Legislators criticize proposed pay for Straits Exchange Foundation head
When Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation got a new chairman in September, it decided to make his job a paid position, after not paying its chairman in the past. On Thursday, it a proposed a salary of more than NT$230,000 a month for the job. But lawmakers cried foul, saying it was higher than what's paid to the head of the Mainland Affairs Council, which oversees the foundation. The Straits Exchange Foundation finished a review of the proposed pay for its new chairman, Lin Join-sane, and sent it to the Mainland Affairs Council.Liu Te-hsunMAC Vice ChairmanThe amount proposed is slightly more than the SEF vice chairman receives. The Mainland Affairs Council will gather scholars and experts to review the proposal.The foundation's vice chairman Kao Koong-lian makes NT$230,000 a month, so Lin'
