Word: hiep
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...panhandlers they see, even setting up a 24-hour telephone hot line for snitching. Drop a dime about a raggedy man begging for change anywhere in the city and gain a reward of 200,000 dong (about $13). "Beggars are impolite, an annoyance to visitors," says Nguyen Hung Hiep, head of the Danang Social Benefit Bureau. "We want to keep our city beautiful and civilized...
...Hiep says the hot line has logged 50 calls since January, resulting in 37 panhandlers being sent to rehabilitation centers for job training. But the homeless are adapting to the heat. They've started dressing better, disguising themselves as legitimate postcard sellers or even Buddhist monks. Many, however, have got the message, Hiep says, and have moved elsewhere. It remains to be seen whether foreigners will invade once again now that the panhandlers have lost their paradise at China Beach...