Foreigners to get subsidies from Taipei government
A report on Friday last week misstated that the Taipei City Government wasn’t going to offer ARC and APRC holders cash subsidies and tax breaks
By Steven Crook and Michael Turton / Contributing reporters
Over the weekend, among expatriate circles, a report by the Central News Agency (CNA), which stated that individual foreign residents unlike Taiwanese citizens wouldn’t be eligible for one-off cash handouts of NT$3,000 to NT$6,000 if they were encountering financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, caused some dismay and a good amount of annoyance.
Foreigners who’ve been living and paying taxes in the capital for years felt aggrieved and excluded. And all for no reason, it seems: Tom Chou (周台竹), commissioner of the Taipei Mayor’s Office for External Affairs, on Monday said: “We won’t exclude a foreign individual, so long as he or she pays tax to the central or local government.”
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Foodstuff prices rise, pose inflation threat
A supermarket in HCM City. With the costs of materials needed for foodstuffs rising, businesses are finding ways to cut costs so that they can keep prices steady. Photo nhandan.com.vn
Prices of foodstuffs have been increasing due to rising costs of raw materials.
Do Van Khuol, supply director of Saigon Food Company, said the cost of both domestically sourced and imported inputs have risen, including those of rice and seafood, whose output has fallen.
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