Ma Ying-jeou from the pro-China opposition
KMT party was sworn in as Taiwan's new president Tuesday morning for a
four-year term, replacing out-going President Chen Shui-bian, dpa reported.
The swearing-in was held at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei,
to be followed by a larger ceremony at the Taipei Arena when Ma reads his
inauguration speech, attended by nearly 600 foreign dignitaries and tens of
thousands of Taiwan residents.
Ma, 57, won the March 22 presidential election on the platform of seeking peace
and economic integration with China to revive Taiwan's worsening economy.
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