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Jan. 3 - Jan. 9, 2003
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Upcoming Welfare Cut to Hurt APA FamiliesBy May Chow | AsianWeek Staff WriterIn a small kitchen inside a basement that has been converted to an in-law housing unit, Chen Lei sits in her chair, in front of a backdrop of cereal boxes, Carnation Dried Milk cartons and beef and barley soup cans. “You see all of this I get because of welfare and food stamps and it helps my family a lot,” says Lei, 35, in Cantonese as she points to the products, attempting to pronounce the English labels. “It takes some getting used to cooking with American products, but you can add some fresh vegetables to the soups and use the milk powder in desserts.” |
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