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2009年3月30日 星期一

The number of unemployed increases rapidly this month

Jobless seem to be a serious problem nowadays. Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said that if the government doesn’t come up with effective policies, jobless may hit a record high of 1.3 million in job. The government has promised to provide jobs for 40,000 people but it doesn’t help. There are still who graduated from university this year, 40 percent to 50 percent of them are still unemployed,”Tsai said. Huang Hsin-che (黃鑫哲), a 20-year-old college freshman, said he is already worried about getting a job.
“At this time last year, I was getting ready to head to Kenting [墾丁] for the Spring Scream [Rock Festival],” Huang said, “But this year, I want to scream at President Ma Ying-Jeou (馬英九): ‘I want a job.’” Huang said it is hard to even find a part-time job. Even graduate student is still hard to find a job nowadays. Although people who are on the work also afraid to be laid off employee, up to now more and more people suffered with losing job and compelled them to take a rest and the companies reduce the welfare of the staff too. According to the latest official of number is 600,000 unemployed as of last month and that number is likely to go up to 700,000 this month

2009年3月24日 星期二

Pineapple Cake



Do you want to eat this pineapple cake? The pineapple cake is a famous dessert in Taiwan and it also is a traditional cake. The main ingredients are flour, cream, sugar , eggs , winter- melon and pineapple sauce . The outside of pineapple cake is crispy and the inside is sweet golden-colored pineapple jam. Pineapple in the Southern Fujian Language sounds as “thriving has arrived”. Pineapple also has the meaning of fortunate and triumphant. Many visitors would like to buy it for a gift and it is also a popular present well wrapped in a gift box to give friends and relatives. Pineapple cake has become the most favored stuff in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
According to statistics, the sale of pineapple cakes have increased recently because Taiwan has opened up many countries to visit such as China. Pineapple cake seems to be very famous nowadays. For instance Kaohsiung has launched the three-month Warm Winter Promotion Project since January. When their visitors checked a room and they gave a box of pineapple cake for their present. According to BBC, Kaohsiung has already given away 12,000 boxes of pineapple cakes for their visitors.