Talking about Philippine/ Carlos Pueblo
Yesterday afternoon, I was inside of a waiting
room for surgery, I again ran
into a pair
of senior Philippine nurses. Both of them could speak Amoy, a
southern Chinese
language which we practice at home in Taiwan. I congratulated
her as usual
for her fellow medical professional’s domination worldwide, not only
in the U.S.,
in the oil rich middle east, in Taiwan, but also in Japan. I also indicated
the cruise
worker as well, they contribute their paychecks into their home nation
and make
very much difference. Philippine is now 7% of GDP and taking over some
of the
international investment from China.
It is
because of lacking job opportunity, many Philippine national must work in the
foreign
nations to earn a living, for example, working on a cruise ship. They work on
all kinds of
task for a minimum wage of one thousand U.S. dollar a month for a 10
month
contract. One thousand U.S. dollar is called 30k in Taiwan for an average
income of a
college graduate in Taiwan, this number has been dropped to 22k under
current
Nationalist’s regime of Ma, a merely 700 U.S. dollar a month if you are hired.
In addition
to that one thousand U.S. wedge, the cruise provides room and board plus
a free
travel around the world. Those young workers would mostly send their income
back
home for
their family as long as for those Philippine labors all over the world. This is
a
phenomenon.
She
mentioned that the current Philippine President was not quite appreciated for
this
Phenomenon.
Aquino disregards it as insignificant while I disagree. I believe that there
Is a hope
that many southeastern Asian nations may have an opportunity to break out
of the slavery
past through this phenomenon by working very hard to accumulate a much
needed
capital for the future adventure which we shall see.
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