Compiled by CHOW HOW BAN, FATIMAH ZAINAL and R. ARAVINTHAN
CHINESE billionaire Yin Mingshan has admitted himself to a nursing home in his hometown of Chongqing, saying that he wants to avoid troubling his children, reported Kwong Wah Yit Poh.Yin, 85, previously revealed his intention to be cared for in an old folks home.
“My children have everything. They have big houses and all the money to hire someone to care for me at home. But after I turned 80, my perception of the old folks home has changed.”
He said he raised his children because he loved them and did not want to depend on them to care for him.
He said he weighed the options of hiring a caregiver or being at a nursing home.
While a caregiver could do most tasks such as the laundry, cooking and housekeeping, he felt that the person would not be able to provide medical care as professionally as those at an old folks home.
He said that at the nursing home, he would continue to have a disciplined lifestyle and he would read, write, go for walks, sing and play the piano.
Yin started his business empire in 1992 by opening a motor- cycle shop. His ventures then expanded to engine production and football.
Right chord: Repeated a special moment with a fan during her concert in Shanghai recently.
> Sin Chew Daily reported that a special moment was repeated during Malaysian singer Penny Tai’s 2023 Drift World Tour concert in Shanghai on Sept 16 when a diehard male fan was given the microphone to sing along to her song Zen Yang (What If We Still Stay Together).
His performance won applause from the audience. Tai gave him a thumbs-up, saying: “You have practised well and you’ve finally sung it right after five years.”
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
