The Triple Stimulus Vouchers program, which is now open to Alien Permanent Resident Certificate (APRC) holders, has proven hugely successful. Businesses will continue offering favorable package or discount through the end of December, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said recently.
Financing institution, restaurants and other businesses have been offering special incentives to voucher holders since the program was introduced in July, and revenues in the food and service industry as well as in the retail industry have reached record highs in the months since then, the ministry said, adding that this phenomenon clearly demonstrated the success of the program in stimulating consumer spending. So far, over 97 percent of those eligible for the program have collected vouchers.
In expanding the program, APRC holders and foreign diplomats in Taiwan are able to collect Triple Stimulus Vouchers starting Nov. 16. “We would like to thank foreign nationals before Christmas for their contributions to Taiwan and invite them joining the government’s most important stimulus policy this year together,” Premier Su Tseng-Chang said on Nov. 12.
“Those who collect vouchers at the post office should remember to bring their health insurance card or APRC and NT$1,000” the MOEA said, or they can obtain them digitally by registering with a credit card (which they can apply for at Taiwan’s local banks), stored value cards or mobile payments on the Triple Stimulus Vouchers program Web site.
For more information, please check “Triple Stimulus Vouchers” on the official Web site: https://3000.gov.tw/EN/Default.aspx and on YouTube (Triple Stimulus Vouchers available to APRC holders).
(Sponsored by Small and Medium Enterprise Administration of MOEA)
(Advertorial)
Taiwanese barista Xie Yi-chen (謝溢宸) recently triumphed at the 2024 World Coffee Championships, taking home 1st place in the World Latte Art category. Xie, 28, impressed the judges in the final round with patterns of a whale, a moose, and a dragon in the three-day competition that took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from June 27-29, clinching the title of latte art world champion during his first time representing Taiwan on the world stage. At a press conference held by the Taiwan Coffee Association on Thursday, Xie said that creating latte art gives him a tremendous feeling of achievement. Speaking about his entries in
TRAVEL CONVENIENCE: The program is to shorten wait times while passing through airport checks and would start for Taiwanese from January next year Japan is to launch a new program to expedite entry procedures for Taiwanese starting from January next year. The Japanese government is planning to introduce new rules to shorten the time it takes foreign travelers to pass through immigration, thereby attracting more tourists to visit, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported yesterday. An airport preclearance program would be implemented to allow foreign travelers to finish some screenings at their departure airport’s terminals and undergo simple confirmation procedures upon arrival, it said. The program would initially be applied to travelers from Taiwan from January next year and could be extended to travelers from elsewhere depending
The annual Taipei Summer Festival, which starts today, is to tone down its fireworks displays, the Taipei Department of Information and Tourism said on Monday. Fireworks displays are to be held at the riverside site in Datong District’s (大同) Dadaocheng (大稻埕) area on four days at this year’s festival, with the first today, and then on Wednesday next week, July 31 and Aug. 10, the department said. There were eight displays last year, with the reduction aimed at minimizing inconvenience to local residents, it said. The first three shows, which are all on Wednesdays, are to last for five minutes, while the final
EYE ON MAYORS: The DPP would file a complaint with the Control Yuan against Ko and Chiang over their handling of reports of abuse at a preschool in the city The Taipei City Government’s belated response under Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) and his predecessor, Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), to alleged child sex abuse at a kindergarten resulted in more children being victimized, two Taipei City Councilors said yesterday. A Taipei preschool teacher has been charged with sexually abusing six children from 2021 to last year at a school registered to his mother. Prosecutors are reportedly considering additional charges amid a wave of new accusations allegedly linking the suspect to 20 other abused children and the discovery at his residence of more than 600 sexually explicit videos featuring minors. The