COVID-19: Majority want cash, not vouchers, poll finds‘RELIEF FIRST’: Only 9.8 percent of respondents in a Consumers’ Foundation survey preferred the Executive Yuan’s NT$5,000 vouchers aimed at stimulating the economyBy Lo Chi / Staff reporter, with CNAMore than 90 percent of Taiwanese want to receive cash rather than “quintuple stimulus vouchers” proposed by the Executive Yuan, a survey by the Consumers’ Foundation showed yesterday. The Executive Yuan is planning to issue another round of stimulus vouchers worth NT$5,000 to encourage domestic consumption in the wake of the recent COVID-19 outbreak. It on Thursday touted four advantages of issuing “quintuple stimulus vouchers” instead of cash, saying that the expiration date on the vouchers would mean that people would have to spend them quickly and, hence, stimulate the economy. A person in Taipei on July 16 last year holds samples of Triple Stimulus Vouchers. The Executive Yuan is scheduled to further discuss the proposed voucher plan with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus today.

Source: Taipei Times August 15, 2021 15:56 UTC