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WRAP: Taiwan Govt Econ
Stimulus Plan Met With Skepticism
By KIRBY CHIEN
TAIPEI -- A flurry of
year-end moves to boost Taiwan's flagging economy
has been met with skepticism by analysts, who see
rising difficulties in the coming year.
"There is
increasing pressure on the (Taiwan) dollar, labor
problems will rise...and there is still no
mechanism for facilitating bank mergers,"
said Norman Lin, a professor of banking at
National Chengchi University.
On Friday, the
government announced a merger between state-run
Taiwan Cooperative Bank and ChinFon Commercial
Bank that will be completed within six to 10
months.
However, analysts say
the government's efforts to promote consolidation
in the overcrowded financial industry still lack
key components.
Premier Chang
Chun-hsiung announced also on Friday a total of
NT$1021 billion in new spending designed to
expand public works projects, create 62,000 new
jobs and upgrade the island's power grid.
However, the government
offered no details of where the funds would come
from, and it was unclear if legislative approval
was needed. The 2001 budget is still languishing
in the opposition-controlled Legislature and
lawmaker approval would be needed to raise the
cap on government borrowing which has already
been reached.
The source of the funds
is doubtful, and it is "highly unlikely
lawmakers would agree to any new government
debt," under the current fiscal constraints,
said David Li, an economist at EnTrust Securities
in Taipei.
While the government is
moving to build a framework to promote financial
mergers and acquisitions, many analysts say the
government still has no plans - or political will
- to deal with the inevitable layoffs that
mergers bring.
The high profile merger
between three state banks announced at the
Ministry of Finance's year-end press conference
last year "has gone nowhere...because unions
at the three banks have protested," said
professor Yin.
The plan to join the
Bank of Taiwan, Land Bank of Taiwan and the
Central Trust of China has not been abandoned but
there are "many problems" to be
resolved, conceded an official in the MOF's
Bureau of Monetary Affairs.
The most serious problem
is how to deal with redundant employees, because
it is "impossible to lay off or fire public
servants," explained the official.
Moreover, the pressure
to reduce costs is forcing many industries,
including Taiwan's thriving high-tech companies,
to relocate to lower-cost countries in the
region, or simply close down. According to the
government, Taiwan's November unemployment rate
hit a near 15-year high of 3.23% because of the
rising number of plant closures.
Labor problems will
increase in the coming year as more blue- and
white-collar jobs are lost and there are no other
alternatives, said Yin.
In fact, many economists
say the problem will only worsen as Taiwan moves
toward its goal of a "knowledge-based"
economy and away from more labor-intensive
industries.
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