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30年捐400萬 台清潔工登富比世英雄榜
台中市清潔工趙文正收入微薄，每天還辛苦拾荒，將大部分收入捐助貧童，卅多年來累積四百萬元，小人物懷有菩薩心腸，榮登美國「富比世」雜誌亞洲行善英雄；個性木訥的他說：「盡量做啦！行善不是為了得獎。」
六十八歲的趙文正，一個月只賺一萬五千元，四分之三都用於社福慈善。他低調行善，連老伴都不清楚，妻子說，「他不告訴我，看到收據才知道！」
趙文正是行善英雄榜台灣入選四人中唯一的小人物，僅國小畢業的他，不認識其餘榜上企業家（張榮發、許文龍、戴勝益），但獲獎的喜悅寫在臉上。他開心秀出捐款收據及新聞剪報說，有心就會做（捐款），沒心再多錢也不會做，「全在人的心！」
他從一九七九年開始捐款，起初以父親名義捐，當時每月只賺四千元，一捐就是數百元，陸續認養家扶基金會七名貧童、世界展望會三名國外孩童，捐款惠明盲校及育幼院，九二一地震捐助災區重建，去年捐贈一輛六十五萬元的消防警備車。
趙文正出身台中烏日佃農家庭，行善受兒時貧寒影響，他說，常繳不出學費，在校跟兄長合吃便當，下課幫忙放牛、割草及餵豬，連寒冬都沒錢穿長褲，「我苦過來，遺憾沒完成學業，希望小朋友吃飽穿暖，孩子健康好好念書，我就歡喜！」
My comments: A great sense of empathy. I salute you from the bottom of my heart, Mr. Chao. You are a giant!
他清晨騎機車出門，到鐵工廠清潔，下班後資源回收到深夜，風雨無阻全年無休。拾荒時，曾遭年輕人羞辱「你像狗在撿垃圾桶」，趙文正昨天憶及此事一度激動，紅著眼眶說，「聽到眼淚要流下來，我惦惦（台語指沈默不語）！」
他篤信佛教，家中掛著觀音菩薩聖訓：「人為善，福雖未至，禍已遠離。」他育有兩男三女，妻兒跟著他省吃儉用，他雖心疼，但行善意念不會改，沒有「退休」時間表，「再累也要做！」
家扶人員說，趙文正省吃儉用，從不外食，出門口渴也不買飲料，當年他獨自走進辦公室，褲子滿是補丁，從口袋掏出沾上油汙的皺鈔票，只要存到錢就拿來，令人印象深刻，「世界上怎麼有這種好人？」家扶社會資源處長翁慧圓說，「真是台灣之光！」
瘦小皮膚黝黑的趙文正，身高僅有一百五十公分，愛心讓他成為巨人。
The following are the tributes paid by Forbes to Mr. Chao and two of the three entrepreneurs mentioned above.
Heroes of Philanthropy--Greater China
Chao Wen-Cheng
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mgm45ejd/chao-wen-cheng/#gallerycontent
Part-time cleaner at Ta Yi Iron Works
Age 68
Grew up in poverty in a family of 8 and vowed to help children in need when he got older. At age 35 the father of 5 began donating most of his modest salary to charity, including orphanages in his central Taiwan hometown of Taichung, the Taiwan Fund for Children & Families, World Vision Taiwan and the Tzu Chi Foundation. He also spent time after work collecting cans, bottles and other recyclables to raise money for charity, which he continues doing despite fading eyesight and other medical problems. Over the decades he’s donated $135,000. “Caring for others soothes me,” he says. “All I ask in return is that those poor children I support are given proper schooling.”
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Shi Wen Long
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mgm45ejd/shi-wen-long/#gallerycontent
Founder of petrochemicals company Chimei GroupAge: 84
Started the Chi Mei Culture Foundation, which runs Taiwan’s largest private museum and the world’s number one violin database. Museum houses his collection of 1,100 violins—the world’s biggest by a non-violin-maker or dealer. Visiting musicians and local students are free to borrow the violins. Foundation is financed by company shares he’s donated and $80 million of Chimei profits from the last 6 years.
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mgm45ejd/chang-yung-fa/#gallerycontent
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Chang-Yung-fa
Founder of Evergreen GroupAge: 84
Announced plans in February to leave his cash and shares to his Chang Yung-Fa Foundation after he dies. In May FORBES ASIA put his net worth at $1.85 billion. The foundation spends $335,000 a month on charity projects and distributes 360,000 free copies of its Morals Monthly Digest, aimed at improving morality in Taiwan and elsewhere. Meantime, he’s sending his foundation’s executives and its Evergreen Symphony Orchestra to visit prisons around the country, promoting good values to those serving time.
