With Mother's Day just around the corner, major social welfare groups have released the results of opinion surveys on issues facing mothers as they are raising their children. Meanwhile, the Taipei city government unveiled a generous incentive program Thursday to encourage new births, which will be implemented next year. The following are the excerpts from local media coverage of the issue: China Times: One out of every five local young mothers is unhappy, according to the results of a recent survey by the Child Welfare League Foundation. The online survey of mothers with children under 3 was conducted March 16-April 13, with 2,229 valid samples collected from 23 cities and counties around Taiwan. More than 60 percent of the respondents said they are not considering having more children and nearly 80 percent said they would consider having more children only if the government offers child-bearing subsidies. Up to 40 percent of those surveyed said they choose not to work so that they can look after their children on their own, because child-minding fees are too high. Nearly 50 percent said they can afford less than NT$10,000 in child-minding charges per month, lower than the general market average of NT$15,000. (May 7, 2010). United Daily News: From Jan. 1, 2011, the Taipei city government will offer a subsidy of NT$20,000 for each newborn in the city as part of its efforts to encourage women to have more babies. Under its new birth incentive program, the city government will also offer a monthly subsidy of NT$2,500 for each child born to families with less than NT$1.13 million in total household annual income in the city. From next year, newborns with at least one parent with a registered legal abode in Taipei City for at least one full year and a total household annual income below NT$1.13 million will be entitled to a NT$2,500-a-month subsidy until the children are 5 years old. This means that each couple who gives birth to a child next year will be able to receive a total of NT$170,000 in child-bearing and raising subsidies, Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin said Thursday. 'The city's birth rate has been on a steady decline. The trend, coupled with the greying of the population, will have a serious impact on our city's long-term development, ' Hau said, adding that the new incentive program is expected to help stimulate births. An estimated 110,000 children will benefit from the new program, Hau went on, adding that the city government will earmark NT$3 billion in its 2011 budget plan to finance the incentive project. (May 7, 2010). Liberty Times: Chi Hui-jung, chief executive officer of the Garden of Hope Foundation, said at a pre-Mother's Day news conference Thursday that an estimated 3,000 babies are born to unmarried teenage mothers each year in Taiwan. 'Many young mothers are left alone to face discrimination from their peers, families and schools,' Chi said. Noting that the traditional way of dealing with teenage pregnancy -- scolding and sometimes abandonment -- is harmful and counterproductive, Chi said the government should craft solid programs to assist and guide unwed teenage mothers. She also called on more local people to consider adopting babies, saying that approximately 3,000 infants in Taiwan are either abandoned or put up for adoption each year. (May 7, 2010). 