Journalist finishes work on collection despite acute illness

"Currently, there are approximately 800 to 1,000 people diagnosed with ALS in Taiwan, though so far, we only have no more than 300 ALS families joining us," said Yu Shu-hua (游淑華), general secretary of the Taiwan Motor Neuron Disease Association, a non-profit voluntary health organization made up of friends and relatives of ALS patients.

"We hope more families with ALS patients will come and join us," she added. "So we can help and support one another."

Noting Chen's vitality, Chu added that he hopes "the public will become more aware of those with this fatal disease by giving them more care and support."