This guy is a Candy Oiler? Lost in translation?
Monday, September 17, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Illegal vehicles for senior citizen scavengers in Taiwan
Taiwan presents itself - rightly so - as a high-tech powerhouse (such as the Bill Gates-laden ad on CNN now). However, some parts of the economy and society are still quite low-tech. Dare I say poor? It is frequent in Taiwan to see dilapidated, old and illegal (no license plate) motorized or pedal-powered vehicles such as these. Elderly men and women use such vehicles to scavenge Taiwan for recycleables such as cardboard.
Police don't seem to enforce traffic rules against these poor senior citizens - not sure if that is good or bad for society.
Police don't seem to enforce traffic rules against these poor senior citizens - not sure if that is good or bad for society.
Labels:
scavengers,
senior citizens,
Taipei,
Taipei Hsien,
Taiwan,
traffic,
台北,
台北縣,
台灣
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