Hou distorting India worker dealBy Steve Kuan 官文傑In a televised policy presentation, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜), said he opposed the Ministry of Labor signing a memorandum of understanding with India that would allow 100,000 Indian workers to come to Taiwan. This would take away employment opportunities from Taiwanese workers and lead to social unrest, Hou said. Even though the ministry has repeatedly said the agreement would not allow 100,000 Indian workers to arrive at the same time, Hou’s camp continues to present a false narrative of the nature of the deal. The claim that the policy would lead to 100,000 Indian workers arriving in Taiwan in one fell swoop is therefore quite absurd. If the government opens Taiwan up to low-paid Chinese workers as investment immigrants, migrant workers from other countries would find it difficult to compete with them in every industry.
