Taiwan Headlines, Jan. 7

Data released by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) shows that the number of people in Taiwan’s workforce averaged 11.964 million from January to November 2020.This represented growth of 0.16 percent from the same period in 2019 and is the lowest growth level ever recorded for that time frame.A DGBAS official said […]

ICRT Weekly Central Taiwan News, Jan. 6 transcript

Taichung hit with another transport snafu Taichung’s new policy of restricting the 10 kilometer free policy on buses to local citizens hit the streets on January 1, only to immediately run into trouble.Under the new policy, cash cards must be registered to qualify, and over 1 million Taichung citizens have already done so.However, some discovered […]