Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/07
By Kuo Hsin-yi and William Yen

Taipei, Aug. 7 (CNA) Local business groups are not optimistic about a draft economic immigration bill newly completed by the National Development Council (NDC), saying that excluding investment immigration from the draft act is a missed opportunity.

The remark came as the NDC released the draft act Monday that targets three categories of foreign talent — professionals, mid-level skilled workers, and Taiwanese expatriates and their offspring, but excludes investment immigration.

Chairman Lai Cheng-i (賴正鎰) of the General Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of China (Taiwan) said the government shouldn’t have removed the option just because it is worried that the influx of funds into the country will be difficult to manage.    [FULL  STORY]