SHE looks depressed. Melcy has been living with her husband Aheng for the past two months in Chiayi City, about 300 kilometers from Taipei, Taiwan and she still has difficulty communicating with both Aheng and her parents-in-law. Language is the problem.

Last November Tempo visited the family living in a big and spacious house. Aheng, a good-looking and heavy-set man, welcomed me with a smile before retreating to a corner of the house to make tea,