Kaohsiung centenarians receive visit from mayorBy Fang Chih-hsien and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerKaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) on Thursday visited three centenarians in the city, including 102-year-old Wang Te-yung (王德永), whose lifelong passion for photography is apparent in the many photo albums he plans to pass on to his grandchildren. Wang, who lives in Fongshan District (鳳山), was born in northeast China. Centenarian Wang Te-yung, left, takes a photograph of Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, right, at Wang’s home in Kaohsiung’s Fongshan District on Thursday. Wang shared some of his photo albums with Chen, even taking out his camera to snap a photograph of the mayor. According to the Kaohsiung Social Affairs Bureau, there are 376 centenarians in the city; 148 men and 228 women.

Source: Taipei Times October 09, 2021 15:56 UTC