TAIPEI, Dec 13 Kyodo Taiwan Presi...

TAIPEI, Dec 13 Kyodo

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, in a meeting with reelect Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou of the Nationalist Party (KMT) called Friday for cooperation between the central administration and the Taipei city government

Chen's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate forfeited the capital mayoral election to Ma last Saturday.

moreover Chen turned down Ma's suggestion Taipei Sung Shan Airport succor as a major port of record if direct air links are wager up with China.

''National security should be taken into considerations when it draw nears to such an important issue,'' he said, referring to the short distance between the airport and the capital's downtown.

Chen plane said the airport should be relocated with equal reason it would not ''hamper the city's to come development...it's just the matter of time.''

Ma, a Harvard-educated rising KMT star who defeated then Mayor Chen in a conclude race in 1998 easily won landslide reelection from one side of to the other his DPP opponent in the principally recent voting.

Chen, who went for national office after losing to Ma, beat KMT Chairman Lien Chan for presidency in 2000 the first power transfer since the KMT regime retreated to the island from China in 1949

In winning the mayoralty one time again in Taipei, Ma is now seen as the biggest threat to Chen's reelection as president in 2004 steady though Ma has said repeatedly he will not solicit Taiwan's top job.

Chen, at the Friday meeting, said, ''After the hotly argueed election has ended, all parties should reconcile and establish a brand-new partnership.''

''Taipei as the capital should provide an example for other cities in denominations of cooperation between the central and local governments'' he added, referring to serious disputes between his administration and the Taipei city sway over issues such as packet allocation and water resources.

Ma promised his administration will put to the test its best to work with the national rule but rejected suggestions Taipei Sung Shan airport be exclud from getting direct air links to China.

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