The Philippines continues to be a major source of manpower for Taiwan, supplying more than a hundred thousand overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) for the electronics industry there.

Dr. Kristy Hsu, director of the Taiwan Asean Studies Center at the Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research (Chier) made the statement during a recent symposium jointly organized by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Philippine APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Study Center Network and Chier.