After the news broke that the athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics were sitting in economy class and officials were taking business class, the media on the island shook out more fierce materials.
According to a number of Taiwan media sources, Taiwan's well-known badminton player Dai Ziying and other players went out to the Tokyo Olympics on the 19th, staying in a hotel with a three-star evaluation, Andi Jialun, director of Taiwan's "Time Force" and "Legislative Yuan", broke the news that the players stayed in three-star hotels, but the work group (senior officials) stayed in four-star hotels, with an average asking price of five or six thousand New Taiwan dollars (about 1155-1386 yuan) per night.
Screenshot of taiwan's Zhongshi News Network report
Screenshot of Taiwan's "ettoday News Cloud" report
Taiwan's athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics boarded a charter flight of China Airlines on the 19th. It is said that due to epidemic prevention considerations, coaches and players were arranged to travel in economy class, while relevant administrative staff took business class. Dai Ziying also posted on social media on the 19th, "I miss EVA Air, I can take business class." Many netizens on the island are not even for the players. On the evening of 19 July, Tsai Ing-wen, a member of the Taiwan authorities, Lai Ching-te, deputy leader of the Taiwan authorities, and Su Zhenchang, head of Taiwan's administrative organs, apologized for this, but they still could not extinguish the anger of all circles.
And that's not all.
According to the report, Dai Ziying posted photos of the room on social media on the evening of the 19th, which can be seen that there are only simple two single beds, a set of basic furniture such as a bedside table, and a toilet, which is "quite simple." After the photo was exposed, it once again aroused heated discussion.
Dai Ziying's room (left) and the better hotel room (right) where the accompanying officials lived. The picture is from Taiwan's Zhongshi News Network
According to the report, in this regard, Lai Jialun broke the news on Facebook, according to the training center inspection report and media reports, the contract was signed to set up three relay stations: the mid-game work group will stay at the Mimaru Tokyo Shinjuku West Hotel near the players' village, a total of 15 rooms, the badminton team will stay at the Marroad Hotel, a total of 13 rooms, about 10 minutes from the competition venue, the shooting team will stay at the Omiya Marlod Hotel, a total of 10 rooms; in addition, the Tokyo Mazu Temple Homestay.
Lai Jialun said that if the accommodation arrangement is not changed, "the contestants live in the three-star hotel, and the mid-game work group (senior officials) stay in the four-star hotel and the Mazu Temple Homestay." He questioned why not arrange accommodation of the same level? I hope that the "Sports Department" and the "Sports Association" will make it clear.
According to the report, according to online room data, the mimaru Tokyo Shinjuku West Hotel where officials stayed had 4.6 stars in Google reviews, and the cheapest room rate was about NT$4,600 per night; while the marroad hotel of the badminton team had a review of 3.3 stars, and the room type issued by Dai Ziying had a room rate of less than NT$3,000 per night.
Dai Ziying stayed in the room (right) and the better hotel room (left) where the accompanying officials stayed. Pictured from Taiwan's "ettoday news cloud"
According to Taiwan's "ettoday news cloud" report, for the matter of letting Dai Ziying live in a hotel with low evaluation, Lan Kuntian, the head of the Taiwan "Sports Agency" who accompanied the Taiwanese players to Tokyo, responded that the main consideration is the health and safety of the players, and this hotel is currently the closest to the badminton competition venue, and after careful evaluation, it is suitable as a place for the badminton team to stay.
After the East Olympic players were bombed into the Samsung Hotel, some netizens on the island questioned, "Do the players go to the game or the officials go to the game?" "Do you want to face it; is it the official who wants to fight?" It's better to stay in business class than the players. "How poor is Taiwan?" The budget is not less. ”↓
Some netizens sarcastically said, "You see: how hard-working the players from Taiwan are, Taiwan only demonstrates once." ”↓
Some netizens questioned: How did those officials follow japan and how did they help the game? The treatment is also better than the players. Waste of money. ↓
Some netizens satirized that this kind of thing often happens, as long as you apologize, "it seems that it is not unusual." ↓
Source: World Wide Web