"The true nature of recruiting expatriates has not changed, but the environment has," explains Kuo Nan-hung. Firstly, the budget for science programs has not grown, but applicants have increased. So expatriates are finding it progressively harder to return. The Council is considering improving the situation by giving personnel money diverted from other places, such as funds for purchasing costly insuments.
「延攬海外人才的實質沒變，但環境變了」郭南宏解釋，第一，是科技預算未成長，但申請的人多了，所以感覺愈來愈困難；他們正在考慮是否從其他部分，例如貴重儀器挪一部分到人事費，來改善這種情況。