Taiwan Stimulus Vouchers and Relief Packages Discussion

Shaun008 · January 13, 2021, 7:14pm

or get a voucher and pay for some stimulus

slawa · January 14, 2021, 4:07am

Heard on the radio this morning they extended preorder to July 12th.

Here is an article to read:

afterspivak · January 15, 2021, 4:16am

In today’s Taipei Times, the awesome Steven Crook asks: what’s the logic behind not including foreign residents of Taiwan not married to Taiwan citizens in this scheme? His conclusion: the folks who crafted this scheme have “shown little willingness to discuss their reasoning.”

Guy

KHHville · January 15, 2021, 4:30am

You can throw the shit-fest investigation with the other one to find out who was/were final decision-maker(s) for this and for the ARC/APRC covid-19 test.
Name the official(s).
I’ve heard of the person who hates ARC/APRC holders (on the covid-19 test affair), but want to see if anyone else heard the same name.

welcome · January 15, 2021, 4:40am

Sounds like they’ve perfected buck passing down to a fine art.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), the department in charge of the voucher program, took nine days to acknowledge a list of questions submitted by the Taipei Times … at least four of the 10 questions went unanswered.
…
want to refer you to… the Ministry of the Interior (MOI)
…
In 2009, Taiwan had a different president and a different ruling party.
…
a matter handled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no comments on this subject

Steve4nLanguage · January 15, 2021, 5:09am

Let’s call a spade a spade: It’s to prevent the blue-collar SE Asian workers from receiving the vouchers.

Parkemoon · January 15, 2021, 5:17am

I’m afraid this is the correct answer. They thought giving migrant workers the stimulus vouchers would be unpopular with voters, but also couldn’t leave them out while including other foreigners without getting called out for the blatant discrimination.

Easy solution is thus to leave the foreigners out entirely.

rooftopclown · January 15, 2021, 7:47am

Has any ARC or ARRC holder been able to hook up their credit card? Or are we limited to the paper vouchers?

RickRoll · January 15, 2021, 1:49pm

I tried, but failed.
Only the paper vouchers worked for me.

tango42 · January 15, 2021, 3:11pm

Lots of hotels booked full and some raising prices to compensate for vouchers…

KHHville · January 15, 2021, 3:22pm

Hotels near the Taipei train station at NT$1000 per night for family of family are not full. These are solid hotels (clean, newly furnished, updated), that are not official “4 star” or “5 star” or International.
Do your due diligence. Sheetloads of nice hotels ready to take your vouchers at very good prices.

DakenX · January 15, 2021, 4:10pm

Surprisingly I received a SMS this morning saying that my application for paper voucher was rejected because I was not qualified (thou I have a marriage APRC and spouse is Taiwanese) and that they will reimburse the 1,000NTD credit card payment.

Now I’m trying my luck with linking the online voucher with credit card bank, but something is telling me that I might get refused as well.

RickRoll · January 15, 2021, 4:15pm

Have they provided a reason?

DakenX · January 15, 2021, 4:21pm

Here’s the SMS. It doesn’t seem to provide any obvious reason.

jimipresley · January 15, 2021, 4:29pm

You didn’t obscure that number very effectively.

jimipresley · January 15, 2021, 4:40pm

That’s better!

RickRoll · January 15, 2021, 4:45pm

I suggest you to try again.
Perhaps it was just a system error.

rooftopclown · January 16, 2021, 7:03am

I was able to do this. But I had to go to the NIA with my wife’s ID first.

slawa · January 16, 2021, 9:28am

4 million 500TWD vouchers drawn by lottery to buy sports related stuff (tickets, equipment, eSports❗equipment)
Sign up on the program’s official website between July 20 and 26.

https://don500.sa.gov.tw/FOAS/actions/SportsAdmin.action

tango42 · January 16, 2021, 10:20am

“Another day, another voucher”