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華爾街日報：台灣商業信心下跌企業相繼出走
記者:中央社│2000/12/30. 08:06│紐約 報導

華爾街日報12月29日報導說，股市重挫，外銷出口萎縮，銀行壞帳金額提高，加上朝野紛擾不休的政治局勢等，正快速腐蝕台灣的企業信心，如果情況不改善，將不利台灣的經濟發展
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這篇發自台北的報導指出，台北股市本週持續向下探底，跌到五年來的最低行情；外匯市場也因為投資人擔心美國經濟走緩，將造成市場對電腦的需求轉弱，影響外銷出口，造成交易商大量搶進美元，新台幣兌美元匯率創下近兩年來最低行情。

更令人憂慮的是，台灣的銀行超過220億美元的壞帳問題，將因為政治動盪而無法立即獲得解決，無異使疲弱的金融局勢雪上加霜。

華爾街日報說，企業相繼出走，商業信心跌到逾一年半以來最低點，都顯示台灣的投資環境正在惡化。一位摩根士丹利添惠證券經濟學家說，「因為台灣朝野政治角力，明年台灣的商業信心還會再大跌」。由於商業投資占台灣經濟的五分之一，因此影響力不容小覤。

報導進一步指出，台灣經濟情況惡化的主要癥結在於陳水扁總統自五月份上任以來沒有具體作為，受制於國民黨在立法院仍居多數，除了通過銀行併購的重要法案，其它毫無進展。

驟然取消興建核四廠，近來多起新竹工業園區停電，次數高達40次，更是被半導體業者怨聲載道，並導致股市下跌。

台灣排名第二大半導體製造商聯電本月初就宣布在新加坡興建價值36億美元的新工廠，排名第四的旺宏公司也宣布在以色列投資7,500萬美元興建新的工廠，他們都坦承，台灣電力短缺，行政效率不彰，投資環境惡化是迫使他們遠走他鄉的原因。

旺宏執行長吳敏求說，他不相信陳水扁政府傾聽企業界的心聲，也沒有學著與反對黨打交道，更遑論分享治權。

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原文如下:

WRAP: Taiwan Govt Econ Stimulus Plan Met With Skepticism
By KIRBY CHIEN

TAIPEI -- A flurry of year-end moves to boost Taiwan's flagging economy has been met with skepticism by analysts, who see rising difficulties in the coming year.

"There is increasing pressure on the (Taiwan) dollar, labor problems will rise...and there is still no mechanism for facilitating bank mergers," said Norman Lin, a professor of banking at National Chengchi University.

On Friday, the government announced a merger between state-run Taiwan Cooperative Bank and ChinFon Commercial Bank that will be completed within six to 10 months.

However, analysts say the government's efforts to promote consolidation in the overcrowded financial industry still lack key components.

Premier Chang Chun-hsiung announced also on Friday a total of NT$1021 billion in new spending designed to expand public works projects, create 62,000 new jobs and upgrade the island's power grid.

However, the government offered no details of where the funds would come from, and it was unclear if legislative approval was needed. The 2001 budget is still languishing in the opposition-controlled Legislature and lawmaker approval would be needed to raise the cap on government borrowing which has already been reached.

The source of the funds is doubtful, and it is "highly unlikely lawmakers would agree to any new government debt," under the current fiscal constraints, said David Li, an economist at EnTrust Securities in Taipei.

While the government is moving to build a framework to promote financial mergers and acquisitions, many analysts say the government still has no plans - or political will - to deal with the inevitable layoffs that mergers bring.

The high profile merger between three state banks announced at the Ministry of Finance's year-end press conference last year "has gone nowhere...because unions at the three banks have protested," said professor Yin.

The plan to join the Bank of Taiwan, Land Bank of Taiwan and the Central Trust of China has not been abandoned but there are "many problems" to be resolved, conceded an official in the MOF's Bureau of Monetary Affairs.

The most serious problem is how to deal with redundant employees, because it is "impossible to lay off or fire public servants," explained the official.

Moreover, the pressure to reduce costs is forcing many industries, including Taiwan's thriving high-tech companies, to relocate to lower-cost countries in the region, or simply close down. According to the government, Taiwan's November unemployment rate hit a near 15-year high of 3.23% because of the rising number of plant closures.

Labor problems will increase in the coming year as more blue- and white-collar jobs are lost and there are no other alternatives, said Yin.

In fact, many economists say the problem will only worsen as Taiwan moves toward its goal of a "knowledge-based" economy and away from more labor-intensive industries.

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原文中並沒有提到不蓋核電及新竹工業園區的問題，我不知道中央社記者最後幾段關於新竹工業園區的報導是從何而來，或者又跟中時的記者一樣是參考"某外電報導"....

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