To encourage our employees to receive COVID-19 vaccination, we started to provide a one-day official leave for those receiving the vaccination on weekdays and one day off for those receiving the vaccination on holidays from July 16, 2021. This measure effectively increased the employees’ willingness for vaccination. As of April 1, 2022, approximately 92.56% of our employees had received the 2nd dose of vaccine while 68.73% had received the 3rd dose. In addition, considering that the epidemic at home and abroad has not been eased and the new variants of viruses like OMICRON keep emerging, TSC will continue the incentive measure of paid leave for vaccination in 2022 to increase the vaccination rate.

          In response to the severe impact on the lessees during the COVID-19 epidemic period, TSC provides relief schemes to lessen the financial burden of the lessees in accordance with the “Rent Relief Measures to Tenants of State-owned Enterprises under MOEA Affected by Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens” and actively informs the tenants of the 20% rent reduction and rent deferral in 2021. As of the end of 2021, the operating income reduced by NTD 497 million because of TSC’s relief measures.

          Since epidemic prevention has become part of our daily life, TSC develops health food and cleaning and epidemic prevention products to help the public maintain their health. In response to the announcement of COVID-19 Level 3 Alert, TSC initiated the following actions:

1. Increased production of alcohol: to cope with the demands for epidemic prevention.
2. Strengthened channel distribution: We developed the TSC’s Control and Distribution Mechanism of the Epidemic Prevention Alcohol Products to ensure sufficient production and supply of alcohol products that are distributed to the channels of all stores (convenience stores, PxMarts, wholesale stores, drug & cosmetic stores). The sales volume of TSC’s 75% alcohol was 3.36 million bottles in 2020 and it amounted to as many as 3.89 million bottles in 2021.
3. Stabilized retail prices: We fully work in cooperation with the government policies to stabilize retail prices. The information that the prices of epidemic prevention commodities will not go up and that the supply of such products will continue is released through media reports to appease consumers' panic buying so that the public can purchase at ease.