Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/15
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, April 15 (CNA) An annual literary contest aimed at giving a voice to immigrants and

Photo courtesy of Taiwan Literature Award for Migrants

migrant workers opened Sunday in Taipei with a call for submissions from expatriates not only in Taiwan, but also in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia.

This year’s Taiwan Literature Award for Migrants competition kicked off with Joseph Christian P. Aranas, a Filipino migrant worker, reading “Cry of the Poor” — his winning piece in last year’s awards — in Tagalog, one of the major languages spoken in the Philippines.

The reading was followed by a play performed by Filipino migrant workers depicting inhuman working conditions endured by migrant crew members that concluded with the workers standing up for their rights.    [FULL  STORY]