2005-09-18 Very, very special Mid-Autumn Festival evening meal .....with a new group of  very special friends. Had seen them individually around the place  collecting rubbish, but never realised they all were cousins, from Henan Province,  living together at a rubbish collection centre ("Zhou Yuen Kong") not far from Zhaoqing Railway Station ....which  now becomes Poor Area Area K. 
Should have seen them go for the rice boxes and apples
.....not surprising since they live on three meals of noodles a day...can't afford rice/fruit.
My aim.....to get them a TV set ...so that they know a little of what is happening and have a little entertainment. The group numbers about  40,  including children

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One of those big white bags, full of rubbish, brings in about Y10 (US$1.20). Man in pink shirt is manger/owner of the centre.....paying on the spot for just weighed-in rubbish