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Taiwanese official buys 325 boxes of mooncakes to save charity's order after budget cuts

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • An official purchased 325 boxes of mooncakes from a charity after legislative budget cuts canceled a presidential office order.
  • The charity, Xilele Care Home, faced losing the order, which was crucial for its mid-autumn festival preparations.
  • The official stated the purchase was made with personal funds, not public money, and urged lawmakers to reconsider budget cuts affecting vulnerable groups.

An act of generosity has saved a crucial order for a Taiwanese charity, ensuring that residents of the Xilele Care Home can still benefit from mid-autumn festival sales.

Wu Yin-ning, deputy executive officer of the Executive Yuan's central office, purchased 325 boxes of custom-made mooncakes from the Xilele Care Home. This intervention came after the legislative branch's blue and white camps cut the budget for the presidential office's "state affairs fund," which had been a consistent buyer of the home's mooncake gift boxes for over five years.

My mood has been like a sauna these past few days. The presidential office has purchased gift boxes from our home for more than five consecutive years, ordering about 200 to 300 boxes annually. This year, the order increased to 325 boxes. We had already ordered the raw materials and were at a loss.

— Lin Yu-changDescribing the impact of the canceled order on the Xilele Care Home.

Lin Yu-chang, the director of Xilele Care Home, described the emotional rollercoaster the staff and residents experienced. "My mood has been like a sauna these past few days," she said. "The presidential office has purchased gift boxes from our home for more than five consecutive years, ordering about 200 to 300 boxes annually. This year, the order increased to 325 boxes."

You can cut the budget, but you cannot cut the public's love.

— Wu Yin-ningEncouraging public support for the charity after the budget cuts.

Just as the home was preparing for production, they received a cancellation notice. "We had already ordered the raw materials and were at a loss," Lin explained. While some smaller orders have come in, they were far from fulfilling the 325-box commitment. The news that Wu would purchase the entire order brought immense relief, with residents reportedly moved to tears.

Wu clarified that the funds for the 325 boxes came from friends who entrusted her to place the order, emphasizing that no public funds were used. She explained that the budget cuts by the blue and white legislators had resulted in the loss of the presidential office's order for Xilele. "You can cut the budget, but you cannot cut the public's love," Wu stated, encouraging others to support the home's sales and uplift the vulnerable residents. She also appealed to lawmakers, including legislator Hsieh Yi-feng, to stop making arbitrary budget cuts.

Please stop arbitrarily cutting budgets.

— Wu Yin-ningAppealing to legislators to reconsider their budget decisions.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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