Recently, there’s been renewed discussion about how even long-time APRC holders can’t get discount HSR tickets. Not for having disabilities, not for being senior citizens. I did some research, and found that in 2017 the MOTC provided the reason. They said that the Control Yuan concluded that becaus…

AFAIK no foreigners can be classified as disabled here, even those permanent residents paying NIH who have gone on to develop chronic diseases, which I find absolutely appalling and disgustingly discriminatory. This has all kinds of serious ramifications for them in accessing appropriate care and is…

[image] jimbob132: [image] fifieldt: Japan, Hong Kong, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries did not provide preferential fares for Taiwanese to take their public transportation I lived in the states and UK and this definitely wasn’t true. Yeah the part about Hong K…

[image] jimbob132: Hong Kong gives foreigner PRs the ability to vote, Very meaningful indeed…

[image] jimbob132: Hong Kong gives foreigner PRs the ability to vote Not happening here in Taiwan, nor in most other countries.

Well, in the EU any EU national legally resident (i.e. registered) can vote for local and european elections in the EU state of residence regardless of their nationality. Same for UK with some commonwealth and Irish citizens (actually in the UK some commonwealth citizens can even stand and vote for…

Well Taiwan says only citizens can vote. EU is really different as only EU citizens are voting not permanent residents in most cases.

[image] jimbob132: Hong Kong gives foreigner PRs the ability to vote, This one is not really comparable. Hong Kong’s PR is essentially citizenship without the name because citizenship is only reserved for countries.

[image] fifieldt: the United Kingdom Pretty sure all residents should get the same access to discounted fares in UK. Same with Ireland. They are liars.

True, my Taiwanese wife (resident) utilises all the reduced & subsidised fares when we are here. I go for free being 65+ . We went to Belgium last week and both got pensioner fares on the railways. €7.80 anywhere in Belgium, return same day.

In EU a standardized disability card is in the making. This will make it easier for international cooperation in this regard. I hope Taiwan can use that opportunity to improve international recognition of disability and grant everyone with disability same rights (access, discounts) in Taiwan as well…

TIL there’s a special exemption you can get from the Ministry of Health and Welfare to be eligible for discount TRA + HSR tickets. https://www.sfaa.gov.tw/SFAA/Pages/VDetail.aspx?nodeid=1133&pid=10688 You need to have an APRC, be in Taiwan for 183 days per year for 20 years (consecutively I think)…

No Public Transport discounts for Foreigners - let's get this fixed

Taiwan Discrimination in Taiwan

comfy123 January 15, 2025, 2:03am 84

Good news everyone!!!