NT$10 billion to create new temporary jobs

The plan will create an estimated 46,000 short-term jobs for unemployed workers by the end of this year, the Executive Yuan said, and provide another 56,000 temporary placements for the jobless in the first half of 2009.

Some NT$3.1 billion of the funds for the program have been earmarked from this year’s government budget, while the remaining NT$6 billion will be part of the government’s spending for next year, the statement said.

Short-term jobs offered in the program will mainly be in the public sector, including street cleaning, community services and river inspection.

The measure is part of the government’s efforts to boost employment at a time when the jobless rate is rising due to the global economic downturn.

Unemployment rose to a four year high in September at 4.27 percent, with 464,000 people out of work.

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