People commute on an electric bicycle in Taipei on March 26, 2018. [Photo/VCG] TAIPEI - A survey of more than 1,000 employees in Taiwan shows that 88.9 percent of them are dissatisfied with their current salary, a six-year record high, a survey released by Taiwan's online job bank Yes123 showed. The estimated number of employed people in Taiwan is 9.06 million, which means about 8.06 million are not satisfied. More than 80 percent of the respondents said their salary was not adjusted for more than one year, while 54 percent said their salary was cut due to shrinking bonuses. Nearly 54 percent of those surveyed said they were unable to strike a balance between family and career due to low salary, according to the survey. The survey was based on questionnaires completed by 1,064 employees aged 20 and above from Jan 24 to Feb 11. According to the island's statistical agency, the real average monthly salary of employees in Taiwan's industrial and service sectors was NT$38,235 ($1,243) in 2018, which is below the average monthly salary of NT$38,398 in 2001. Employees in the telecommunications sector earn the most on the island, with an average monthly salary of NT$100,791, followed by those working in the industries of banking, electricity and gas supply and air transport, the agency said. wristbands canadacustom silicone bracelets canadarubber bracelets canadasilicone bracelets canadasilicone wristbands canadacustom wristbands canadacanadian wristbandswristbands canada
BEIJING -- China's Minister of Justice Zhang Jun has underscored the importance of the Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership of lawyers, calling it the "soul of the country's legal system."Zhang's remarks were made at a recent forum for lawyers and published in Friday's edition of the People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the CPC.Strengthening Party leadership of the work of lawyers is by no means just a slogan, nor a matter of expediency, Zhang said, adding that it fully accords with the national conditions and is an arrangement of the political system concerning the long-term development of the role of lawyers.Zhang said the 19th CPC National Congress set the direction for reform and development of the role of lawyers. The report adopted at the congress stated that "the Party exercises overall leadership over all areas of endeavor in every part of the country."The minister asked lawyers to closely study the report and thoroughly understand it.Zhang said that Party leadership is the most fundamental nature of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the basic guarantee for socialist rule of law.In this regard, strengthening Party building among lawyers is "the core part and fundamental measure" in deepening reform of the legal system, the minister said.If this issue cannot be resolved, it will be inevitable that lawyers are influenced by Western legal systems, he said."We must adhere to Party leadership so as to develop the role of lawyers and strengthen self discipline among lawyers," Zhang said.In August 2017, China had more than 330,000 lawyers and over 26,000 law firms.
