As president of the Chilin Culture and Education Foundation, former Democratic Progressive Party chairman Lin I-hsiung has recently organized "classes in statesmanship" aimed at medium to high-ranking officials across all Taiwan's political parties, including government ministers, party leaders and leaders of civic groups. Lin, who has always cherished high religious ideals, hopes the classes can bring together interested political workers to realize democracy and promote the public good.
甫獲台北市扶輪社第二屆「和平成就獎」的民進黨前主席林義雄，近來由其手創之慈林文教基金會，針對台灣從事政治實務工作多年的跨黨派中高級幹部，包括行政首長、政黨與社團領導人等，特別舉辦「政治家研修班」活動，希望有心的政治工作者能夠一起來成就民主、實現公善。