Evaluation:
Published: 02.01.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Summaries, Notes 'Vietnamese Overseas Workers in Taiwan', 1.
  • Summaries, Notes 'Vietnamese Overseas Workers in Taiwan', 2.
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1. Taiwan foreign labor market
Taiwan has started to import foreign labor since October 1989 when more and more Taiwanese workers shifted away from heavy work, low pay menial jobs. As a result, foreign labor from Thailand, Indonesia, Philippine and Malaysia are welcomed in manufacturing, construction and other home services like maids and care-givers.
At the beginning, Taiwan employers had been in need of foreign manpower so much that they even paid for the air tickets among other benefits to attract workers.…

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