Retired Yilan postal worker honored for exemplary lifetime achievementsSENIOR CITIZENS’ DAY: Wu Wen-ching was honored before the Double Ninth Festival for going above and beyond the call of duty for his compatriotsBy Tsai Yun-jung and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerA 72-year-old man in Yilan City Thursday received a commendation from the mayor after being twice recognized this year as an exemplary elder. Yilan Mayor Chiang Tsung-yuan, second left, and retired postal worker Wu Wen-ching, second right, hold a commendation that Chiang presented to Wu on Thursday. Wu started working at a post office following the end of his military service as a conscript in 1969, and retired from postal work in 2014. Wu said he remembered well what he wrote on behalf of the woman: “I received the letter you sent. He found a Japanese-speaking elder to translate the letter and successfully delivered the letter to the recipient.

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