Young Taiwanese seeking employment in the UK during the Olympic Games period are urged to be aware of work scams, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.
Although there have so far been no reports of job fraud by Taiwanese on working holidays in the UK, British media have been warning job-seekers of potential scams, said James Lee (李光章), director-general of the ministry’s Department of European Affairs.
“We cannot rule out the possibility that Taiwanese could become victims, so we want to keep the public abreast of the news,” Lee said.
A number of Taiwanese have entered the UK under a working holiday program that took effect in January. Successful applicants aged 18 to 30 can live, study or work in the UK for a maximum of 24 months.
“We have received no reports of fraud from Taiwanese applicants,” said an official from the British Trade and Cultural Office, the agency responsible for administering the UK’s Youth Mobility Scheme.
Taiwan has working holiday agreements with Canada, the UK, Germany, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
In related news, Lee said Taiwan is taking part in a series of cultural events held alongside the London Olympics that will showcase the country’s strength in the creative arts.
Taiwan has just participated in London’s famed Chelsea Flower Show and will attend an upcoming architecture and poetry exposition at the Cultural Olympiad, Lee said.
Last week, Queen Elizabeth II visited Taiwan’s orchid pavilion at the flower show and showed appreciation for the award-winning orchids especially grown in honor of the Diamond Jubilee celebrating her 60 years on the throne, he said.
“Through the flower show, we exhibited our soft power,” he said.
Next month, students from National Cheng Kung University and the Chinese Culture University will present innovative designs at the International Architecture and Design Showcase at Westminster University, he added.
Lee said that poems by four Taiwanese poets have also been selected for the Poetry Parnassus, a platform that exhibits works from 205 nations and regions that are competing in the Olympic Games this summer.
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a sea warning for Typhoon Fung-wong effective from 5:30pm, while local governments canceled school and work for tomorrow. A land warning is expected to be issued tomorrow morning before it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, the agency said. Taoyuan, and well as Yilan, Hualien and Penghu counties canceled work and school for tomorrow, as well as mountainous district of Taipei and New Taipei City. For updated information on closures, please visit the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration Web site. As of 5pm today, Fung-wong was about 490km south-southwest of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan's southernmost point.
Almost a quarter of volunteer soldiers who signed up from 2021 to last year have sought early discharge, the Legislative Yuan’s Budget Center said in a report. The report said that 12,884 of 52,674 people who volunteered in the period had sought an early exit from the military, returning NT$895.96 million (US$28.86 million) to the government. In 2021, there was a 105.34 percent rise in the volunteer recruitment rate, but the number has steadily declined since then, missing recruitment targets, the Chinese-language United Daily News said, citing the report. In 2021, only 521 volunteers dropped out of the military, the report said, citing
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Kaohsiung at 1pm today, the Central Weather Administration said. The epicenter was in Jiasian District (甲仙), 72.1km north-northeast of Kaohsiung City Hall, at a depth of 7.8km, agency data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage. The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effects of a temblor, was highest in Kaohsiung and Tainan, where it measured a 4 on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale. It also measured a 3 in parts of Chiayi City, as well as Pingtung, Yunlin and Hualien counties, data showed.
Nearly 5 million people have signed up to receive the government’s NT$10,000 (US$322) universal cash handout since registration opened on Wednesday last week, with deposits expected to begin tomorrow, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. After a staggered sign-up last week — based on the final digit of the applicant’s national ID or Alien Resident Certificate number — online registration is open to all eligible Taiwanese nationals, foreign permanent residents and spouses of Taiwanese nationals. Banks are expected to start issuing deposits from 6pm today, the ministry said. Those who completed registration by yesterday are expected to receive their NT$10,000 tomorrow, National Treasury
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