Kao Hua-chu

After graduating from National Nantou Senior High School, Kao graduated from the Republic of China Military Academy in 1959 and was commissioned as an officer in the Republic of China Armed Forces. He then graduated from National Defense University in 1971 with a degree in war studies and earned a master's degree in engineering management from George Washington University in the United States.

In 1974, Kao was involved in a helicopter crash in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City) with his colleagues, including Yu Hao-chang, the then-Commanding General of Army Command Headquarters. The accident involved two UH-1H helicopters that crashed due to bad weather. It killed more than 20 people and seriously injured Kao, yet he still managed to carry Yu on his back while looking for help.{{cite web |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/whoswho-cnt.aspx?id=20101107000043&cid=20 |title=Kao Hua-chu (高華柱)｜Who's Who｜WantChinaTimes.com |publisher=Wantchinatimes.com |date=1946-10-02 |accessdate=2014-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225103929/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/whoswho-cnt.aspx?id=20101107000043&cid=20 |archive-date=2014-12-25 |url-status=dead }}

A month after Typhoon Morakot brought the worst flooding and mudslides to Taiwan in 50 years, Kao was appointed as the leading deputy executive officer of the Morakot Post-Disaster Reconstruction Council of the Executive Yuan.{{cite news |url=https://english.ey.gov.tw/News_Content2.aspx?n=8262ED7A25916ABF&sms=DD07AA2ECD4290A6&s=E5FBC0DBE831F7BB |title=Executive Yuan announces organizational structure of Post-Disaster Reconstruction Council |date=19 August 2009|publisher=Executive Yuan |work=Press Releases |accessdate=9 January 2018 }}

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{{Main article|2013 North Korean crisis}}

Amidst the ongoing 2013 North Korean crisis, in mid April 2013 Kao said that the ROC Armed Forces is capable of intercepting missiles from North Korea and it doesn't pose any threat to Taiwan because the chance for Taiwan to be accidentally hit by the missiles is low. He further added that long-range radar installation in Hsinchu County could always detect any incoming missiles fired by North Korea before.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/04/12/2003559432 |title=Kao not worried about N Korean missile |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-05-22 |accessdate=2014-05-28}}

Kao said that once ROC two outlying islands Dadan Island and Erdan Island have been demilitarized and are open to public within three years, he hoped that the Coast Guard Administration and other law enforcement agencies can take over the security for both islands. Currently those two islands are off to public due to its extremely close proximity (7 nautical miles) to PRC area, the coast of Xiamen.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign-affairs/2013/04/12/375822/Coast-Guard.htm |title=Coast Guard should protect front-line islets: Kao |publisher=The China Post |date= |accessdate=2014-05-28}}

{{Main article|2013 Guang Da Xing No. 28 incident}}

{{See also|Armed Forces of the Philippines}}

After the shooting incident of Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine government vessel on 9 May 2013 at the disputed water in South China Sea, on May 11, 2013, Kao held a meeting with ROC President Ma Ying-jeou and ROC Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lin at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei in which the ROC government gave 72 hours for the Philippine government to give formal apology and bring those responsible for the shooting to justice, if not Taiwan will freeze Philippine worker applications, recall ROC representative to the Philippines back to Taiwan and ask the Philippine representative in Taiwan back to the Philippines.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/05/12/2003562050 |title=Death on the High Seas: Ma issues ultimatum over fisherman's death |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-05-22 |accessdate=2014-05-28}}

After the two incident involving two of ROC Air Force fighter aircraft in mid of May 2013 within five days apart involving an F-16 and Mirage 2000-5, Kao apologized to the public but asking their support for the moral of the pilots involved in the incident. He assured the public that all remaining aircraft in duty are all in good condition, and that the two crashes didn't compromise Taiwan's air defense.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/05/24/2003563051 |title=Minister apologizes for fighter crashes, urges public support |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-05-22 |accessdate=2014-05-28}}

{{Main article|Ma-Xi Meeting}}

The ROC Presidential Office stated that the intention of President Ma for this meeting is to consolidate peace and maintain the status quo. President Ma will be joined by Presidential Office Secretary-General Tseng Yung-chuan and Deputy Secretary-General Hsiao Hsu-tsen (蕭旭岑), National Security Council Secretary-General Kao Hua-chu and advisor Chiu Kun-Shuan, MAC Minister Andrew Hsia and Deputy Minister Wu Mei-hung.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/11/05/450151/Details-emerge.htm|title=Details emerge on Ma-Xi meeting|publisher=}}

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