It's only 16 days until the local elections. Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chi-mai took leave today to concentrate on the election campaign. He and KMT opponent candidate Ko Chih-en campaigned at Fengshan District's vegetable market. TSMC's Kaohsiung plant development may be affected by declining international demand and its production capacity may be adjusted. Chen emphasized that TSMC's construction schedule has not changed. Ko called for the DPP to stop using TSMC as a political achievement.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai stood at the intersection early in the morning with city councilor candidates campaigning for votes. He began to take official leave from his job to participate in the election campaign on the 10th. After campaigning at the intersection, he rushed to Fengshan traditional market to campaign there. TSMC's Kaohsiung factory, which is regarded as an important achievement by Chen, is reported to adjust its production capacity planning of 7-nanometer due to the decline of international demand.
Chen Chi-mai, Kaohsiung Mayor: “28nm capacity will be built first. TSMC will also make some adjustments to its capacity planning to coincide with changes in international demand. And of course, we respect this process.”
Emphasizing that TSMC's schedule has not changed, Chen was at Fengshan, Kaohsiung's largest administrative district on the first day of leave. His KMT opponent candidate Ko Chih-en was also at the Fengshan First Market for the second time, indicating that her campaign is being carried out at her own pace. She also called on the DPP to stop using TSMC's factory expansions as election propaganda.
Ko Chih-en, KMT Kaohsiung Mayoral Candidate: “I respect and welcome TSMC. I think they have their own considerations as to whether they want to come to Kaohsiung. I always feel that there is no need to use factory development as campaign propaganda. We respect the demand trend from international customers.”
Candidates greeted stalls and people along the street and took photos with supporters. Only 16 days before election day, both KMT and DPP campaigned at the traditional markets on the 10th, going after the female votes.
一早就跟市議員候選人站在路口拜票，高雄市長陳其邁10日開始請假投入選戰，路口請託結束，又趕到鳳山肉豆公市場掃街。但被視為陳其邁重要政績的台積電高雄設廠，傳出因國際終端需求下降影響，台積電可能調整7奈米建廠產能規劃。
高雄市長陳其邁表示：「28奈米先行動工，另外也配合整個國際市場的一些變動，在製程上，TSMC他們也會做一些調整，這部分我們也尊重。」
強調台積電期程沒變，陳其邁請假第一天，鎖定高雄最大行政區的鳳山。而6月投入選舉後就跑遍各大市場的柯志恩，上午第2度到鳳山第一市場拜票，表示會按照自己的步調打選戰，也呼籲民進黨別為了選舉，不斷把台積電設廠當大內宣。
國民黨高雄市長候選人柯志恩說：「尊重台積電，我們歡迎台積電。至於他們要不要過來高雄，我想他們自己有自己的考量。我總覺得不用把設廠，或者是要到哪裡去，當作是一個大內宣，我們就是尊重國際廠牌的一個趨勢。」
沿街跟攤商、民眾打招呼，對支持者合照來者不拒。距離投票剩16天，藍綠10日不約而同地母雞帶小雞，領著市議員候選人深入菜市場，搶攻攤商及婆婆媽媽選票。
