This is the first time worldwide that a government has ever actively encouraged its resident foreign workers to write poetry, notes Lorna Kung. And Taiwan's action will help preserve the culture of these overseas workers who, like birds in migration, are making their nests throughout Asia.
龔尤倩說，由政府積極鼓勵外勞文學的創作還是世界首創，台灣的做法可以將這群如候鳥般遷徙於亞洲各國的勞工文化資產保存下來。