Taiwan's three government-run science parks generated aggregate revenues of NT$631.4 billion (US$19.2 billion) during January-June 2009, a decrease of 38.2% on year, according to the National Science Council (NSC). Revenues from the semiconductor/microelectronics industries totaled NT$316.3 billion and accounted for 50.1% of the total, followed by optoelectronics industries with NT$254.7 billion for a 40.3% share.
The three science parks are the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), above, the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) and Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP). As of the end of June 2009, there were 689 companies in the three science parks with 194,096 employees in total, NSC indicated.
A chart of the three science parks' revenues between January last year and June indicated that revenues bottomed out last January, then began a gradual rise.
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NSC: Taiwan government-run science park revenues, January-June 2009 (NT$b) | ||
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Science park |
Amount |
Y/Y |
|
Hsinchu Science Park |
357.9 |
(35.3%) |
|
Central Taiwan Science Park |
87.3 |
(47.8%) |
|
Southern Taiwan Science Park |
186.2 |
(38.2%) |
Revenues totaled NT$377.2 billion in the second quarter of this year, representing an increase of 48.3 percent from the first quarter.
"Judging from that trend, the revenues of the three science parks will continue to rise in July and August," Chen said.
Semiconductors, microelectronics, optoelectronics, computers and peripherals are the main products of Taiwan's science park network.
From combined sources: Digitimes, Taipei Times, Taiwan National Science Council
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