Former Hsinchu County representative gives NT$3.6M for Japanese tourism

Former Hsinchu County representative gives NT$3.6M for Japanese tourism

2025-11-25

Another politician has come out in support of Japanese tourism after China’s ban following a diplomatic spat. On Tuesday morning, former Hsinchu County representative Sun Chin-ching gave out a total of around NT$3.6 million out of pocket, to residents of Xinfeng Township. Let’s find out more.

Resident
Xinfeng Township
I was so happy to find out about this. It’s so amazing. Someone’s sponsoring us with cash out of their own pocket to boost the economy.

Resident
Xinfeng Township
I happen to be traveling to Japan soon. I’ve always supported Japan. I’m not against Japan in any way. This makes up somewhat for the plane tickets.

Sun Chin-ching
Former Hsinchu County representative
An opposition member of the Japanese Diet said that economic losses from the lack of mainland Chinese tourists in Japan could be made up if every Japanese national spends an additional 18,000 yen. So they’re 18,000 yen short. This mainland Chinese diplomat called Xue Jian is such a hooligan for making that post about beheading the Japanese prime minister. Of course the Taiwanese cannot tolerate this. We’re doing as much as we can to make up for the losses in their tourist industry.

To receive the 18,000 yen cash handout, one should present proof of a plane ticket purchase and be a resident of Xinfeng Township for at least a year. Sun plans to give out the amount to 1,000, making the total the equivalent of around NT$3.6 million at current exchange rates. He estimated all 1,000 spots to be snapped up within two days, and planned to remit the amount starting next week at the soonest.

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#cashhandout #freecash #money #getrich #freemoney #tourism #travel

挺日旅遊推補助前竹縣議員孫金清掏360萬助新豐人赴日

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前新竹縣議員孫金清，不滿中國霸凌日本，自掏腰包360萬元，只要新豐鄉民到日本旅遊，就贊助每人1.8萬日圓，一早9點開放登記，吸引上百人來大排長龍。

[[新豐鄉民]]
“聽到這個消息非常高興，對啊，竟有然這麼好，還有可以贊助我們，私人拿出錢來給我們贊助，鼓勵經濟發展”

[[新豐鄉民]]
“剛好真的要去，一直對日本都很支持，沒有排斥日本還是什麼的，補貼一些機票錢”

[[前新竹縣議員孫金清]]
“日本的一個反對派的國會議員，他說假如大陸的觀光客，沒有到日本去，假如這些經濟上損失，分散在每一個日本人的手上，只要消費18000日元就抵銷了，他們缺少的就是18000日元。中國大陸的外交官叫做薛劍，竟然可以這麼流氓的，恐嚇要斬首她，當然我們台灣人不能容忍這個事情，我們從它的觀光上損失，儘量把它彌補回去”

想領18000日元，必須在新豐鄉住一年以上，有訂票證明就能申請，而且只限1000人，孫金清預估，1000個名額一兩天內就會登記完畢，最快下周或下下周，開始發放。

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