According to a report by the“Central News Agency” and other Taiwanese media on March 17, it has been 10 years since the democratic progressive party authorities implemented the“New southbound talent policy.” The KMT legislative caucus said on the 17th that, the policy has been reduced to a“Student-worker interest chain” between intermediaries, some private schools and enterprises in the middle and late stages, and students studying in Taiwan have become migrant workers in Taiwan, calling on the Taiwan authorities to comprehensively review the current system.
According to the report, the KMT caucus accused the DPP authorities at a press conference on the 17th of implementing a“New southbound talent policy” starting in 2016, claiming to attract 200,000 Outstanding Southeast Asian talents to stay in Taiwan, however, this policy has reduced many students to grass-roots labor to fill the grass-roots manufacturing, shopping and service industries.
Lin Pei-hsiang, secretary-general of the KMT caucus, said that this policy of the DPP authorities is“Full of ideals” and hopes to attract young people from Southeast Asia to Taiwan to study, train talents and deepen exchanges. However, in fact, it is very sad, many students come to Taiwan not to study, but to be forced to work long hours in restaurants, hotels and factories, and even become“Disguised foreign workers” to fill the gap in Taiwan’s labor force.
Lin Pei-hsiang believes that in order to promote the so-called“New south-oriented talent policy,” the DPP authorities have invested 4.2 billion Taiwan dollars (about 909 million yuan) to recruit a large number of overseas Chinese students, as a result, many middle-and late-stage private schools regard these students as a lifeline, forming a chain of interests between intermediaries, schools, and enterprises. Their enrollment slogan is euphemistically“Come to Taiwan to study.” But what many people really get is“Working in Taiwan”. Lin Peixiang called on Taiwan’s education authorities and the“Overseas Chinese committee” to conduct a comprehensive review of the current system.
To this, also have island netizen to query, “42 billion so scatter?”“It is new make money policy actually”.
According to previous reports, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities to promote the so-called“New South Policy”, trying to give the target area of convenience measures. Some Taiwanese media have reported that some Southeast Asian tourists take the opportunity to work illegally and other situations that are inconsistent with the purpose of the“Visa” have an adverse impact on social security and labor market order on the island. In addition, the“New South Policy” has also exposed the introduction of colleges and universities and intermediaries to recruit Filipino students to become“Slave labor” and other scandals.