Taiwan urged to relax pension restrictions

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Taiwan - The Taiwanese government should relax restrictions on pension funds and offer more incentives to cope with rising demand from an ageing society for secure retirement options, local experts suggested.

The suggestion came after the government implemented a new defined contribution national pension fund for workers last July, under which employees could choose whether or not they wanted to make co...

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