Two Taiwanese women have been featured in the Chinese-language version of this month's Asian edition of Reader's Digest.
The two women, Yen Shu-chuan (
Since 1984, Yen has been an advocate recycling in the workplace. She also collects recyclables, sells them at flea markets and donates the proceeds to charities.
Kaohsiung resident Chu, 82, has been selling hot meals to stevedores since she was 27.
In her more than 50 years of selling the meals, Chu has never raised her prices; each meal is NT$5. She also offers free meals to the homeless.
"I know stevedores don't make much money. It can save them some money if the prices are not too high," Chu said, when asked why her prices are so low.
The magazine, which is published in 60 countries and 16 languages, claims to have 4.7 million readers in Asia.
Chinese readers account for about 1.5 million of the maga-zine's Asian readers. About 200,000 of these are Taiwanese.
The magazine's Asian edition is published in Chinese, English and Thai.
Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (
He said he was glad the publication was giving more attention to Taiwan.
"When I started to read the magazine at the age of 15, I felt unconnected to the stories, although I liked them a lot," he said. "Now we're happy to know that we'll start to see more coverage on Taiwan's local people and inspiring stories."
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