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More than 220,000 Indonesians were currently working inTaiwan and faced no discrimination working there said a top Taiwan traderepresentative
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ore than 220,000 Indonesians were currently working inTaiwan and faced no discrimination working there said a top Taiwan traderepresentative.
'We have more than 220,000 Indonesian workers and the average minimum wage is US$700 per month. Indonesian workers are being treated on a par with local [Taiwanese] workers and they are entitled to the social security insurance facility,' Taipei Economic and Trade Office (TETO) representative in Indonesia, Liang-Jen Chang, told The Jakarta Post in Jakarta on Wednesday.
A salary of $700 is relatively good for a low-skilled Indonesian migrant worker, who would receive much lower pay in Singapore, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
Taiwan's treatment of Indonesian workers was praised by none other than President-elect Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo recently.
Jokowi said in an exclusive interview with Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) recently that he was very glad to hear about the 'friendly treatment' of Indonesian workers in Taiwan and thanked Taiwan's authorities.
'It [employment of Indonesian workers] should be the basis for our cooperation,' Jokowi told CNA.
Jokowi, who will assume his new post on Oct. 20, also called on the Taiwanese to visit Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, and to invest in the archipelago.
Taiwan is already one of Indonesia's biggest foreign investors with cumulative investment of $15.3 billion. Jokowi personally invited Taiwan's top business tycoon and Foxconn owner Terry Gou to attend his Oct. 20 inauguration. Gou is planning to invest $1 billion in Indonesia.
Responding to Jokowi's statement, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Anna Kao, said her country was ready to boost relations with Indonesia.
'In the future, Taiwan will continue strengthening bilateral relations with Indonesia, building on its established base,' Kao told CNA.
Indonesia does not have diplomatic ties with Taiwan due to the 'One China Policy'. China considers Taiwan a renegade province, while Taiwan claims to be an independent country. (nfo)
