Outgoing Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou gives a speech in Taipei City Hall, Taipei, Taiwan Province, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006. He was keeping close contact with his successor, newly elected mayor-designate Hau Lung-bin, to ensure a "seamless handover" of the office he has held for the past eight years.

Outgoing Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (C) posed for photos with his 25 department chiefs in the Taipei City Hall, Taipei, Taiwan Province, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006

(Chinanews.cn December 20, 2006)