In Taiwan, the NGO Tavoi will again organise a demonstration to mark 28 April. But this year, a three-day workshop will follow the 28 April commemoration event.

The workshop will focus on occupational health and safety issues, and will be attended by trade unionists, other NGO members and scholars from India, Hong Kong, Japan, and other Asian countries.

Each day in Taiwan, five workers die from industrial accidents and 20 more workers become permanently injured. The economic miracle that has engulfed Taiwan for the past four decades has also left an appalling trail of workplace carnage.