Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-08-14

The government of the northern city of Hsinchu is doing all it can to make

Hsinchu Deputy Mayor Shen Hui-hung says her city’s government is doing all it can to make new immigrants feel at home.

new immigrants feel at home. That’s according to Hsinchu deputy mayor Shen Hui-hung, speaking to RTI on Monday.

Local governments around Taiwan are working with the central government to promote the New Southbound policy. The policy aims to promote cultural and economic ties with South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Shen said Hsinchu has always been considered an immigrant city in its 300 years of history. Today, the Hsinchu Science Park is home to many foreign nationals working there. Currently more than 9,000 immigrants reside in Hsinchu.    [FULL  STORY]