Taiwan’s Labor Minister Hsu Ming Chun
Beijing/Taipei: Taiwan’s Labor Minister Hsu Ming Chun has had to apologize due to a racist comment on Indians. Ming Chun had to issue this apology for inappropriate comments made regarding his government’s plan to recruit Indian workers from a particular sector. Actually, he made such a comment about Indians, after which his problems increased. However, it appears from his comments that he had no intention of making racist remarks. But his ‘racist’ remarks about Indian workers were strongly criticized. After this he has apologized for this.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry had recently issued a statement saying that in order to promote relations between the people of India and Taiwan and to overcome the shortage of labor force in Taiwan’s industries, the island country has signed an MoU with India on February 16. MoU has been signed. Under this, there is a plan to recruit Indian workers. Taiwan Central News Agency (CNA) reported on Tuesday that while outlining the recruitment plan, the Labor Minister told a Taiwanese TV channel program that his ministry would first recruit workers from northeastern India because “their skin The color and food habits of the people are close to ours.” Hsu also said that ”most of the people there are Christians” who specialize in manufacturing, construction and farming.
The MP of the ruling party surrounded the Labor Minister.
According to the news, Hsu said that the recruitment strategy is based on the assessment of the Foreign Ministry. His comments were sharply criticized by Chen Kuan-ting, a lawmaker from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. “I strongly criticize Hsu’s comments, skin color and race should not be the basis for recruiting migrant workers,” he posted on the social media platform X. Ting said in a video post, “Parliament As a member, I want to say that Taiwan values ​​all individuals regardless of race, culture or religion. I strongly believe that people of all backgrounds deserve respect and I am committed to upholding this principle in Taiwan.” Hsu apologized for his ‘inappropriate’ remarks during a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday morning. According to CNA news, he said that Taiwan’s labor policy, whether for local workers or foreign workers, is based on equality and is not discriminatory. (Language)
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