While protests triggered by disputes between employers and employees are common in Taiwan, Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) vowed to come up with policies that would benefit businesses, the public and government once elected.
Tsai yesterday announced on Facebook that she met with electronics manufacturing firm Pegatron’s chairman Tung Tzu-hsien (童子賢) on Tuesday last week and has learned how moves by the government might affect businesses, resulting in her vow to create policies that would accommodate the interests of workers, companies and the state.
“Private businesses feel the impact of government inefficiency deeply,” Tsai said on Facebook. “He [Tung] used system design in the information technology industry as an analogy, proposing that the government could learn what the public is thinking through a good system design, and use a new management system to improve efficiency and have faster reactions to public opinion.”
She said that the information and communications technology and design industries are “Taiwan’s hopes,” and that if the industries could help the government to create systems for long-term elderly care or food safety, they could certainly set a new model for public services and enhance the quality of life for the public — and even open a new sector for the industries’ development.
“This way, we could create a ‘win-win-win’ situation for businesses, the public and the government,” Tsai said.
Tsai’s office said that, although the meeting between Tsai and Tung took place a day before Tsai’s meeting with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co chairman Morris Chang (張忠謀), it was only made public yesterday, because of a request by Pegatron.
Tsai has been touring the nation to meet with the political, opinion and business leaders since she received the official nomination as her party’s candidate for next year’s presidential election.
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