Taoyuan sheltered workshops launch Mother's Day gift joint promotion carnival

Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan attended the "2018 Taoyuan Sheltered Workshop Mother's Day Gift Joint Promotion Carnival" at the city government at 10 am on the 23rd. Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan said that Taoyuan City currently has 6 sheltered workshops, employing a total of 66 people with disabilities and 7 trainees. Last year (2017), revenue exceeded 20 million yuan. The city government has launched a joint gift promotion for Mother's Day, including lemon cake, lemon pie, cherry pie, handmade cookies, boxed meals, pesticide-free vegetables, car wash discounts, and more. The operation of sheltered workshops needs everyone's loving support, and everyone is welcome to purchase more products from sheltered workshops. In the future, the city government will assist in adding 2 more sheltered workshops, using supported employment to make society warmer, generate a virtuous cycle of positive energy, and support Taoyuan's sheltered workshop system.

Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan pointed out that the city government will continue to support sheltered workshops, and is also studying the use of city funds to launch subsidy policies for expenses such as personnel and rent, reducing the operating costs and setup thresholds of sheltered workshops. Gong 24 Park is about to be completed, and the city government is retaining the original principal's residence and planning to transform it into a sheltered workshop; on Minsheng Road, it is planning to build a "Labor Education Building" as space for labor-management mediation, a labor college, union training offices, and more, and is studying setting up a sheltered workshop on the 1st floor to express support for the employment of people with disabilities.

Attendees at the event included Wang An-pang, Director-General of the Taoyuan City Department of Labor; Yu Yu-chan, Chairman of the Beautiful Foundation; Hung Mei-chen, Chairperson of the Taoyuan City Disability Alliance; Chen Yueh-hsia, Chairperson of the Visually Impaired Counseling Association; Li Shih-kuang, Vice Chairman of the Taoyuan City Industrial Federation of Labor Unions; Chen Chih-hung, Director of the Eden Foundation; Yen Hung-chi, Director of the Children Are Us Foundation; Tsai Jih-chen, Standing Director of the Taoyuan Deaf and Mute Association; and Yeh Chiao-chun, Supervisor of the Taoyuan City Association of Friends of Rehabilitation, who attended the event.