
Industry stakeholders are urging greater transparency in teacher hiring processes, highlighting budget allocations and delays affecting qualified applicants in the registry.
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Qualified applicants in the registry are experiencing delays in securing teaching positions.
Those in the industry are calling for transparency in the teacher hiring process, including clear figures on budget allocation and positions filled amid problems of mismatch and improper targeting of job applicants.
At a House of Representatives plenary session last week, Antonio Tinio from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) grilled officials over the lack of urgency, arguing that thousands of qualified applicants in the registry were still waiting for jobs.
This Week in Asia has contacted the country’s Department of Education for comment. At the session, it said that some positions were “hard to fill” because they lacked qualified candidates for certain specialised roles.

On September 29, 2026, the Intermediate People's Court of Foshan City, Guangdong Province publicly sentenced Peng Xiaochun, a former member of the party group and vice chairman of the CPPCC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for accepting bribes in the first instance. Peng Xiaochun was sentenced to death for accepting bribes, suspended for two years, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property. The total amount involved was equivalent to more than 263 million yuan.

Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan recently talked about national security issues and called on the Lai government to pay attention to the Trump-Xi talks. Democratic Progressive Party City Councilor Lin Deyu asked Lu Xiuyan to clarify the positioning of cross-strait relations, and questioned whether she pinned Taiwan's future on the leaders of the United States and China. Lu Xiuyan said she adheres to the Constitution and strongly protects the Republic of China.

Chen Congyi, candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party for the mayor of Minxiong Township in Chiayi County, questioned that the son of the current township mayor Lin Yuling was the liaison of the company that won the bid. The company was suspected of profiteering in the company's bid of more than 20 million yuan in four years, and went to the Chiayi District Prosecutor's Office to report. Lin Yuling countered that her opponent was confusing the situation and had gone to the police station to file a complaint to prevent her from being elected.

New Taipei City Councilmember Bai Peiru of the Kuomintang was accused of using head fraud to obtain 630,000 yuan in assistant subsidies from 2009 to 2011. The Shilin District Prosecutor's Office today prosecuted him and specifically requested a prison sentence of eight years in June. Bai Peiru expressed that she respects justice and will give a complete explanation in court, and emphasized that the service will not stop.

You Xikun, the convener of the 18-member founding group of the Democratic Progressive Party, attended the party's 40th anniversary dinner and said that the party-state education is deeply rooted in the historical view of China, making it difficult for the younger generation to understand Taiwan's bloody and tearful journey of pursuing democracy. He also emphasized that Taiwan's democracy cannot be brought about by Ma Ying-jeou's "green terror".

Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu said on the 29th that professional media can show the world the successful practice of "one country, two systems" by reporting on Hong Kong's integration into the overall development of the country. The Hong Kong press held an event to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China that day, with nearly 500 people participating.