National Immigration Agency Keelung City Service Center traveled to Keelung to visit Mike Yang, a new British resident with prior UN experience. Mike Yang worked for the United Nations for many years and visited Taiwan 30 times in 15 years. Because he loved Taiwan, he decided to move to Keelung after retirement.
Born in the UK, Mike Yang spent 25 years working in the Australian Embassy in Germany and in Bonn, Germany, before joining the UN. According to Mike Yang, Taiwan's visa application procedure is quick and easy, and the government of Taiwan has an extremely high level of administrative efficiency.
NIA Keelung Service Center visits a British new immigrant who were United Nations staff and moved to Keelung after retirement.Photo provided by NIA Keelung City Service Center
Mike Yang said that he moved to Taiwan and discovered that the country had excellent public transit and 24-hour convenience stores. It's quite easy to be able to get fresh meat and veggies nearly all day long in Taiwan. But when asked what he thought was unacceptable things in Taiwan, Mike Yang grinned and replied, "It's stinky tofu, like most foreigners do."
Furthermore, Mike Yang noted that Taiwan is actively pushing green energy development and garbage classification, among other environmentally friendly policies. Based on these observations, Mike Yang recommended that the Taiwanese government encourage citizens to use reusable bags and tableware and implement additional policies and initiatives to increase the efficacy of plastic reduction.
NIA Keelung Service Center visits a British new immigrant who were United Nations staff and moved to Keelung after retirement.Photo provided by NIA Keelung City Service Center
