Hsinchu City Mayor-elect Kao Hung-an announced several of her mini-Cabinet appointments on Dec. 19, including Taiwan High Court Prosecutor Tsai Li-ching as deputy mayor and Taipei City Land Administration Commissioner Chang Chih-hsiang as secretary-general.
Kao Hung-an, Hsinchu City Mayor-elect: “We've put together a team of directors, vice mayors and secretary-generals that is really the cream of the crop. We are working really hard to ensure a smooth transition with dealing with media, judicial, and investigative (matters). This will be a very busy month.”
Kao Hung-an says she has high respect for Tsai Li-ching's legal and public sector experience. Zhong Zheng Junior High School Principal Tung Feng-chiao will serve as education director, while Taichung City Land Administration Bureau senior specialist Ho Hsien-chi will serve as her land administration director. Hsinchu City Mayor Hsu Ming-tsai's former confidential secretary, Yen Yi-chi, will serve as civil affairs director. Kao says she is approaching these appointments with a "debug" mindset. Asked about her ongoing court cases, Kao said dealing with legal matters is more taxing than campaigning.
準新竹市長高虹安指出：「在眾多的人才當中才去選出來，我們希望的這樣子優秀的局處所長，或者是副市長、秘書長的人選，同時也要在市政的交接上面來努力。當然也會有許多還是在媒體、還有一些司法檢調上面的一些，我們還是必須要去面對跟處理的。所以確實在這一個月，感覺到其實沒有比選舉來得輕鬆。」
高虹安表示，將借重蔡麗清在法治方面的長才和公務體系經驗；教育處長為由現任新竹縣中正國中校長童鳳嬌出任；地政處長則由現任台中地政局專門委員何憲棋出任；民政處長為前新竹市長許明財的市長室機要秘書嚴翊琦。高虹安表示自己希望用「Debug（除錯）」的心情來安排人事布局。至於近來因助理費案，面對檢調偵查壓力，高虹安坦言確實比拚選戰還要累。
