星期二, 3月 07, 2017

波士頓僑界歡迎馬英九 (圖片)



































馬英九與留學生座談 敦促回台灣發展 (圖片)



















波士頓洪門喜洋洋迎新春 (圖片)














僑委會推動新南向政策,技職專班人數大幅成長


僑務委員會積極推動政府「新南向政策」,擴大辦理僑生來臺技職專班,協助臺商企業培育前進東協新興市場人才,深化臺灣與東南亞國家之經貿交流互動及商機發展,已於106學年度獲得具體成果,無論來臺就學人數、開辦學校及科系均呈現大幅成長。其中僑生高職建教專班(簡稱3+4,即來臺就讀3年高職,並可繼續升讀4年制科大)招收僑生人數倍增至1,500人,較105754人成長100%,海外青年技術訓練班(簡稱海青班) 報到人數亦由1,179人增加至1,346人,成長14%,創歷史新高(詳附表)。
僑務委員會委員長吳新興表示,3+4僑生高職建教專班自103年開辦時2校承辦,至今年開辦學校大幅增加至15校,而返國就學的僑生,亦將從103年的281人大幅增加至今年的1,500人。僑委會已陸續會同15所開辦學校,組團前往東南亞緬甸、馬來西亞、越南、印尼、泰國及菲律賓等國辦理40場次招生宣導會。
海青班旨在培養海外青年獲得實用知識與生產技能,自民國52年開辦以來畢業學生己累計2萬多人,因具備優良技術基礎,無論在當地就業或創業,均有優異表現,深受僑界好評及海外青年之肯定。新政府上任後,開班政策更為彈性多元,本年3月開學之第36期海青班開班數增加至39班,較去年成長50%,報到人數達1,346人,成長14%,明年第37期申請招生學校,更增加至50105科,都創下歷年新高。今年更結合新南向政策,針對東南亞臺商需才產業加開秋季班,提供學生更多元選擇,也實質支持新南向產業的人才需求。
為與國內及東南亞僑臺商缺工產業對接,僑生技職專班及海青班辦理科別日趨多元,包括電子科、資訊科、汽車科、電子商務科、餐旅()科及美容科等,3+4技職專班僑生大學畢業後適用評點配額制度,可針對臺灣需才產業申請留臺工作,若返回僑居地亦可服務僑臺商企業,就近投入產業工作。目前103年來臺就讀專班之200餘位僑生,將於今年畢業接續升讀4年科技大學,邁入攬才育才的新階段。

依一般企業主之反應,來自東南亞地區學生語言、文化與民情風俗與我接近,在校學習及在廠實習穩定性高、態度積極,普獲學校及合作企業肯定。渠等在臺習得一技之長,兼具當地語言及臺灣經驗優勢,為臺灣拓展東協市場的重要助手,並促進國內產業升級及強化臺灣海外競爭力,未來將成為政府推動新南向政策新血。
附表
3+4僑生高職建教專班


開辦學校數
班數
人數
103
2
3
281
104
3
5
486
105
5
7
754
106年(預估)
15
19
1,500



海外青年技術訓練班


開辦學校數
班數
人數
104年(34期)
17
29
1,248
105年(35期)
17
26
1,179
106年(36期)
21
39
1,346

MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC PARTY STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S LATEST MUSLIM BAN

MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC PARTY STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S LATEST MUSLIM BAN

BOSTON - Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair Gus Bickford released the following statement in response to President Trump's latest executive order:

"Even the White House admits that this so-called new plan has the same outcomes of the last executive order -- banning people from entering our country solely based on what religion they practice.

"This is not about national security, it's about playing politics and ratcheting up fear and discrimination. While others may be afraid to call this what it is, we are not. This is a Muslim ban that, many national security experts agree, will make us less safe. 

"Unfortunately, President Trump is continuing to prove that a leopard can't change its spots."

STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY ONPRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN

STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY ONPRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN

BOSTON – Today, Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following statement on President Trump’s new Executive Order on immigration:
           
“The President’s travel ban was already rejected by the courts and abandoned in defeat by his attorneys. This watered-down redraft is a clear attempt to resurrect a discredited order and fulfill a discriminatory and unconstitutional campaign promise. My office remains opposed to this misguided policy and will consider all legal options to protect our residents, our institutions, and our businesses in Massachusetts.”

                Last month, AG Healey joined a lawsuit in Massachusetts challenging President Trump’s original Executive Order on immigration, and joined with attorneys general across the country in challenging the Executive Order inWashingtonVirginia, and the Eastern District of New York.

STATEMENT FROM MAYOR MARTIN J. WALSH

STATEMENT FROM MAYOR MARTIN J. WALSH

BOSTON - Monday, March 6, 2017 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh released the following statement regarding today's executive order:

"While this administration is packaging this as a new and improved executive order, it is the same ban that discriminates against the same people. It was wrong the first time and it's wrong the second. In Boston, we will always stand by our immigrant community."

CAPAC Chair Judy Chu’s Statement on Trump’s Repackaged Muslim Ban

CAPAC Chair Judy Chu’s Statement on Trump’s Repackaged Muslim Ban

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order to update and reinstate his travel ban on Muslim-majority countries after his first order was stopped by a federal court. His previous travel ban, issued on January 27, 2017, halted all refugee resettlement for 120 days, banned Syrian refugees indefinitely, and gave priority to Christians as a minority religion. The repackaged executive order is the same, but creates exceptions for visa holders and legal permanent residents (LPRs), removes Iraq from the list of targeted countries, subjects Syrian refugees to the same review period as other countries, and ends the preferential treatment of Christians. Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement:

“This order has nothing to do with national security, and everything to do with encouraging fear of Muslims. Trump’s own Department of Homeland Security has concluded that nationality has little to do with one’s potential to engage in terrorist acts. From the first day that then-candidate Trump stood up to announce his idea of a Muslim ban, he has been painfully clear about his intentions. And if there were any doubt, his stated desire to give Christians preferential treatment under his first executive order – something that is blatantly unconstitutional – showed that he was in search of a legally palatable way to implement a Muslim ban as President.

“The tweaks made today do not make this order any less unconstitutional or immoral than the last. No individual from any of the countries named in this order has committed an act of terror in the United States. And worse, he’s particularly targeting refugees – some of the most vulnerable and least dangerous people in the world. If President Trump truly wants to make America safer, he will drop this fanatical and ideological war against Islam, stop his plans to gut the budget of the State Department, and listen to the advice of national security and law enforcement officials who have warned against isolating the Muslim community in this way. As it stands, this updated order is still a policy of cruelty and bigotry and I will continue to resist it as an elected Representative and as an American citizen.”