My job is to grow this business. We've got programs with great opportunities and that's what I want workers to keep focused on.

The areas measured are starting a business; hiring and firing workers; enforcing contracts; registering property; getting credit; protecting investors and closing a business,

Currently, Taiwan has an intake of 320,000 foreign workers from Southeast Asian countries. The Pacific island countries are relatively small and have very low populations. If we introduce, say, 500 workers from each of these countries, I think this number can easily be absorbed by Taiwan's market and in the mean time, it will significantly benefit our small Pacific allies.

The number one factor driving the AGV industry is the cost of personnel. They're not necessarily replacing existing workers. They're doing some tasks that people used to do so a company can expand without adding staff.

This year's theme is bread and roses [inspired by the 'Bread and Roses' strike by American women textile workers in 1912]. The bread stands for the need for affordable food, and the roses represent the need to be dignified and the call for social justice.

We are losing business opportunities as a result of the shortage of workers and the affordable housing issue.