TAIPEI -- Taiwan's tech sector is booming on the back of companies such as chip juggernaut Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., but the headline numbers for the rapidly expanding economy mask a daily struggle for much of the island's workforce.

Despite Taiwan's tech-fuelled economic boom, many people on the island struggle to make ends meet. © Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images
Quarter of island's workforce gets by on minimum wage and cheap food