Stephen Chung
Stephen Chung (Chinese: 鍾金江; pinyin: Zhōng Jīnjiāng) is a Taiwanese politician who served on the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2004 to 2005. He earned a degree from Chinese Culture University before moving to the United States to study at Boston University.[1][2] In October 1999, Chung, Chen Ching-pao, and Lin Chung-mo visited the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant. The inspection, undertaken shortly after the 1999 Jiji earthquake, found rusty reinforcing bars and potential for seawater seepage into the plant's foundation.[3] He was supportive of a March 2000 agreement signed between the Aviation Safety Council and the Ministry of National Defense codifying inter-agency cooperation while investigating incidents involving military and civilian aircraft.[4] In 2001, he spoke out against the placement of the Port of Kaohsiung under jurisdiction of Kaohsiung City Government via administrative decree from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, stating that such a move should require legislative consent.[5] Later that year, he stood by MOTC minister Yeh Chu-lan arguing that taxi drivers should not be exempted from paying a fuel tax, because the government would lose revenue designated for improvement of infrastructure.[6] References
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