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Money can buy happiness: survey

Nation's happiest women * Amy Ho, socialite * Yu Mei-ren, TV show host * Diana Chen, chief executive of Taipei 101 * Chen Hsing-yu, President Chen Shui-bian's daughter

For modern women in Taiwan, getting married is no longer the only way to ensure happiness. According to a recent survey by an online job bank, women consider improving working conditions, professional achievements, looking good and being wealthy as equally valid means for making their lives happier.

According to the survey, most professional women consider Amy Ho (何麗玲), a single, rich and well-known socialite, to be the happiest woman in Taiwan.

TV show host Yu Mei-ren (于美人), author and actress Betty Wu (吳淡如), chief executive of Taipei 101 Diana Chen (陳敏薰) and President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) daughter Chen Hsing-yu (陳幸妤) are also among the top 10 "happiest women" in the survey.

According to the survey, 53 percent of professional women in Taiwan are not satisfied with their working conditions. Respondents said a good employer should take good care of female employees, create a women-friendly working environment and promote gender equality.

Accton Technology Corp, which provides financial aid for female employees going on maternity leave and provides facilities such as breast-feeding rooms, is the best company for professional women, followed by Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp, according to the survey results.

Other companies considered to be geared toward the needs of female employees included AU Optronics Corp, Ford Lio Ho Motor Corp, the President Chain Store Corp and International Business Machines Corp, according to the survey.

"In addition to having improved working conditions for pregnant women, these companies also provide better pay and more promotion opportunities for female employees," said Yang Ken-cheng (楊肯誠), chief operating officer of the job bank.

The survey was conducted by the Pan-Asia Human Resource Corp among 4,517 professional women working from Feb. 16 to March 2. The survey had a margin of error of 1.46 percent.
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