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| Subject: Bizarre Chinese tycoon whining over fellow tycoons who only spend on luxury goods, gambling and prostitution Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:39 pm | |
| A Chinese billionaire has announced plans to invite 1000 impoverished Americans for a meal in New York's Central Park in an attempt to show fellow tycoons that there is more to life than "luxury goods, gambling and prostitution".
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Chen Guangbiao, a recycling magnate from the eastern province of Jiangsu, issued the invitation to his "charity luncheon for 1000 poor and destitute Americans" through two prominent advertisements placed in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal this week. Guests will be given $US300 ($319) to spend on "occupational training" as well as lunch at the Loeb Boathouse restaurant in Manhattan's Central Park.
All they do is splurge on luxury goods, gambling and prostitution and very few of them sincerely live up to their social responsibility.
The restaurant, which featured in the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally, describes itself as "the ultimate urban oasis" and "a haven for romantics and nature lovers".
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/luxury/chinese-tycoon-invites-1000-impoverished-americans-to-have-lunch-with-him-in-new-york-20140619-3af93.html |
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