運橘線核定及規劃設計。
More bus runs and routes, fewer skipped runs and better punctuality
Transport
What residents worry about: Buses keep skipping runs. I wait at the stop forever
Unofficial translation
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增加公車班次與路線，改善脫班和準點率
提升公車服務品質，增加公車班次及路線，改善脫班與準點率問題。
Survey public land to add parking and ease the parking crunch
Transport
What residents worry about: Driving into the city, I circle for ages and can't find a spot
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・未來政策 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
盤點公有土地增設停車空間，改善停車難
全面盤點公有土地，增設公共停車空間，改善市區停車困難問題，並優化市場、商圈周邊交通。
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Double the places in public daycare, quasi-public childcare and classes for 2-year-olds
Childcare
What residents worry about: I can't get a public daycare place, I finish work late, and no one can watch my kid
Unofficial translation
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公托、準公共托育與2歲專班名額倍增
公托、準公共托育及 2 歲專班名額倍增；擴大假日臨托服務、延長夜間托育時段，並鼓勵企業設置托育服務。
Senior card points that never reset, usable at convenience stores and pharmacies
Elder care
What residents worry about: There are too few places to use the senior card (the city's travel card for elders), so points go to waste
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・競總成立新聞稿 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
敬老卡點數不歸零，超商、藥局也能用
推動敬老愛心卡點數不歸零、計程車每趟補助提高至 200 點，並擴大至農漁會、超商、超市及藥局使用
NT$50,000 per baby for postpartum care, plus NT$1,500 a month in nutrition allowance from 0 to 6
Childcare
What residents worry about: Postpartum care plus formula money adds up. The pressure is huge
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・競總成立新聞稿 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
每胎補助5萬元坐月子，0到6歲每月1,500元營養津貼
每胎補助 5 萬元坐月子費用、0 至 6 歲幼童每人每月發放 1,500 元營養津貼
Subsidize shingles vaccines for seniors and enterovirus vaccines for kids
Health care
What residents worry about: Vaccines are so expensive we hold back for both grandparents and kids
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・競總成立新聞稿 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
補助長輩打帶狀疱疹疫苗、兒童打腸病毒疫苗
並補助長輩接種帶狀疱疹疫苗及兒童腸病毒疫苗
Upgrade free school lunches: fresh milk 2 days a week and fruit 3 days
Education
What residents worry about: I want more nutritious school lunches, with more milk and fruit
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・競總成立新聞稿 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
免費營養午餐升級：每週2天鮮乳、3天水果
每週提供 2 天鮮乳、3 天水果，每餐補助標準提高至 80 元
Set up a top-level Youth Bureau in the city government to help young people with jobs and training
Youth
What residents worry about: I'm just starting out and looking for work, and don't know who to ask for help
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・青年政策新聞稿 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
成立市府一級「青年局」，陪青年就業進修
未來將成立市府一級單位「青年局」，協助初入職場的青年適應工作，也提供專業研習課程、學習機會及相關補助。
Interest subsidies on youth startup loans, plus startup hubs and maker centers
Youth
What residents worry about: I want to start a business or open a shop, but I lack both money and space
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・青年政策新聞稿 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
青創貸款利息補貼，設置青創基地與創客中心
包括青創貸款利息補貼、設施設備等補助，並盤點山海屯城公有閒置空間，設置青創基地與創客中心
Set up an industry transformation center to help small and medium businesses upgrade
Jobs & industry
What residents worry about: My factory wants to upgrade with AI but doesn't know where to begin
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・競總成立新聞稿 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
成立產業轉型創新中心，協助中小企業升級
成立「產業轉型創新中心」及「AI 創新人才研修所」，協助中小企業轉型升級。
Bigger subsidies for old-home inspections, earthquake retrofits and adding elevators
Housing
What residents worry about: I live in an old walk-up with no elevator. The stairs are hard on my parents
Unofficial translation
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老宅健檢、耐震補強、增設電梯擴大補助
提升老舊社區及公寓居住品質與安全，配合中央政策擴大補助，推動老宅健檢、耐震補強、消防改善及電梯增設。
An activity center in every neighborhood, with more elder day care and care points
Elder care
What residents worry about: I work all day, and my elderly parent is home alone with no company
Unofficial translation
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一里一活動中心，增加日間托老與關懷據點
持續推動一里一活動中心，打造老少共融的複合型多功能空間，增加日間托老服務及社區關懷據點，完善在地照顧網絡。
Plan an indoor multi-purpose venue for families, whatever the weather
Sports
What residents worry about: On rainy days I can't find anywhere for the kids to burn off energy
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・未來政策 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
規劃室內親子多功能場館，不受天候限制
規劃室內親子多功能場館，提供休閒、運動及遊戲設施，打造不受天候限制的友善育兒空間。
An ordinance to manage arcades (covered sidewalks) and keep pedestrians safe
Safety & resilience
What residents worry about: The arcades are uneven and full of clutter. Walking there is dangerous
Unofficial translation
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制定騎樓管理自治條例，兼顧行人通行安全
主張制定騎樓管理自治條例，在確保行人通行安全的前提下，建立合理且具彈性的騎樓使用規範。
Raise sanitation workers' night meal pay to NT$200 to NT$220
Jobs & industry
What residents worry about: Garbage crews collect trash at midnight, and their night meal pay is just over a hundred
Unofficial translation
Source: Official platform · 何欣純官網・清潔隊員五大承諾 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
清潔隊夜點費提高到200至220元
依勤務時段由現行 100 元至 120 元，提高至 200 元至 220 元
Extend the MRT Blue Line to Taiping as part of the main line, one ride all the way
Transport
What residents worry about: I live in Taiping and work downtown. I'm stuck in traffic every day
Unofficial translation
Source: News report · 聯合新聞網・屯區5加1政見 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
捷運藍線延伸太平，與主線併案一線到底
藍線延伸太平要趕快實質動工，最好與藍線主線併案處理、一線到底
AI traffic control on Highway 74, and plans for a second ring expressway
Transport
What residents worry about: I drive Highway 74 to work every day, and it's always a parking lot
Unofficial translation
Source: News report · 聯合新聞網・屯區5加1政見 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
台74線導入AI交管，規畫第二環快
她會導入AI交管系統，並規畫台74線外的第二環快
Revive the Dali tobacco factory as Taichung's own Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
Culture & tourism
What residents worry about: Dali has hardly any creative spaces. I never know where to go on weekends
Unofficial translation
Source: News report · 聯合新聞網・屯區5加1政見 (in Chinese) ↗Show original
活化大里菸葉廠，打造台中版松菸
她願意推動菸葉廠活化、修復與再利用，結合青創、創客中心、共享空間、文化展演與市民休憩，打造「台中版松菸計畫」
Roll the dice across Taiwan to see each city's good and bad news from the past four years, and what the candidates say.