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COVID-19: Deliverers need vaccines, TPP says
By Hsieh Chun-ling and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Food delivery workers should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination to ensure their safety, Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator Lai Hsiang-ling (賴香伶) said yesterday.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Labor should establish a schedule for vaccinating food deliverers and others in high-risk occupations, she said, adding that she has submitted a request on the issue to the ministries.
“Protecting these delivery personnel is in the interest of both their health and ours,” she said.
A nurse administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei on Thursday.
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) approved by the government last month fell more than 49 percent from a year earlier, due to a relatively high comparison base over the same period last year, the Investment Commission said on Saturday.
Commission data showed that the approved FDI fell 49.07 percent from a year earlier to US$508.12 million, but remained the second-highest in a decade.
The figure for January last year was boosted by Danish renewable energy developer Orsted A/S’ investment in its local subsidiary’s offshore wind farm business.
Last month, the commission approved 228 FDI applications, down 45.19 percent from a year
Taipei moves up Asia-Pacific real-estate ranking
Staff writer, with CNA
Taipei took 11th spot in the latest real-estate investment prospects rankings for the Asia-Pacific region, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Urban Land Institute showed.
In the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate Asia-Pacific 2021” ranking, Taipei rose three notches from a year earlier to 11th place among 22 cities in the region, due to Taiwan’s efforts to fend off the COVID-19 pandemic, PwC said.
Taipei has also enjoyed ample liquidity, and the investment prospects in the city’s real-estate market have been recognized by many investors, it said.
The Taipei 101 building, second right, stands among residential and commercial buildings in Taipei on June 2.