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Mayor Praises the Establishment of Taipei Migrant Worker SchoolPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Mayor Praises the Establishment of Taipei Migrant Worker School

On October 24, Mayor Ko Wen-je attended the press conference at the Mayor’s Residence Art Salon announcing the establishment of Taipei Migrant Worker School.

New residents “without National Health Insurance card” can receive Quintuple stimulus vouchers? National Immigration Agency (Hsinchu City Service Station) answersPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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New residents “without National Health Insurance card” can receive Quintuple stimulus vouchers? National Immigration Agency (Hsinchu City Service Station) answers

According to the “4wayvoice”, with the start of literacy classes in Chinese for new residents at Zhongzheng Elementary School (中正國小), Hsinchu County, National Immigration Agency (Hsinchu City Service Station) entered the campus to promote the importance of African Swine Fever (ASF) prevention in multiple languages. The details of quintuple stimulus vouchers and extra-bonus vouchers are introduced as well, encouraging the new residents to collect the vouchers to boost Taiwan’s economy.

Tainan City Trains Minority Language Tour Guides to Expand Tourism Resources, Mayor Huang Wei-che Encourages Them to Share Tainan’s Beautiful Features With the WorldPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Tainan City Trains Minority Language Tour Guides to Expand Tourism Resources, Mayor Huang Wei-che Encourages Them to Share Tainan’s Beautiful Features With the World

Tainan is a major tourism city. Although its tourism industry was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the city is still actively training tourism professionals. Recently, Tainan’s Tourism Bureau organized the minority language tour guide training course. Mayor Huang Wei-che attended the graduation ceremony on Sep. 25 and encouraged the 22 newly minted tour guides to leverage their language abilities and professional skills and share Tainan’s charm with international visitors.

Indonesian Batik Exhibition

Batik, a traditional Indonesian resist-dyeing technique that uses wax to create patterns on fabric, was listed as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO in 2009. To this day, batik is still worn by Indonesians to mark special moments in life such as births, weddings, and funerals.

Migrant Workers Risks Deportation with Unauthorized Employment

There has been an increase of cases involving legal migrant workers working additional jobs, or even involved in online marketing of counterfeits, in the hopes of boosting their income.

2021 Taipei Fashion Week SS22 to debut on Oct. 3 with 5G technology

“2021 Taipei Fashion Week SS22” will kick off on Oct. 3, using Chunghwa Telecom’s 5G network services to connect fashion shows and art performances, and perform real-time shows in different places to provide a new integrated experience across various fields.

Weiwuying arts center celebrates International Day of ConsultationsPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Weiwuying arts center celebrates International Day of Consultations

The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, also known as Weiwuying, organized an “Art Consultation Day” on Sunday where artists shared intimate moments with their audience through poetry, dance or drawing.

Over 150,000 New Immigrants and APRC Holders Are Eligible for “Quintuple stimulus vouchers”Photos - New Southbound Policy
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Over 150,000 New Immigrants and APRC Holders Are Eligible for “Quintuple stimulus vouchers”

“Quintuple stimulus vouchers” are coming! Besides the nationals, new immigrants with valid ARCs and APRC holders can get “Quintuple stimulus vouchers”.

Arriving with a Suitcase: “My Migrant worker family” Online Exhibition Let’s You Know More About Household Foreign CaretakersPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Arriving with a Suitcase: “My Migrant worker family” Online Exhibition Let’s You Know More About Household Foreign Caretakers

In Taiwan, there are about 700,000 migrant workers. You can often see that the streets and parks are often frequented by foreign caretakers and their elders across Taipei City. In order to let our people to better understand the problems of care confronting employer families and the foreign caretakers, Taipei City Foreign and Disabled Labor Office (FDLO) will host the “My Migrant Workers” online exhibition from September 11 to October 15, 2021.

Taiwan Ocean Culture Film Festival to screen domestic, overseas productionsPhotos - New Southbound Policy
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Taiwan Ocean Culture Film Festival to screen domestic, overseas productions

A total of 40 productions are set to screen at the upcoming 2021 Taiwan Ocean Culture Film Festival, according to the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development under the Ministry of Culture Aug. 19.