TAIPEI -- The starting salary for first-time employees in Taiwan dropped 808 new Taiwan dollars ($26) from the previous year to 27,042 new Taiwan dollars in 2018, a survey has shown.Their desired pay also fell 1,162 new Taiwan dollars to 31,103 new Taiwan dollars during the past year, according to local human resource platform 1111 Job Bank.The starting salary for engineering-related graduates reached 34,098 new Taiwan dollars, the highest, followed by consultation-related graduates and those who have a background in mathematics, physics and chemistry education, with a salary of 34,000 and 29,690 new Taiwan dollars respectively.Graduates who major in sports, sightseeing and catering earned only 24,471 new Taiwan dollars, the survey showed.It also showed that 63.83 percent of the respondents are most concerned with pay and welfare and 55.32 percent are concerned with the location of where they work.A total of 68.55 percent of university graduates have been employed while 29.79 percent of them have had changed jobs at least twice, it said, adding that working overtime, seeking better opportunities and feeling no sense of achievement are major reasons for job-hopping.A total of 1,269 questionnaires were collected during the survey from Dec. 10 to 27. customize your own charm braceletcolored rubber bands for braceletsplastic braceletssilicone rubber braceletsprinted wristband
ile Photo: Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. [Photo/Xinhua] The Chinese mainland will expand exchanges with Taiwan if the island removes obstacles hindering cross-Straits communications, a mainland spokesman said on Wednesday after many newly elected county and city heads said they expect more cooperation with the mainland to boost their economy. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that with a correct understanding of the nature of cross-Straits relations, the exchanges and cooperation between counties and cities will definitely be more extensive. In Taiwan's local elections over the weekend, the Kuomintang won 15 of the 22 seats being contested, while the ruling Democratic Progressive Party landed six, with one going to an independent candidate. Ma said it was the island's Democratic Progressive Party that had erected obstacles to cross-Straits exchanges in the previous two years. We need more time to observe whether the expectations will be realized, he said. The sooner they remove the barriers, the sooner people from both sides can enjoy the benefits of cross-Straits exchanges, the spokesman added. He said the Democratic Progressive Party should conduct a deep review of what it has done, respect the strong will of the public in Taiwan to share the benefits of peaceful development, and return to the political foundation of the 1992 Consensus on the one-China policy. Newly elected Kuomintang county and city chiefs all publicly declared that they will uphold the 1992 Consensus and that they expect more cooperation with the mainland to stimulate economic development. Han Kuo-yu, the Kuomintang mayor-elect of Kaohsiung, one of Taiwan's biggest cities, said he will set up a special office to deal with cross-Straits affairs. Bao Chengke, deputy director of the cross-Straits Communication and Regional Development Institute at East China Normal University in Shanghai, said even if the island's authorities still imposed restrictions on mutual exchanges, the interaction between cities can still move forward. For those cities with correct stand like Kaohsiung, the cooperation that had stopped before will be continued and expanded now to benefit more people across the Straits, he added. Next month, a forum between Shanghai and Taipei will kick off in Taipei. A cross-Straits baseball event involving over 800 participants will be held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Contact the writer at [email protected] customize your own braceletrubber bracelet trendswirl silicone braceletscustom silicone wristbands no minimum free shippingcool silicone wristbands<%2fcenter>
