content_text: 香港女星陳淑蘭（蘭子）1988年參加香港小姐奪得亞軍而踏入演藝圈，曾出演過多部影視作品，也身兼主持人、作家身份，然而她的爸爸在1991年離世、媽媽又在去（2022）年母親節因病離世，讓她一度大受打擊。如今又逢母親節到來，陳淑蘭也寫信表達對媽媽的思念之情，還透露是在媽媽臨終前才得知自己並非親生，意外掀起熱議。[啟動LINE推播] 每日重大新聞通知陳淑蘭過去經常曬出和媽媽出遊、聚餐的合影。（圖／翻攝自FB／Lanchi陳淑蘭）陳淑蘭爸爸在1991年離世時，手上正好還有一個外景主持節目，因此仍得打起精神笑臉迎人，最後情緒失控、需接受心理治療，雖然如今已走出陰霾，但陳淑蘭仍相當思念家人。根據港媒《晴報》報導，陳淑蘭媽媽去年過世後，她也不忘在今年的母親節寫信給媽媽，直指時間飛逝，至今仍不覺得媽媽去年就離世了。陳淑蘭至今仍難以想象媽媽離世了。（圖／翻攝自FB／Lanchi陳淑蘭）在媽媽離世的前幾個月，陳淑蘭才得知媽媽曾和身邊友人討論，陳淑蘭的生母是否回來尋找親生女兒，「我以為你講的這些話，是因為腦退化的幻覺，後來我去驗了DNA，才知道你和我沒有血緣關係，但這又怎樣？你愛我比海更深，你給我的幸福比天更高，如果不是你用心栽培、保護和寵愛，相信不會有今天那麼樂觀又充滿愛的陳淑蘭。」陳淑蘭在媽媽離世前驗了DNA，才發現自己是被領養的。（圖／翻攝自FB／Lanchi陳淑蘭）陳淑蘭透露，自己是在3個月大時被抱回家收養，也認為媽媽這些年來守住秘密將她撫養長大，應非常有壓力，因此十分感激媽媽的養育之恩，「我真慶幸在你臨走前能夠握住你的手，和你說『你是我永遠最愛的媽咪，沒有任何人可以代替你的地位，你對我的養育之恩，我這輩子還不完，如果有來世，我希望還可以繼續做你的女兒。』」

journalist: 古靜兒

title: 媽臨終前「才知不是親生」！女星驗DNA驚覺「毫無血緣關係」：來世還想當妳女兒


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Students were forced to apologize after Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School came under fire for posters that used a racist slur against indigenous people, but Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) was unapologetic after saying that “the education system is to blame for low wages, because it has churned out low-value students. To fix the issue of supply exceeding demand, college majors with the lowest fees should be canceled or downsized.”

Ko’s remarks overlook that low wages could be caused by a gross underestimation of the value of a job or workers’ rights violations. A worker being paid less than another does not mean their work is not needed.

The two most obvious examples are social workers and childcare workers. These professions are anything but expendable, even though they offer less than satisfactory wages. The supply and demand system does not entirely reflect a society’s labor needs either. Low salaries can lead to a labor shortage and leave a gaping hole in society.

Ko’s “low-value” remark is discriminatory, yet he refused to admit his mistake or apologize, making him even worse than the high-school students.

Ko has a history of discriminatory remarks, including objectification, for example when he said that “pretty young ladies are more suitable for sitting behind counters than being mayors,” and: “Taiwanese ladies look horrendous when they go out without makeup.”

Even worse, he also made remarks that were sexually and racially discriminatory. For example, he said: “Haven’t we imported 300,000 foreign spouses?”

Each example from Ko was worse than the posters the high-school students made. Ironically, media and influencers rebuked the students’ posters, but let a potential presidential candidate get away with bigotry.

For the past few years, Taichung Municipal First Senior High School, National Tainan First Senior High School, Taipei First Girls’ High School and others have suspended their humanities and language honors programs, partly because many students transfer to sciences when they reach grade 11. The suspensions might explain why discrimination happens, as people are taught not to value the liberal arts and empathetic education.

This trend further demonstrates Ko’s negative influence, as he is known for belittling the liberal arts and social studies.

Four years ago, Taichung Municipal First Senior High School invited Ko to speak and it was reported that he received rave reviews. Nevertheless, if schools do not wish to see a repeat of the poster incident, or parents do not want their children — including girls, minorities and those interested in the humanities and social studies — to be discriminated against, or see their children’s contribution overlooked by society, then people should use their judgement to drive out a callous and unsympathetic politician like Ko.

School campuses and the political arena need as role models people who know how to respect others.

Chen Jun-kuang is an attending physician in the psychiatry department at Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital.

Translated by Rita Wang

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title: Ko Wen-je comments show he is unfit to lead