Complex sentence: Because of her devotion to works and appreciated by colleagues and the major, she was promoted as a secretary general of the Public Works Bureau, then the first female director general of the Public Housing Department in the Taipei City Government.
Split into simpler sentences: Because of her devotion to work, she was appreciated by colleagues and the major. Kuo was promoted as a secretary general of the Public Works Bureau and after that the first female director general of the Public Housing Department in the Taipei City Government.