TAIPEI - Taiwan's new chief administrator Mao Chi-kuo and other officials from the administrative authority were sworn in on Monday, pledging to deepen rapport with the public.

Mao officially took over from departing Jiang Yi-huah who resigned soon after the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party suffered heavy losses in the island's biggest-ever local elections on Nov. 29.

Taiwan's deputy leader Wu Den-yih, who is serving as the acting chairman of the KMT after the island's leader Ma Ying-jeou resigned, urged Mao and his team to make sweeping reforms to regain public trust in the incumbent party at the swearing-in ceremony.

The chief administrator vowed to increase communication with the legislative authority, pay attention to the people's demands and take effective action to help young people fulfill their dreams.