New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi went to Yunlin to inspect the supply of organic vegetables, which aroused political associations.

(Provided by New Taipei City Government)

[Reporter Lai Xiaotong/New Taipei Report] Shen Zonglong, chairman of the Yunlin County Council, has recently advocated that the chairman of the Kuomintang, Zhu Lilun, is a suitable candidate for the 2024 presidential election. He also said that New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi has no resources and votes in the south; The timing is sensitive and has sparked political associations; city government spokesperson Zhang Aijing said that the mayor's trip is to protect the food safety and health of school children, and the outside world does not need to speculate too much.

Hou Youyi went to Yunlin County Jiakai Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. this morning to learn about the production of organic vegetables for nutritious lunch. He said that next week is the first day of school, and nutritious lunch is the most important meal for children at school. Your health starts with every bite of food, nutrition and growth cannot wait, we only want to give our children the best!"

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Hou Youyi pointed out that there are a total of about 340,000 students in elementary, middle and primary schools and kindergartens in New Taipei City. The 4+1 safe vegetable plan is fully implemented. Organic vegetables are supplied for one day per week, and vegetables with production and sales history are eaten for the remaining four days. A total of 75 tons of organic and vegetable products are supplied every week. Production and sales history Vegetables, among which Yunlin is the main producing area, accounting for about 77%.

In addition to going to Yunlin to understand the vegetable supply process and ensure safety and quality, he also thanked the farmers for their hard work and cared about the farmers' income.

Since Shen Zonglong said a few days ago that Hou Youyi had no resources and no votes in the south, Hou Youyi went straight to Yunlin today, and listed it as an undisclosed itinerary, and only posted on Facebook afterwards, making the outside world curious whether it was to indirectly refute the "no votes" statement. Or meet privately with other local politicians in hopes of mending ties.

Zhang Aijing said that the school was about to start, and the mayor went south to Yunlin to learn about the supply of organic vegetables and to ensure the strictest control of children's food safety and health. At noon, he went to Kaohsiung Fo Guang Mountain to mourn Master Xingyun. The schedule was intensive and there were no other political considerations.