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Taiwan needs to further ease its immigration regulations, starting with citizenship and permanent residence rules, in order to attract more white-collar foreign talent, Interior Minister Lee Hong-yuan said Friday.

Taipei, Nov. 16 (CNA) All investment by overseas Taiwanese businessmen has to be in place before the company can apply for preferential treatment to hire more foreign workers, the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) said Friday.

Taiwanese labor authorities are launching an investigation into the alleged forced deportation of a Filipino worker.

The China Post --The Executive Yuan yesterday passed an amendment draft to the Immigration Act, thereby revising certain residency restrictions for skilled foreign workers.

The Cabinet yesterday proposed easing residency rules for foreigners and Taiwanese without household registration to attract and retain professionals to work in the country in order to address a growing brain drain.

The ROC Cabinet approved draft amendments to the Immigration Act Nov. 8 in a move to attract more outstanding foreign professionals and overseas Chinese to work in Taiwan.

The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) promised yesterday to probe a case in which a Filipino worker was allegedly forcibly deported.

By Camaron Kao--Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lin Shu-fen (林淑芬) said yesterday that a foreign worker named Edward was deported illegally against his will on Oct. 30 without being allowed to collect his belongings, with the Taiwan International Workers' Association (TIWA, 台灣國際勞工協會) members trying everything to prevent the incident.