Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen said the Presidential Office had "cancelled its order" for Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes and that the city government would use its budget to "take over the orders," drawing a rebuttal from Democratic Progressive Party mayoral candidate Ho Hsin-chun and opening a new front in the Taichung election battle.

• The opposition KMT-TPP camp cut and froze the entirety of the Presidential Office's state affairs fund, affecting the Mid-Autumn gift box orders that sheltered workshops and organisations for people with disabilities count on each year.
• Lu Shiow-yen said "the Presidential Office cancelled the order" six times, and said Taichung would use public funds to take on the orders.
• Ho Hsin-chun criticised this as reversing cause and effect, calling it tantamount to rubbing salt into the wounds of the children and the institutions, and said public-interest causes should not be used as a weapon of attack.
• Ho Hsin-chun asked in turn whether Lu Shiow-yen could also "take on" the NT$470 billion drone budget that had been cut, and called on Chiang Chi-chen to let the drone bill pass as soon as possible.
• Chiang Chi-chen responded that what the Legislative Yuan handled was the state affairs fund, not a dedicated fund for mooncakes for people with disabilities.

Outlook: This dispute over who bears responsibility for the budget cuts and freezes is expected to keep escalating into the main line of attack and defence in the Taichung mayoral race.