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In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen (陳).
Alfred Chen
MLY
陳飛龍
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
14 September 2004 – 31 January 2005
Preceded byLiu Sung-pan
ConstituencyRepublic of China (People First Party list)
Personal details
Born (1937-10-02) 2 October 1937 (age 87)
British Hong Kong
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyPeople First Party (since 2001)
Other political
affiliations		Kuomintang (until 2001)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusiness executive

Alfred Chen or Chen Fei-lung Chinese: 陳飛龍; born 2 October 1937) is a Taiwanese business executive and former politician.

Education

Alfred Chen studied foreign languages at Tamkang University before attending the University of San Francisco.[1]

Business career

Namchow Group [zh] was established in 1952 as a chemical manufacturing company specializing in soapmaking.[2] After Chen Rong-gong [zh] stepped aside, his eldest son Alfred Chen assumed control of the company. Nanchow diversified into the manufacturing of frozen dough, cookies, noodles and cooking oil. It also imported Häagen-Dazs and Kellog's products.[3] Namchow owns the Duroyal brand, and manufactures ice cream for FamilyMart.[4]

Under Alfred Chen's leadership, in 1991, Namchow opened its first factory in Thailand.[5] In 2004, Namchow opened a Russian restaurant in Taipei.[3] In 2008, the company announced plans to produce food and beverages for a wide range of franchise businesses.[2] In 2011, Chen planned to sell off the company's land in Datong District, Taipei, because much of the property became unused after operations were shifted to Taoyuan in 1992.[6]

During the 2014 Taiwan food scandal, Chen urged the government to bring the nation's food safety standards in line with international norms.[7] Government agencies subsequently discovered that documentation Namchow submitted for customs review had labeled batches of its imported oil as industrial cooking oil.[8] Chen claimed that mistakes were made on the forms,[9] and the Taipei City Government's Department of Health fined Namchow NT$30 million.[10]

In 2016, Namchow signed a memorandum of understanding with the Metal Industries Research and Development Center in a bid to expand into the cosmetics sector.[11] In 2018, Namchow Food Group (Shanghai) Company, a subsidiary of Namchow Group, began exploring the possibility of an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.[12][13]

Political career

Alfred Chen accepted a nomination from the People First Party, and was placed on its party list for the 2001 legislative elections. For running as a PFP candidate, Chen was expelled from the Kuomintang.[14] Following the withdrawal of at-large legislator Liu Sung-pan from the People First Party, Chen was appointed to the Legislative Yuan.[15][16] He took office on 14 September 2004,[1] and completed Liu's term, through 31 January 2005.

References

  1. ^ a b "Alfred F. L. Chen (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Namchow to enter franchise market". Taipei Times. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Lin, Jackie (16 November 2004). "Namchow opens Russian restaurant". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ Su, Amy (7 June 2014). "Namchow Chemical relying on oil, fat and ice cream". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ Gibson, Liam (24 April 2018). "Bountiful South: Localize or go home". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ Hsu, Crystal (17 March 2011). "Namchow mulls plans to auction off Taipei plots". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  7. ^ Su, Amy (13 October 2014). "Namchow chair criticizes food safety". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  8. ^ Hsu, Stacy; Su, Amy. "Ministry, bureau to check reports from Namchow". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  9. ^ Hsu, Stacy; Su, Amy (17 October 2014). "FOOD SCANDAL: Incorrect permits no 'mistake': ministry". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  10. ^ Gerber, Abraham; Su, Amy (17 October 2014). "Namchow fined NT$30m over oil". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Namchow inks skincare MOU". Taipei Times. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Namchow to launch China IPO". Taipei Times. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Namchow ahead of schedule". Taipei Times. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  14. ^ Low, Stephanie (13 October 2001). "KMT kicks out seven, punishes four members". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  15. ^ Yiu, Cody (8 September 2004). "Corrupt PFP veteran sentenced to jail". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  16. ^ Wu, Debby (9 September 2004). "Liu Sung-fan withdraws PFP membership". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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