Taiwan This Week: April Week 1
Welcome to Taiwan This Week, a roundup of the top news stories from around the island over the past seven days. Listen in every Friday at 8:30pm for the must-know news that is happening in Taiwan now, with our host ICRT’s Keith Menconi, as he sits down with Gavin Phipps and our Kaohsiung correspondent Michael Smith . Click HERE to...Continue reading
Maggots Make It Big in Taiwan
A Kaohsiung-based company that raises maggots as a source of animal protein has been selected by the Ministry of Education as a distinguished start-up by university graduates and awarded a government subsidy. Green Ark Biotech was established by National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences graduates late last year. And its business is maggots. According to...Continue reading
HTC reveals virtual reality headset
In collaboration with U.S. based game developer, Valve, HTC has revealed its own virtual reality (VR) headset called Vive. The headset will be available to consumers later this year along with a developer kit coming out this spring. According to HTC, the Vive sports two 1200 x 1080 display screens that can handle up to...Continue reading
Smoothie Maker Jamba Juice Coming to Taiwan in 2015 in Summer
Reuters is reporting that US-based Jamba Juice is hoping to open its first outlet in Taiwan. According to the report, the California-based maker of health drinks hopes to open its flagship store in Taipei as early as this summer. Quan Huang Gourmet Company, Jamba’s franchise partner, says Jamba estimates about 90 percent of the recipes...Continue reading
Survey finds more than half of Taiwan employees feel tired at work
#104821261 / gettyimages.com A recent survey from Yes123 job bank says more than half of Taiwan’s employees feel tired at work, with mass communications and hospitality sectors the most heavily affected. The results of the survey show that some 60.4 percent of respondents say they have suffered extreme fatigue that has affected their mental and...Continue reading
Taiwanese inventors compete at iENA International Trade Fair
Taiwan placed third in Germany’s iENA International Trade Fair with a grand total of 19 gold, 26 silver and 31 bronze medals. Boasting over 700 submissions from 30 countries and territories, iENA ranks as one of the world’s leading international trade shows. 44 Taiwanese competitors participated this year’s fair held in Nuremberg, Germany from October...Continue reading
American Express says number of wealthy people in Taiwan increasing
Financial services corporation American Express says more than 110,000 people in Taiwan last year, held liquid assets of more than NT$30 million. American Express cited the 2014 World Wealth report compiled by France-based consulting company Capgemini and the Royal Bank of Canada as showing that the number surpassed 110,000 in 2013, pushing up its ranking...Continue reading
Taiwan Designs Win at Red Dot Communication Design Awards
A Taiwan design company has won several awards at this year’s Red Dot Communication Design Awards, including a “Best of the Best” title given only to the top designs. “Rice Cake,” the Best of the Best design by Proad Identity, features carps printed on the two sides of a box that holds “niangao” — sticky...Continue reading
Innovating Taiwan: Alcatel-Lucent’s Johan Asplund on the Future of the Internet
With the advent of 4G in Taiwan, there has been a lot of buzz surrounding mobile internet. To discuss what this means for Taiwan and what the future of on-the-go connectivity looks like, I spoke with Alcatel-Lucent Taiwan’s Chief Technology Officer Johan Asplund. Listen Continue reading
Fewer Taiwan Companies Plan to Give Raises This Year: Poll
A survey released Monday says fewer Taiwan companies are planning to give their employees a raise this year than a year ago despite the improving economy. The survey from Taipei-based 1111 Job Bank found that 55 percent of polled companies plan to give employees raises in 2014. This is 9 percentage points lower than numbers...Continue reading
Innovating Taiwan: Ford’s Trevor Worthington on Success in the Auto Industry
Last month, I had the opportunity to speak with Trevor Worthington, Ford’s Vice-President of Product Development for Asia Pacific, at COMPUTEX Taipei 2014– the world’s second largest computer fair – where we discussed success and innovation in the auto industry. Listen Listening and Understanding To open our chat, Worthington and I spoke about some of...Continue reading
Cabinet Seeking to Encourage Pay Raises
The Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Act for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises that will give corporate tax deductions to such businesses that raise salaries for lower-level employees. According to Economics Minister – Chang Jia-zhu – the amendment offers companies a tax credit, and is expected to lead more than 430 000...Continue reading
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