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'''Hou Ho-shong''' ({{zh|t=侯和雄}}; born 1944) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician.
'''Hou Ho-shong''' ({{zh|t=侯和雄}}; born 1944) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician.


==Education==
==Career==
Hou completed a master's degree in civil engineering at [[National Cheng Kung University]] and pursued a doctorate in civil and oceanographic engineering at the [[University of Florida]].<ref name="edu">{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Jackie |title=Hou Ho-shong is new vice economic affairs minister |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/08/24/2003268990 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=24 August 2005}}</ref> He joined the [[Kuomintang]],<ref name="xkmt">{{cite news |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |title=Hsieh fills economics vacancy |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/24/2003268941 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=24 August 2005}}</ref> and worked successively for the [[Taiwan Provincial Government]], the [[Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan)|Ministry of Transportation and Communications]], and [[Kaohsiung City Government]],<ref name="edu"/> serving as deputy mayor under [[Frank Hsieh]].<ref name="xkmt"/> Hou was named vice minister of economic affairs in August 2005, succeeding [[Yiin Chii-ming]].<ref name="edu"/><ref name="xkmt"/> Hou took office the next month.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |title=Talim cuts into Taoyuan's water |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/09/02/2003270051 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Amber |title=Utilities price mechanism is on the way, MOEA says |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/09/13/2003271502 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=13 September 2005}}</ref> In October 2007, legislator {{ill|Sun Ta-chien|zh|孫大千}} alleged that Hou and [[Chen Che-nan]] suggested that work on 29 missile boats worth NT$15 billion for the [[Ministry of National Defense (Taiwan)|Ministry of National Defense]] be shared between [[China Shipbuilding Corporation]] (CSBC) and [[Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company]], despite the fact that CSBC had won the bid and reached an agreement with the defense minister on 24 June 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Rich |title=Corruption claims swamp contract for missile boats |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/10/24/2003277143 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=13 September 2005}}</ref> In August 2007, the Nantou District Court detained Hou on charges of influence peddling and bribery, suspecting him of involvement in seven flood control-related construction projects.<ref name="afp"/> Economic affairs minister [[Steve Chen (politician)|Steve Chen]] suspended Hou from his duties on 8 August 2007.<ref name="afp">{{cite news |title=Vice minister of Economic Affairs detained for bribery |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/08/09/2003373311 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |agency=Agence France Presse |date=9 August 2009}}</ref> On 29 November 2007, Hou was indicted on corruption charges by the Nantou Prosecutors' Office.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |title=Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Hou Ho-shong indicted |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/11/30/2003390446 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 November 2007}}</ref> Hou retired from public service on 22 June 2009, before the [[Control Yuan]] voted 10–2 on 30 July 2009 to impeach him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Control Yuan votes to impeach retired MOEA vice minister |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/07/31/2003449974 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=31 July 2009}}</ref>
Hou completed a master's degree in civil engineering at [[National Cheng Kung University]] and pursued a doctorate in civil and oceanographic engineering at the [[University of Florida]].<ref name="edu">{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Jackie |title=Hou Ho-shong is new vice economic affairs minister |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/08/24/2003268990 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=24 August 2005}}</ref> His dissertation, ''The Influence of Equivalent Sand Roughness on the Dispersion Coefficient in Laboratory and Natural Watercourses'' was completed in 1976.<ref>{{cite thesis |type=PhD |url=https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00064182/00001 |last=Hou |first=Ho-shong |date=1976 |title=The Influence of Equivalent Sand Roughness on the Dispersion Coefficient in Laboratory and Natural Watercourses |publisher=University of Florida}}</ref> He joined the [[Kuomintang]],<ref name="xkmt">{{cite news |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |title=Hsieh fills economics vacancy |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/24/2003268941 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=24 August 2005}}</ref> and worked successively for the [[Taiwan Provincial Government]],<ref name="edu"/> where he was affiliated with the the Institute of Harbor and Marine Technology,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hou |first1=H. S. |last2=Wang |first2=C. F. |last3=Wang |first3=T. J. |editor1-last=Kato |editor1-first=W. |title=Research on the Development of Wai-Shan-Ding Barrier, SW Coast of Taiwan, R.O.C. |date=1985 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-4-431-68286-8 |pages=353–363 |doi=10.1007/978-4-431-68284-4_37 |chapter=Research on the Development of Wai-Shan-Ding Barrier, SW Coast of Taiwan, R.O.C.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hou |first1=Ho-Shong |last2=Liaw |first2=Tay-Jang |editor1-last=Schreiber |editor1-first=David L. |chapter=Movable-Bed Model Investigation of Littoral Drift on the Intake and Outlet of Lin-Kou Power Plant (I) |title=Water for Resource Development |date=1984 |publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers |isbn=978-0-87262-409-2 |chapter-url=https://cedb.asce.org/CEDBsearch/record.jsp?dockey=0042288}}</ref> the [[Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan)|Ministry of Transportation and Communications]],<ref name="edu"/> where he became head of the Transportation Engineering Department,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsh |first1=James B. |title=Resources & Environment in Asia's Marine Sector |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781351418799 |page=454 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMuCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA454}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hou |first1=Ho-Shong |title=Study of Shelf Waves vs Sand Drift in NW Coast of Taiwan |date=1988 |doi=10.1061/9780872626874.087 |publisher=American Society of Civil Engineering}}</ref> and [[Kaohsiung City Government]],<ref name="edu"/> serving as deputy mayor under [[Frank Hsieh]].<ref name="xkmt"/> Hou was named vice minister of economic affairs in August 2005, succeeding [[Yiin Chii-ming]].<ref name="edu"/><ref name="xkmt"/> Hou took office the next month.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |title=Talim cuts into Taoyuan's water |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/09/02/2003270051 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Amber |title=Utilities price mechanism is on the way, MOEA says |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/09/13/2003271502 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=13 September 2005}}</ref> In October 2007, legislator {{ill|Sun Ta-chien|zh|孫大千}} alleged that Hou and [[Chen Che-nan]] suggested that work on 29 missile boats worth NT$15 billion for the [[Ministry of National Defense (Taiwan)|Ministry of National Defense]] be shared between [[China Shipbuilding Corporation]] (CSBC) and [[Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company]], despite the fact that CSBC had won the bid and reached an agreement with the defense minister on 24 June 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Rich |title=Corruption claims swamp contract for missile boats |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/10/24/2003277143 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=13 September 2005}}</ref> In August 2007, the Nantou District Court detained Hou on charges of influence peddling and bribery, suspecting him of involvement in seven flood control-related construction projects.<ref name="afp"/> Economic affairs minister [[Steve Chen (politician)|Steve Chen]] suspended Hou from his duties on 8 August 2007.<ref name="afp">{{cite news |title=Vice minister of Economic Affairs detained for bribery |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/08/09/2003373311 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |agency=Agence France Presse |date=9 August 2009}}</ref> On 29 November 2007, Hou was indicted on corruption charges by the Nantou Prosecutors' Office.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |title=Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Hou Ho-shong indicted |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/11/30/2003390446 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 November 2007}}</ref> Hou retired from public service on 22 June 2009, before the [[Control Yuan]] voted 10–2 on 30 July 2009 to impeach him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Control Yuan votes to impeach retired MOEA vice minister |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/07/31/2003449974 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=31 July 2009}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:37, 21 June 2020

