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Taiwan: an ageing tiger in need of cubs
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Taipei
JASON TSAI is among the few in Taiwan with excellent English, but two years after graduating from university, the highly sought language skill has failed to secure him a well-paying job.
Mr Tsai has been pulling in an average monthly pay of NT$15,000 (S$643) through part-time work, below the minimum wage of NT$22,000 for college graduates and one-fourth of the retirement pension received by state employees. "I cannot afford a place of my own with my low income . . . All I have been able to find were part-time jobs," the 25-year-old said.
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