Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-11
By: Jennifer Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
I-Mei Foods Co., Ltd. CEO Luis Ko announced Monday that the food company will donate NT$1.2 million (US$37,046) to help Taitung with the reconstruction.
Ko had announced July 9 a decision to give two extra paid leaves to company staff with immediate families living in Taitung, the hardest hit area by Typhoon Nepartak, and award a subsidy of NT$20,000 (US$620) to each of the families if their houses were severely damaged by the typhoon.
Typhoon Nepartak made a landfall in Taitung on July 8 and left a trail of destruction in agriculture and thousands of homes devastated in this region. The reconstruction of Taitung is expected to be long and arduous. [FULL STORY]