Hou Ho-shong (Chinese: 侯和雄; born 1944) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician.

Career

Hou completed a master's degree in civil engineering at National Cheng Kung University and pursued a doctorate in civil and oceanographic engineering at the University of Florida.[1] His dissertation, The Influence of Equivalent Sand Roughness on the Dispersion Coefficient in Laboratory and Natural Watercourses was completed in 1976.[2] He joined the Kuomintang,[3] and worked successively for the Taiwan Provincial Government,[1] where he was affiliated with the the Institute of Harbor and Marine Technology,[4][5] the Ministry of Transportation and Communications,[1] where he became head of the Transportation Engineering Department,[6][7] and Kaohsiung City Government,[1] serving as deputy mayor under Frank Hsieh.[3] Hou was named vice minister of economic affairs in August 2005, succeeding Yiin Chii-ming.[1][3] Hou took office the next month.[8][9] In October 2007, legislator Sun Ta-chien [zh] alleged that Hou and Chen Che-nan suggested that work on 29 missile boats worth NT$15 billion for the Ministry of National Defense be shared between China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC) and Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company, despite the fact that CSBC had won the bid and reached an agreement with the defense minister on 24 June 2007.[10] In August 2007, the Nantou District Court detained Hou on charges of influence peddling and bribery, suspecting him of involvement in seven flood control-related construction projects.[11] Economic affairs minister Steve Chen suspended Hou from his duties on 8 August 2007.[11] On 29 November 2007, Hou was indicted on corruption charges by the Nantou Prosecutors' Office.[12] Hou retired from public service on 22 June 2009, before the Control Yuan voted 10–2 on 30 July 2009 to impeach him.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Lin, Jackie (24 August 2005). "Hou Ho-shong is new vice economic affairs minister". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ^ Hou, Ho-shong (1976). The Influence of Equivalent Sand Roughness on the Dispersion Coefficient in Laboratory and Natural Watercourses (PhD). University of Florida.
  3. ^ a b c Chuang, Jimmy (24 August 2005). "Hsieh fills economics vacancy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ^ Hou, H. S.; Wang, C. F.; Wang, T. J. (1985). "Research on the Development of Wai-Shan-Ding Barrier, SW Coast of Taiwan, R.O.C.". In Kato, W. (ed.). Research on the Development of Wai-Shan-Ding Barrier, SW Coast of Taiwan, R.O.C. Springer. pp. 353–363. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-68284-4_37. ISBN 978-4-431-68286-8.
  5. ^ Hou, Ho-Shong; Liaw, Tay-Jang (1984). "Movable-Bed Model Investigation of Littoral Drift on the Intake and Outlet of Lin-Kou Power Plant (I)". In Schreiber, David L. (ed.). Water for Resource Development. American Society of Civil Engineers. ISBN 978-0-87262-409-2.
  6. ^ Marsh, James B. (2018). Resources & Environment in Asia's Marine Sector. Routledge. p. 454. ISBN 9781351418799.
  7. ^ Hou, Ho-Shong (1988). "Study of Shelf Waves vs Sand Drift in NW Coast of Taiwan". American Society of Civil Engineering. doi:10.1061/9780872626874.087. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Chuang, Jimmy (2 September 2005). "Talim cuts into Taoyuan's water". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  9. ^ Chung, Amber (13 September 2005). "Utilities price mechanism is on the way, MOEA says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  10. ^ Chang, Rich (13 September 2005). "Corruption claims swamp contract for missile boats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Vice minister of Economic Affairs detained for bribery". Taipei Times. Agence France Presse. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  12. ^ Chuang, Jimmy (30 November 2007). "Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Hou Ho-shong indicted". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Control Yuan votes to impeach retired MOEA vice minister". Taipei Times. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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