Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/13
By: Joseph Yeh

Taipei, May. 13 (CNA) More than 60 migrant workers joined a program in Taipei Sunday that offers vocational training in making Taiwanese trademark dishes and drinks such as beef noodles and bubble tea, to help them prepare for life after they return to their home countries.

The program, titled the Global Workers’ Upskill Center program, is now in its second year. In its first year, it offered baking and e-commerce courses. This year, the program has expanded to cooking and hairdressing.

Karen Hsu (徐瑞希), secretary-general of the Global Workers’ Organization in Taiwan, the chief organizer of the program, told CNA that the initiative is designed to help migrant workers expand their skill sets.

According to Hsu, Taiwanese companies are keen to expand their business in Association of Southeast Asian Nation countries but they lack talent that has both Taiwanese experience while at the same time a deep knowledge of local markets.
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