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The following is a news story about Mr. Chao from Focus Taiwan News Channel.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201206230018
Factory cleaner named hero of philanthropy by Forbes
2012/06/23 18:45:50
Taipei, June 23 (CNA)
A factory cleaner from central Taiwan who has donated more than US$130,000 to charities has been selected bythe American magazine Forbes as one of the 48 heroes of philanthropy from Asia.
Chao Wen-cheng, 68, has donated around NT$4 million (US$133,600) over the last 30 years to ophanages in hishometown of Taichung City, as well as to the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families, World Vision Taiwan and the Tzu Chi Foundation.
In April this year, he sponsored a firefighting vehicle, which costs more than NT$600,000 for Taichung City's Fire Bureau.
Having known the difficulties of being poor growing up in a low-income family, Chao, at the age of 35, began donating around three-fourths of his modest salary, which is less than NT$ 20,000 per month, to charity after reading a story about a poor child in a newspaper.
As a father of five children, Chao also collects cans and bottles as his part time job in the evenings to support his family.
"Once a young man teased me and said I look like a dog while I was finding recyclables in a rubbish bin," he said, adding that "I was almost in tears, but I ignored him as I knew I had to do it to make a living and provide a good education for my children."
Although his children are now all grown up, Chao has no plans to stop doing what he does.
"I will never retire from my job, including making donations help people in need," Chao said.
Living in a shabby old house with no decorations and walls with faded paint in Wurih Township, Chao said he prefers not to splurge on himself, but help others instead, adding that it pains him to see people suffer from poverty.
"I don't make much money from collecting recyclables, but I saved every penny I earned and gathered them little by little." he said.
When asked about his feeling of being listed with three tycoons from Taiwan by the magazine, he said he was not a businessman and he doesn't know any of them, but with or without winning the title, he will continue donating to charity.
In addition, Chao said he was grateful to companies and government agencies in his township which have givenhim a lot of recyclables over the years.
Chao's wife Hsieh Mei-yu, 64, firmly supports her husband's efforts.
"We don't need a lot of money. My oldest child is 40 and one of them is a teacher," said Hsieh, who married toChao when she was 21.
"As long as my husband is happy, we can live a simple life and save more money for others," she said.
Taichung Mayor Jason Hu, who wrote to the magazine to recommend Chao after hearing about his story, visited him Friday to extend his congratulations.
Hu compared Chao with Chen Shu-chu, a vegetable vendor from Taitung County in eastern Taiwan, who made the U.S. Time magazine's 2010 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, also because of her philanthropy.
Hu said Chao is the pride of Taichung and his nomination by Forbes has helped the world know the kindness of Taiwanese people.
The other Taiwanese listed are all businessmen: Chang Yung-fa, 84, founder of Evergreen Group; Steve Day, 58, chairman of restaurant operator Wowprime Group; and 84-year-old Shi Wen-long, founder of petrochemicals company Chimei Group.
(By Chen Shu-feng and Maia Huang)
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You might like to read Mr. Chao's story reported by Formosa News:
http://englishnews.ftv.com.tw/read.aspx?sno=C66A0F2EE603C64398A7ED5E4AF14AC6
Forbes names Taiwan cleaner one of the top philanthropists of the year (2012/06/22)
When Forbes magazine named its 48 noted Asian philanthropists for 2012, among the stand-out names was a cleaner from Taichung. Reporters caught up with the 68-year-old Chao Wen-chang趙文正today. Chao says that from an early age growing up in poverty, he vowed to help children in need when he was older.
Chao Wen-chang wears a bamboo hat and stoops over to sweep metal scraps. He’s sweating, but continues working hard.
Recently Chao went from an unknown metal works factory grunt man to a celebrated philanthropist. He was included on Forbes magazine’s list of 48 Heroes of Philanthropy from the Asia and Australia region. Chao’s job is difficult and his earnings slim, but he’s committed to giving away most his salary.
Chao Wen-cheng
Factory Cleaner
I keep a fourth and donate three-fourths. In the 80’s when my children were small, I didn’t donate as much. Now I can donate more. My children have grown and earn their own money.
Small sums over the years have added up to major contributions. Over three decades Chao has donated NT$4 million to charity. Moved by Chao’s generosity, Taichung Mayor Jason Hu sent a letter recommending him to Forbes. The U.S. magazine concurred, including Chao as one of the four Taiwanese it chose. The others were Evergreen Group founder Chang Yung-fa, Wowprime Group Chairman Steve Day and Chimei Group founder Shi Wen-long.
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