China Scene: South

Devoted son honored with special award

Mo Rongchang, 61, was recently selected as the most filial son in Yangsuo, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The disabled man has been looking after his mother Liao Xiaofeng at her bedside for decades.

Because of Mo's tireless attention, Liao will celebrate her 105th birthday in two months.

Liao, who has paralyzed by a fell to the ground in 2000, said she would have died without her son.

In addition to cooking for and feeding Liao, Mo helps his mother wash her clothes and take a bath every day.

(Nanguo Morning Post)

Help sought for fatherless Delta kids

People's congress deputies from Guangdong province and Hong Kong special administrative region have urged their governments to introduce measures to help the illegitimate children of Hong Kong residents overcome their difficulties.

According to statistics, there are more than 50,000 such "black children" in the Pearl River Delta area in Guangdong province.

They are aged between two months old and 14 years old.

The children, whose fathers are Hong Kong residents and their mothers mainlanders, do not have access to mainland medical care and other social and educational welfare because they do not have hukou, or household registration.

(www.chinanews.com.cn)

(China Daily 03/20/2008 page6)