Labourers resume working at a subway construction site in Taipei on February 2, 2009 after the Lunar New Year holidays. Taiwan will launch a four-year economic stimulus drive in a bid to create 150,000 new jobs and bring unemployment to below 4.5 percent this year, a government spokeswoman said. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

Labourers resume working at a subway construction site in Taipei on February 2, 2009 after the Lunar New Year holidays. Taiwan will launch a four-year economic stimulus drive in a bid to create 150,000 new jobs and bring unemployment to below 4.5 percent this year, a government spokeswoman said.

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