Taiwan has an open internet environment, but I think this does not imply Taiwaner has easy access to open information. Intuitively, to dig out information does require time and effort. To tell right from wrong is even cumbersome. Taiwaner is workholic, often working too hard to compromise life quality as a person and social affair as a country. "Lazy pack" is an interesting derivative under such environment, referring to a news summary meant for people having no spare time.
22K TWD is the monthly stipend for newbies who join the workforce in Taiwan. The number is poor considering the amount of work. A VERY conservative monthly spending can be like this:
• 7K for rent or mortgage.
• 7K for dining (or grocery, which is not very common for newbies or students ).
• 3K for insurance (such as the mandatory National Pention is about 1.2K, vehicle, house, medicare, etc)
The rest poorly 5K is the saving and investment for future generations, which is ridiculous.
My solution is to have a unified public information database, such as Google public data explorer (http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory). It has to be unified so people can friendly and easily access the information. It has to be bi-direction public: not only we read, but we write. We need the information so we know our position in this hierarchy. I think one reason that newbie does not dare to quit their job is because they don't know alternatives. Boss and media threaten, "it is hard to find a job. You should feel lucky, for you have had one!" I think this is bullshit. We need to hear successful stories from peers so we know we deserve better. We need to aware alternatives so we can change our slavery inertness. If s/he can do it, I can do it.
I am not aware any unified public information website yet. If there is one, let me know. If there is none, why don't you start? or I will.
here is a uni-direction database: http://www.stat.gov.tw/
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