Be more sensitive to migrants' dilemma
By Li Xing | China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-08 07:39
When Liu Xiukun's 14-year-old daughter was awarded a 200-yuan scholarship for her good academic performance, he was understandably proud.
Liu, a native of Henan province, who has worked in Urumqi for more than four years, planned to use the money to buy his daughter some new clothes to celebrate Spring Festival.
First, however, in order to get the scholarship, Liu has to produce proof of residency from the community where he and his family now live. When he went to the community's administrative office, he was told that he would have to pay a community management fee and an apartment rental tax that his landlady owed to the administration, totaling 172 yuan.
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