Tsai attributed the shortage of social workers to the inflexibility of the government's human services system.
"As society is undergoing a structural change, government has to reallocate its resources according to new societal needs, which is challenging as a government body is less flexible with its human resource management than private enterprises are," Tsai said.
Tsai explained that as public servants are usually given a specific task to perform, training specialized professionals can be problematic.
"Each public servant has a specific job, because the system has been set up to safeguard public servants' rights, so developing professionalism in a specific field is difficult. Professionals who deal with such [child abuse] cases cannot be `trained,' but rather have to grow professionally with experience," Tsai said.
Despite the challenges faced by the government's management, the MOI is going to great lengths to help children by giving out professional licenses to social workers and establishing "113," a help line that aims to protect the safety of children and women that is linked to a immediate response system.
Furthermore, an annual "marriage day" might actually be marked on the Taiwanese calendar.
In a meeting with Minister of the Interior Su Jia-chyuan (
Kao and the Taiwan Happy Marriage Association (
In response to Kao's proposal, Su said that a marriage day was a definite possibility.
"I agree that a happy marriage is the cornerstone of a sound society ... the MOI will first gather the public's views on this issue, and follow up accordingly," Su said.
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