Veteran donates Taoyuan home to help elderly peopleBy Hsu Cho-hsun, Yang Chin-cheng, William Hetherington and Ja / Staff reporters, with staff writersA 95-year-old veteran has donated a property in Taoyuan worth NT$7 million (US$244,738) to build a facility to help elderly people, the Taoyuan City Government said on Monday. Veteran Liu Yung-chung (劉永中), who lives in Pingjhen District (平鎮), said that volunteers in his Sanan (三安) community have for years provided a lot of assistance to him and his wife. Joking about his time in the military, Liu said that he was “not strong and his aim was terrible,” but his handwriting was “not bad.”“I have even dabbled a bit in calligraphy. His donation was in part due to the suggestion of Church of Living Springs priest Ting Ning-en (丁濘恩), but also because he wanted to help others, Yao said. All proceeds would go towards a fund established to help children from disadvantaged families to focus on their education.

Source: Taipei Times March 27, 2021 15:56 UTC