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Senior's children to donate 1.8m yuan

An 89-year-old man from Ningxiang told his children to donate the money they planned to give him on his upcoming birthday to several local nursing homes. Huang Meisheng turns 90 in October and his children told him they would give him 1 million yuan ($151,400) to celebrate the special day. Huang asked his children to donate the money to local senior homes instead. Huang's son, Huang Qiping - a senior manager at a State-owned enterprise - agreed with his father, and also proposed adding another 800,000 yuan to the donation. The elder Huang said it was not necessary to have an extravagant birthday, and was pleased the money would be put to better use.