Taiwan shares closer
cooperation in the fields of education and employment with Indonesia than with
other Asian countries, Director of the Taipei Economic and Trade Office's Press
Information Division, Jakarta, Kendra Yung-Shoa Chen stated.
"Indonesian students
and workers studying and working in Taiwan serve as a bridge for communication
and cultural exchanges between Indonesia and Taiwan," Chen noted after the
Taiwan Night event in Jakarta, Wednesday night (Aug 30).
She added that the presence
of Indonesians in Taiwan has helped to strengthen bilateral cooperation and has
also resulted in several mixed marriages among the second generation between
the two communities.
Chen noted that although
Taiwan is geographically a small island, with a population of some 23 million,
its relations and cooperation with Indonesia are growing deeper and are expected
to expand in other fields.
Currently, the number of
Indonesian students studying in Taiwan reaches 4,394, comprising 2,745 taking
up undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees; 227 participating in student
exchange programs; and 1,442 students studying Mandarin.
Indonesia ranks third among
countries sending students to study in Taiwan, after Malaysia and Japan.
Meanwhile, the number of
Indonesian workers in Taiwan reaches some 250 thousand comprising mostly those
employed in the domestic sector or as caregivers, with a monthly salary of
NT$17.5 thousand. Moreover, some 30 percent of the total figure are employed in
the formal sector and earn a salary of NT$20 thousand per month.
Indonesia has the highest
number of migrant workers in Taiwan, followed by Thailand, Vietnam, and the
Philippines. . (Source: republika).
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