N.Y. Mayor Cuts Down on Chinese Cuisine
NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg created a stir when he mentioned last week that he was cutting back on Chinese food. The Mayor’s decision comes as he attempts to lose weight for his re-election campaign. Bloomberg’s decision has not sat well with some Chinese restaurant managers. Raymond Wong, 45, a manager at Joe’s Shanghai, on Pell Street in Chinatown, responded, “He is making big mistake. Chinese people always skinny, never fat. I can understand if the mayor wants to give up takeout Chinese food, but if he wants real food, he should come here.”
Bloomberg may have indirectly alienated the Chinese and cost himself some votes within the community. Michael Chie, 45, at Shun Lee Palace on East 55th Street in Manhattan, responded, “He shouldn’t have said he is stopping Chinese food. He’s going to upset a lot of people in this town.” Chie added, “Maybe he is talking about takeout Chinese food. That is not real Chinese food. We have many strict vegetarians and finicky customers, and no one ever complained about the food being unhealthy.”
Ed Skyler, a spokesman for Mr. Bloomberg, claims that the mayor had such a propensity towards Chinese food that he was overindulging. He added that Bloomberg enjoys a good relationship with New York’s Chinese community and will continue to love Chinese food.
Swearing Reporter gets New Gig
NEW YORK –– Television reporter Arthur Chi’en, who was catapulted from news reporter to newsmaker when he used an obscenity on air in May, is getting a new job.
Chi’en has been hired as a general assignment reporter for the WB/11 News, owned by the Chicago-based Tribune Co.
Chi’en had worked at WCBS/2 for 11-1/2 years, but was fired after he used a curse word that was accidentally caught during an early morning broadcast.
Chi’en, 36, had directed the statement at a pair of hecklers who stood behind him as he delivered a report outside the 57th Street subway station in midtown.
Of his new employers, Chi’en said, “They fully understand –– and I know I understand –– that it is something that cannot happen again,” he said.
Dying Wish to Be U.S. Citizen Fulfilled
NEW YORK –– A 59-year-old Filipina housekeeper dying of breast cancer got her final wish of becoming an American citizen after a New York congressman presented her an honorary naturalization certificate.
Gloria Canonizado, too weak to speak, wrote from her hospital bed, “I’d like to thank you all a million times. Thank you all,” after Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Manhattan) handed her the congressional certificate at her bedside at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. “I am so very grateful.”
An immigrant from Manila, Canonizado was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996. Four weeks ago, Homeland Security officials nearly ended her citizenship quest when they said her fingerprints had been rejected.
Sheboygan Man Missing for 3 Weeks Found Alive
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A 67-year-old Sheboygan man who has been missing for three weeks has been found alive.
Kohler, Wis., police said they found Waa Lee, a Hmong man who had a mental disability, after a worker at Blackwolf Run Golf Course spotted him and called police.
Family members said Lee was unable to ask for help, drive a car or take a bus.
Lee still had his wallet on him with the same amount of money he had when he disappeared from home.