Thursday, May 19, 2005

Foreign Talents Working & Living in Taiwan

This survey came in the mail from Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research. First of all, thank you for considering me a "talent." Mom will feel vindicated at last. The survey is a laundry list of issues, like "Efficiency of related agencies and authorities" or "Residential Safety" and for each issue you have ratings from Highly Dissatisfied to Very Dissatisfied with Average in the middle. Interestingly the survey comes with a print-out of the 2004 results.

Low points are:
Cross-Straight policy with China: 2.43 (21 respondents were highly dissatisfied.)
Provide a Living Environment in English: 2.54 (13 respondents were highly dissatisfied. I suspect the bi-annual changing of PinYin romanization could be a major cause.)

High points are:
Internet Access: 3.96 (only one person was highly dissatisfied - I guess they want free wi-fi.)
Convenience of Living: 3.70 (no one was highly dissatisfied. advantage: 7-11.)
Residential Safety: 3.48

Opinions about some issues included:
Taiwan should be provided with more language instruction: 25.78% YES 59.38% NO
Teachers, the foreign talents have spoken - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

They also have fill in the blank questions:

1. In what areas do you think Taiwan needs to try harder or make improvements.
2. Which aspect of the working environment do you feel causes the most problems or displays the most need for improvement.
3. Which aspect of the living environment do you feel causes the most problems or displays the most need for improvement. (Sound trucks comes immediately to mind.)
4. What should be enhanced or improved for Taiwan to attract foreign talents to work or provide service in Taiwan.

Please let me know in Comments if there is anything our reader(s) think should be included.

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