Young students looking for part-time summer jobs could end up becoming victims of forced prostitution as deceitful job ads fill newspapers, civic groups warned yesterday.
The groups conducted a survey of four of the leading Chinese-language newspapers on June 29, just days before the summer vacation began.
They found a total of 1,959 classified ads they suspected might be a front for recruiting prostitutes, Mennonite Good Shepherd Center director Chen Chai-hui (
"Newspapers ... are a good source for job hunters, but if there are traps in these ads, young girls may fall for them," Chen said.
The survey found Taipei County to have the highest number of such ads, followed by Taoyuan County and Taipei City, which tied for second, Chen said.
Chen urged students to pay attention to certain items in the ads that may hint that the job is in the sex industry.
"Most of these ads offer unreasonablely high salaries, loans to job hunters, do not specify job titles, or only give phone numbers and no addresses," Chen said.
Garden of Hope Foundation director Chi Hui-jung (
"The Government Information Office [GIO] requires employers to provide addresses in job ads, so ads without addresses should be rejected," Chi said.
Chi also urged local government information departments to pay closer attention to irregularities in employment ads.
Women's Rescue Foundation executive director Fran Gau (
Lawmakers attending yesterday's press conference vowed to increase their efforts to fight child prostitution, but said there were still some loopholes in the law.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Yang Li-huan (
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Huang Sue-ying (黃淑英) said teaching appropriate values to students could also help to resolve the problem.
Taiwan is to have nine extended holidays next year, led by a nine-day Lunar New Year break, the Cabinet announced yesterday. The nine-day Lunar New Year holiday next year matches the length of this year’s holiday, which featured six extended holidays. The increase in extended holidays is due to the Act on the Implementation of Commemorative and Festival Holidays (紀念日及節日實施條例), which was passed early last month with support from the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party. Under the new act, the day before Lunar New Year’s Eve is also a national holiday, and Labor Day would no longer be limited
COMMITMENTS: The company had a relatively low renewable ratio at 56 percent and did not have any goal to achieve 100 percent renewable energy, the report said Pegatron Corp ranked the lowest among five major final assembly suppliers in progressing toward Apple Inc’s commitment to be 100 percent carbon neutral by 2030, a Greenpeace East Asia report said yesterday. While Apple has set the goal of using 100 percent renewable energy across its entire business, supply chain and product lifecycle by 2030, carbon emissions from electronics manufacturing are rising globally due to increased energy consumption, it said. Given that carbon emissions from its supply chain accounted for more than half of its total emissions last year, Greenpeace East Asia evaluated the green transition performance of Apple’s five largest final
Taiwan is to extend its visa-waiver program for Philippine passport holders for another year, starting on Aug. 1, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said on Friday. Lin made the announcement during a reception in Taipei marking the 127th anniversary of Philippine independence and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The decision reflected Taiwan’s commitment to deepening exchanges with the Philippines, the statement cited Lin as saying, adding that it was a key partner under the New Southbound Policy launched in 2016. Lin also expressed hope
Temperatures in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店) climbed past 37°C yesterday, as the Central Weather Administration (CWA) issued heat alerts for 16 municipalities, warning the public of intense heat expected across Taiwan. The hottest location in Taiwan was in Sindian, where the mercury reached 37.5°C at about 2pm, according to CWA data. Taipei’s Shilin District (士林) recorded a temperature of 37.4°C at noon, Taitung County’s Jinfeng Township (金峰) at 12:50 pm logged a temperature of 37.4°C and Miaoli County’s Toufen Township (頭份) reached 36.7°C at 11:40am, the CWA said. The weather agency yesterday issued a yellow level information notice for Taipei, New
RSS