2010年8月25日 星期三

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Premier Wu Dun-yi says the government does not have any time frame for
raising public-sector wages ... or offering bigger year-end bonuses.

Wu is dismissing a media report that said the Executive Yuan is working on a
plan to pay an extra half-month's salary in year-end bonuses to military
personnel, civil servants and public school teachers.

According to Wu, whether the government considers any rise in public-sector
wages will depend on the country's economic performance in the second half of
this year
and the first half of next year.

The premier added that since the government still has to rely on borrowing to
make ends meet in the coming year ... there is no plan to adjust wages or
consider changes to bonuses.

2010年8月17日 星期二

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Residents of Mai-liao Township in Yunlin County are continuing to blockade a
Formosa Plastic Group's petrochemical plant.

Several hundred protesters are currently at the site.

They are blocking three roads leading to the plant in protest over what they
are calling "inadequate compensation" for two fires at the plant last month.

The township residents say the 500-million N-T dollars offered as
compensation by the Formosa Plastic Group fails to take into consideration a
decade of pollution.


This is the second day residents of Mai-liao Township have held protests
outside the plant.

Seven people were arrested after minor scuffles yesterday, but they were all
later released without charge.