Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Honored Guests

The China Times reports that Four Seas gang leader Chen Yong-he celebrated his 26 year old son's marriage at the AsiaWorld Hotel Tuesday evening. Guests at the 83 table reception included legislators Zhong Rong-ji (PFP, Legislator at large and Vice Speaker), Cai Hao (independent, Pingtung), and Luo Ming-cai (KMT, Taipei County. Son of notorious but now retired gangster-legislator Luo Fu-zhu.) Variety show host Jackie Wu also graced the event.

The groom, whose Chinese means 'the likeness of goodness', has recently completed his studies in the US and will work in the high tech industry. The bride is a saleswoman at a department store boutique. Her name was left unmentioned in the article.

And all this just a week after what has to be one of the great quotes of the year. Ke Jun-xiong (KMT, Hsinchu) and TSU caucus leader He Min-hao took advantage of their taxpayer-funded junket to Japan to visit a notorious Yakuza leader there. Ke defended the visit by telling reporters that "I'm sure that most of the men sitting in this room have friends in the mob." Ke and He are both members of the legislature's defense committee.

2 comments:

Jason said...

Isn't Luo Ming-tsai's father Luo Fu-chu, King of Legislative Yuan fisticuffs? And isn't there another son who's also a legislator?

Jesus, talk about the performance pressure on the banquet chef...

Michael Fahey said...

Yep, that's Luo Fu-zhu alright. That was posted in a hurry I've added some juicy details as compensation.

BTW, I really enjoyed your account of your trip to Nankunshen. I went there in 1988 with mo idea what I was going to encounter...