Ma Ho-ling

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Ma Ho-ling
馬鶴凌
Born9 November 1920
Republic of China
Alma materCentral Political School
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseChin Hou-hsiu
ChildrenMa Yinan, Mai Naixi, Ma Bingru, Ma Ying-jeou, Ma Lijun
Ma Ho-ling
Hanyu Pinyin
Mǎ Hèlíng
Wade–GilesMa3 Ho4-ling2

Ma Ho-ling (

Republic of China. He was the father of Ma Ying-jeou, the former President of the Republic of China
.

Biography

Ma was born in

Nanking (the predecessor of National Chengchi University in Taiwan
).

While he lived in Hong Kong, he started an open-air Cha chaan teng in Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park.[1] At that time, he then used three hundred dollars to hire his future wife, Qin Houxiu.[2]

He married Qin Houxiu (1922-2013) in 1943 and then came to Taiwan in 1948. The couple had four daughters and one son. The fourth child and the only son is Ma Ying-jeou.

Ma was a Director at Youth Supervision Committee of the Executive Yuan and Vice Chairman of Performance Committee of Kuomintang.

Ma Ho-ling had a strong influence on his son Ma Ying-jeou. In an interview in 2004, he said that he wanted his son to run for president.[3] But in 2005, he strongly opposed his son to run for Kuomintang's Chairmanship and even threatened to commit suicide if Ma Ying-jeou would not give up his candidacy.[4]

Ma Ho-ling died of a

heart attack in 2005.[5] The inscription upon his urn said: "Fade independence into gradual unification, wholly revitalize China; assist the strong and lift the weak, work together towards utopia." When this inscription was disclosed, President Chen Shui-bian
took advantage of it as evidence that Ma Ying-jeou did not love Taiwan.

During the

2008 presidential elections, Chuang Kuo-jung, an official of the Ministry of Education, accused Ma Ho-ling of having affairs with various women. After arousing public anger, Chuang apologized and stepped down from his post.[6]

References

Wikiquote has quotations related to Ma Ho-ling.
  1. ^ 马英九老父曾在香港荔园开设茶餐厅谋生
  2. ISBN 9789862410493
    .
  3. ^ Ma shrugs off father's aspirations, Taipei Times, Aug 10, 2004.
  4. ^ Ma's father to kill himself if son runs against Lien, Taipei Times, Jun 01, 2005.
  5. ^ Presidential election 2008: 14 days to go: Premier Chang agrees to 'Taiwan Weekly' inquest, Taipei Times, Mar 08, 2008.
  6. ^ KMT lawmaker claims ghost writer wrote Chuang's apology, The China Post, March 19, 2008.
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