Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/17
By: Wang Cheng-chung and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Dec. 17 (CNA) Poor air quality is driving away an increasing number of foreign
Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Chiang Chi-chen (江啟臣)/CNA file photo
professionals from Taiwan, at the same time as the country is working to attract more foreign talent, opposition Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Chiang Chi-chen (江啟臣) warned on Friday.
Speaking at a press conference attended by several foreign national residents of Taiwan ,Chiang said that many of his foreign friends who have lived here for a long time have complained to him that air pollution in Taiwan has worsened over the past decade.
Indeed, the situation is so bad that some have chosen to leave Taiwan because of the threat posed by air pollution to themselves and their families, Chiang said.
Shuan Bettinson, a foreign engineer, said he has lived in Taiwan for 13 years and has many good friends in the foreign resident community. [FULL STORY]