TSMC Fab Reports Are Election Manipulation? 傳台積電龍潭設廠 張善政質疑選舉操作

Reports that TSMC will build a 1-nanometer fab at Hsinchu Science Park's Longtan campus have become a point of contention in the Taoyuan mayoral election. KMT candidate Simon Chang said the reports are an attempt to manipulate the election, while Premier Su Tseng-chang accompanied DPP candidate Cheng Yun-peng on an inspection of the campus on Nov. 3, which was a violation of administrative neutrality. Meanwhile, Su said Chang has no idea how efficient the administration is because he's not part of it. 

Su Tseng-chang, Premier: “Perhaps Mr. Simon Chang is unaware of it all because he didn't participate in this great effort. He hasn't seen the government's courage and effectiveness during these past few years. Nearly the entire Longtan campus has been leased. The government will work hard to make companies want to invest in Taiwan and keep advanced manufacturing technologies in Taiwan.”

Su sang his own praises, saying he has approved seven science park construction projects and expansions and over NT$1.8 trillion has been invested in three major projects since he took office. He said the government will continue working hard to keep these advanced manufacturing technologies in Taiwan because they are Taiwan's national strength and everyone's expectation.

行政院長蘇貞昌表示：「張善政先生可能是因為沒有參與努力，所以不知頭、不知尾，也沒有看到這幾年政府的魄力和效力，我們龍潭科學園區，整個土地的租用已經近飽合，政府會為廠商願投資台灣，願把先進製程技術留在台灣做各種努力。」

蘇貞昌強調，他上任以來就核定了新建及擴建的科學園區就有7處，投資台灣的3大方案目前已經有1兆8000多億元進來，政府會努力將這些先進製程技術留在台灣，厚植台灣，因為這是台灣的國力，也是大家的期待。