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Taiwan issues shopping vouchers to spur economy
Taipei - Taiwan on Sunday issued shopping vouchers to boost the
economy in its latest move to boost the economy which has been hit
by the global financial crisis.
Millions of Taiwanese queued up at 14,202 spots across Taiwan to
pick up their shopping vouchers in the morning.
Each coupon is worth 3,600 Taiwan dollars (109 US dollars), and
can be used on shopping or for other services like paying for a
taxi ride, staying in a hotel or even singing in a Karaoke
parlour.
President Ma Ying-jeou picked up the shopping vouchers for his
family at an issuing station near his home in Taipei's Wenshan
District.
'Taiwan is great because we are the first country to issue
shopping vouchers in the global financial crisis. I will use these
coupons on shopping, but will use more cash on shopping, to help
stimulate our economy,' he told reporters.
The government hopes to raise Taiwan's GDP by 0.64 percentage
points by issuing the vouchers, which will cost the government 82
billion Taiwan dollars (2.48 billion US dollars).
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