Changes of Taiwanese Dining Habit: Food Delivery Platform

According to the statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), food service in Taiwan rose sharply from 2015 to 2019, totaling approximately NT$158 billion with its growth increasing more than 25%. However, it’s a whole new chapter for food delivery platforms in Taiwan which have surged in the COVID pandemic. In fact, countries worldwide have changed their way of managing the restaurants. And Taiwan is not an exception.

Resurrection of Handmade Blue Dyeing in Sanxia

As COVID-19 pandemic rages all over the world, many international fashion weeks have announced to either postpone or cancel their events. However, Taiwan’s Taipei Fashion Week AW21 ended successfully with the theme of “sustainable fashion” in March, 2021. Among the fashionable brands, Taichung’s Hakka brand with “blue dyeing” (藍染) as its design style was introduced for the first time to promote the beauty of blue dyeing to the public. However, when it comes to blue dyeing ,Sanxia’s (三峽)blue dyeing is peerless. In fact, Sanxia, a district in New Taipei City, is the birthplace of “blue dyeing” in Taiwan. In order to pass on this traditional technique, a group of Sanxia residents have dedicated their efforts to revitalize the heritage of blue dyeing culture.

後疫情時代的餐飲浪潮

2020年新型冠狀病毒(以下簡稱新冠病毒,Covid-19)席捲全球,1月28日,台灣出現第一例本土感染案例;4月1日,疫情指揮中心宣布:「室內必須保持距離1.5公尺的社交距離或是配戴口罩」。受疫情影響,我國餐飲產業在2020年受到重挫,從2月份開始呈現「雪崩式下跌」,較去年同期蒸發122億元產值。目前,雖然整體營業額正逐步回升,但餐飲市場其實已被重新洗牌。在後疫情時代,我國餐飲業究竟要如何應對這壓天蓋地而來的病毒巨獸?

疫情大風吹 餐飲市場重分配

新型冠狀病毒(以下簡稱新冠病毒,Covid-19)席捲全球,台灣在2020年1月28日出現第一例本土感染案例。4月1日,疫情指揮中心宣布:「室內必須保持1.5公尺的社交距離或是配戴口罩」。受疫情影響,我國餐飲產業在2020年受到重挫,從2月份開始呈現「雪崩式下跌」,較去年同期蒸發122億元產值。因各國邊境管制政策,其中受損最嚴重的,便是以服務觀光客為主的餐飲商圈。

長照需求供不應求 外籍黑工成隱憂

台灣日益嚴重的高齡化問題導致對看護需求增加,但台籍照服員因數量稀少,便引進大量的外籍看護以補足台灣對看護的需求,面對品質參差不齊的外籍看護,雇主經常面臨到部分外籍看護有逃逸、偷竊、偷懶等不良問題,無人照顧老人的情況下雇主只好尋求未經訓練的看護應急,或者又因等待不到合法外籍看護,便直接雇用「黑工看護」,這些未經正確管道來台的外籍勞工成為台灣長照的隱憂。

口罩廢棄難回收 先折後丟防汙染

在新冠病毒肆虐全球超過一年下,出門配戴口罩已經成為全民共識,然而,卻開始出現口罩隨地丟棄的現象。台北醫學大學公衛學院教授莊凱任表示,口罩的材質難以回收,隨地亂丟不僅會造成環境威脅,也會破壞市容。在今(2021)年口罩亂丟的現象略有緩解,隨之也產生「正確丟棄口罩」的新觀念,「先折後丟」不僅能避免碰到口罩外層的病菌,也能保護環境清潔。

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