93-year-old student earns two degrees in Taiwan   

93岁老人大学毕业取得双学位 称“要念到100岁”

“读书很有趣啊，怎么会辛苦？”住在嘉义的林花枝爷爷，幼时家境不好无法升学，努力自修取得中学同等学历并考上警察。退休后为一圆大学梦，79岁时报名空中大学，花14年取得双学位。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A 93-year-old man has earned two degrees from the National Open University in Taipei, Taiwan, after 14 years of study.

The man named Lin Huazhi is a retired policeman in Taiwan's Chiayi city.

"When I was young, I didn't have a chance for a good education because my family was poor," Lin said at a commencement ceremony on Saturday, which coincided with his 93rd birthday.

Lin acquired a high school equivalency diploma before serving as a policemen. After his retirement, Lin applied to the National Open University in 1999, when he was 79.

It took him eight years to get a degree in social sciences, after which Lin spent another six years studying life sciences for his second degree.

"I want to continue my studies until I am 100," Lin said at the graduation ceremony.