Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-09
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As Taitung County was struggling to emerge from under the shadow of Typhoon Nepartak Saturday, I-Mei Foods Co., Ltd. CEO Luis Ko announced that company staff whose relatives lived in Taitung and who had to help with the reconstruction of their homes would receive two days extra leave, while close relatives who had suffered severe damage could receive a subsidy of NT$20,000 (US$620).
The move was designed to show solidarity with the residents of the southeastern Taiwanese county, which had borne the brunt of the passage of Typhoon Nepartak Friday. [FULL STORY]