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Kuomintang appoints new secretary general

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-10 04:17
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TAIPEI -- The Kuomintang (KMT) Wednesday appointed King Pu-tsung as the party's new secretary general.

King, former vice mayor of Taipei, replaced Chan Chun-po to take the position. Chan is now holding the post of the party's vice chairman.

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The party made the decision at a Central Standing Committee meeting held here.

KMT chairman Ma Ying-jeou said he hoped the new appointment would bring fresh energy to the party and create more space and innovation for the party's reform.