Retired folks volunteering to be tour guides

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-09-10

Taiwan is an aging society with one in seven persons aged 65 years or older. Some

Taiwan is an aging society

retired folks are using their wisdom and life experience by volunteering to be tour guides.

Mr. Ho Liang Tsen knows countless stories of life in Taipei. After he retired, he trained to be a tour guide of historical architecture in Taipei. He takes visitors down well-known streets, such as the one nicknamed Book Street. That street near the Taipei Main Station got its nickname after many Shanghainese businesspersons opened bookstores there after they arrived in Taiwan. Ho explains how Shanghainese tend to have a good business mind. Ho also shows them the first western bakery and café called Astoria, where many famous artists and celebrities liked to meet in the past.    [FULL  STORY]

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