President of Taiwan is hit on the head by a billboard during a wind-swept speech

The President of Taiwan didn't have the very best day in workplace as we speak.

Tsai Ing-wen was hit within the head by an commercial board whereas delivering a speech within the metropolis of Taoyuan, reported Huanqiu.com, an affiliation to Folks's Every day.

Ms Tsai gave an ungainly smile because the incident occurred and workers rapidly went as much as maintain the massive board.

An commercial board was blown off by wind and hit the President of Taiwan as we speak

Tsai Ing-wen was talking on the groundbreaking ceremony of a social housing undertaking

Ms Tsai was talking on the groundbreaking ceremony of a social housing undertaking in Taoyuan when the billboard fell, in line with Huanqiu, which cited a report from Taiwan's Central Information Company. 

Throughout the speech, she confused how necessary it was to have good constructing high quality.

It's understood that the billboard was blown off by a gust of wind.

Footage of the incident, launched by Taiwan's EBC, reveals that 4 workers members rapidly went up the stage and helped maintain the unfastened board.

The EBC report mentioned that it was seemingly the board had not been secured correctly.

In response to the incident, Ms Tsai mentioned referred to a efficiency carried out by youngsters in the course of the ceremony: 'The youngsters obtained very excited, so the paperboard behind me additionally obtained excited too.'

In response to the incident, Ms Tsai joked that the board fell as a result of it had obtained excited

Main the Democratic Progressive Occasion, Tsai Ing-wen is the primary feminine president of Taiwan. Above is a file photograph of Ms Tsai taken on Could 20, 2016

Tsai Ing-wen, 60, is the primary feminine president of Taiwan. 

Main the Democratic Progressive Occasion (DPP), she was elected because the president in January, 2016, in a landslide victory over the Kuomintang (KMT).

Final month, Ms Tsai's recognition hit a document low.

Based on a ballot launched by TVBS on November 22, Ms Tsai's supporting ranking had fallen to 26 per cent.

This has led Taiwanese media to immediate the island's Terry Gou, a billionaire tycoon who runs an Apple manufacturing manufacturing facility, to attend the following presidential election.

The media have dubbed Mr Gou, who's price $6.6 billion (£5.three billion), 'the Donald Trump of Taiwan'. 

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