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China billionaire to take 250 NYC homeless to lunch
cnbc ^ | 6-25-2014

Posted on 06/25/2014 6:41:09 AM PDT by Citizen Zed

It certainly isn't breakfast at Tiffany's, but New York's homeless are getting something pretty darn close.

A Chinese recycling billionaire has promised $300 and a high-priced lunch to 250 residents of Manhattan's shelters at the Boathouse restaurant in Central Park, according to NBC New York.

As guests lunch on sesame-seed encrusted tuna, beef filet, and berries with creme fraiche, host Chen Guangbiao, will serenade them by singing "We are the World."

Guangbiao, 46, says that he is trying to deconstruct the image of wealthy Chinese spending too much on luxuries by having this event.

(Excerpt) Read more at mob.cnbc.com ...


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To: doug from upland

http://oapedia.com/oa/Homeless_Shopping_Spree


21 posted on 06/25/2014 9:56:59 AM PDT by sopwith (LIVE FREE OR DIE)
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To: changeNOTneeded

can’t do that! it would a) help more people and b) not be so much a publicity generator. and we all know appearances are more important than fact.


22 posted on 06/25/2014 10:52:57 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: BykrBayb

he’s buying the stairway to ....


23 posted on 06/25/2014 10:54:14 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: camle

you would think a shower beforehand would be the least he could do......

this is downright wrong. send the money to a church or housing shelter based service.


24 posted on 06/25/2014 12:06:53 PM PDT by changeNOTneeded
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