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Tiniyak ng Taiwan ang kaligtasan ng libo-libong overseas Filipino workers doon sa gitna ng tensyon sa pagitan ng Taiwan at China. Ito ang binigyang diin ng Manila Economic and Cultural Office o MECO.   Nakahanda rin daw ang contigency plans ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas.   Narito ang report ni Tristan Nodalo.    Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 Business as usual in Taipei.

00:05 There is no end to the tension between the two countries.

00:10 It is considered as a second home of more than 150,000 overseas Filipino workers.

00:17 Therefore, for the government of the Philippines, their safety on the island should be guaranteed.

00:22 This is what the Economic and Cultural Office Chairman Silvestre Belio repeatedly said in a statement.

00:30 The MECO is the one who is directing the UFWs to the Self-Ruled Island.

00:35 They are prepared for any eventuality.

00:38 And they are also concerned about the safety of our own countrymen who are working here.

00:45 It is important that they do not neglect our fellow Filipinos here.

00:52 The MECO is also regularly preparing and training the residents of Taiwan.

00:57 The UFWs are also prepared for any emergency situation.

01:01 No one wants to go home to the Philippines when the Taiwan issue is raging.

01:05 "I will leave tomorrow. Who wants to come with me?

01:10 I will go alone. I will go alone."

01:15 "Why sir? If we go back there, you will give us a job."

01:18 According to the Taiwan authorities, thousands of shelters are scattered throughout Taiwan.

01:24 As part of the preparation of Taiwan, in any type of emergency,

01:27 they are spreading information to the residents so that they will know where they will go at the time of need.

01:35 These are the air signages or air defense shelter signages that are scattered throughout Taiwan.

01:40 It can be found in an underground shopping mall, train station, or basement parking of a house.

01:47 Charmay, a factory worker who has been working in Taiwan for 8 years,

01:51 says that she does not care about the situation.

01:54 "To be honest, it is normal here. It is normal because we are used to it."

02:00 For Alvin, it is harder for them to go home because of the lack of jobs in the Philippines.

02:05 "Of course, some might say that they can go home because of the lack of jobs in the Philippines.

02:10 But the Taiwanese are calm."

02:14 The next year, elections will be held in Taiwan,

02:17 where we will know if there will be a difference in the geopolitical landscape in the region.

02:23 Tristan Odalo, CNN Philippines, Taipei, Taiwan.

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