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新加坡為達雙語國家投注了10年以上的努力。（圖／達志影像）

Q3：這時候金融業可以幫什麼忙？ 種事光靠政府是不夠的。金融業資源豐沛，員
工學識豐富；很多員工不但會說英語，還在好
Ans：我一直建議本會的會員，包括許多外 幾個不同的地方讀過書，這樣的產業應該義不
國金融機構，一起幫忙推動這項計畫，畢竟這 容辭協助推動雙語國家政策。

bridge is the small country in the middle. Taiwan bilingual country].
is small enough and should be flexible enough So how do we speed that up?
that if we really move ahead with this bilingual When I worked at BlackRock, we made sure that
initiative, we can make it work. there was English training for our staff on an ongoing
basis. I think financial institutions can certainly offer
Q3：Is there anything in particular that the that to their staff to help them grow and develop.
financial sector can do to help?
The resources in the financial industry are there to
Ans：What I always say to our members, which make that happen and because the financial industry
include a lot of foreign financial institutions, is that they touches both the domestic and global markets, the

should help drive this process. It’s not something the opportunity and benefits of going bilingual are much
government can do by itself. With the resources they higher than in other industries.
have and the level of education of their staff, many
who speak English and went to school in different
places, the financial industry should be helping to
move Taiwan generally in that direction [of becoming a

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