The "birthday voucher": checking at 11 a.m. on 9 September whether you won
The scheme the Taiwan region is locally calling the domestic travel subsidy (guólǚ bǔzhù) includes a "birthday voucher": 1,000 winners drawn for each month from January to December, each worth NT$1,200 in accommodation credit, with results published on 9 September. Why would a subsidy that hands out money leave part of its quota to a lottery? And what weight "birthday" has always carried in tradition.