Taiwan will hire more than 28,000 foreign workers this coming December, favoring Filipinos to work as English teachers, hospitality workers,
caregivers, and farmers, according to the Manila Economic and Cultural Office said the demand for Filipinos in the English teaching industry is high, after Taiwan launched its ambitious Bilingual 2030 policy, to boost its number of English-speaking individuals.
“For now, Taiwan needs more than 28,000 workers by December but they will officially announce that they are going to hire 800,000 workersas hospitality workers, caregivers, teachers, farmers, construction workers,” MECO chairman Silvestre Bello III said in a radio interview. He said teachers in Taiwan earn as much as P100,000 a month even before passing the board. “If you are certified, you can receive P150,000 a month,” he said.
MECO data revealed that there are more than 200,000 Filipinos living and working in Taiwan, a democratic country with more than 23 million people. Bello likewise assured the safety of Filipinos in Taiwan amid the continuing tension in the Taiwan Strait and the upcoming Taiwan presidential elections in January next year.
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