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Yao Ming, a star player of Houston Rockets in the NBA, and one of china’s well-known athletes donated a $71,428 or 500.000 yuan for the victim of the earthquake who has killed more to 10,000 people.
The Red Cross Society also opened bank accounts for the donations or help they might receive for the victims of the tragedy…
Emissaries from Chinese-American organizations have assembled together to help those who were affected by China’s tragedy last Monday. They facilitated the aid for those victims of the quake; the help comes from organizations and some businessmen.
“The fastest and most efficient way to help is financial assistance, because money travels very fast and can be used in many different ways on the ground by people who know what the needs are,” said Christophe Lobry-Boulanger of the American Red Cross.
Plans are already on their way for the Asian-American Center for a large ethnic group at Cornell University. The committee, the staff and other people form the university had been gathering for the things to do for the preparation in building the center. This would be a meeting place or some sort of an assembly area for the Asian and Asian-American student organization.
The center would connect students to support systems and provide a range of other resources such as peer counseling, Hubbell said. The center also would be a great place for the organizations to bond and to know more about each other and to have activities in the campus under one roof.
A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 8,500 people, trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant, state media reported. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was among the worst to strike China in decades…
China’s deadliest earthquake in modern history struck the northeastern city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976, killing 240,000 people.
Filipino-American Library caters provides Filipino books for the people of Greater Los Angeles to read on. This library is the first and the largest one in the country and it has 6,000 titles. Its operation is to introduce more of the Filipino culture and some of the Filipino Americans through their books and leadership development and some other programs in that way, contributing to the success of a culturally vibrant and sophisticated America.
The Monkey and the turtle will be the first famous Filipino folktale to be featured at Carson on May 31.
There are activities that are held in Frederiction this month and for the next, throughout Asian Heritage Month every May, the Asian Heritage Society of New Brunswick is celebrating this. Madhu Verma says it is important to recognize the rich culture and history of Asia and the significant contributions Asians have made to help build Canada.
Asian Heritage Society has a part into which they help neophytes join others to give support to help them settle within their new province.
New President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea wants to expand the relationship between South Korea and the United States. He is the previous mayor of Seoul and he was also the CEO of Hyundai’s Engineering and Construction Department. He was also called MD or bulldozer for his aggressive CEO style.
Myung-bak wants to the Korean-American relations to have a strong and great foundation. He wants North Korea to stop nuclear testing for the development of South Korea’s munificence.
He desires the relationship between the two countries to be promoted into a “strategic alliance,”
meaning the bond should be committed to U.N. roles such as fight the war on terrorism, peacekeeping mission, spread democracy and address climate change. He further thought that, “There’s great opportunity to expand the scope of the alliance on security issues and on political and economic issues as well.”
Brig. General Oscar Hilman US Army Commander of the Brigade Combat Team was considered a hero for the Filipino contract workers in the United States. It is because he protected the Filipinos from the Iraqi troops, the Iraqi once threatened a Filipino truck driver to behead him. That situation alarmed the President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo remembered to bring back the 51-humanitarian contingent to the Philippines.
Brig. Gen. Hilman then, was tasked to avoid pulling out people in one of the largest US military bases in Irag, which is Camp Anaconda just for their safety. Hilman, came up with a plan to give human rights or privileges to those who stayed. He gave the contractors base privileges and in return for acknowledgement the Filipinos should then provide basic services for them such as janitorial tasks, transport and food delivery. “We are going to treat [the contractors] with dignity and respect,” the general persisted. And then he was allowed to give the Filipino contractors another extension of privileges.
His hard work were praised by the Filipinos, who had trusted Hilman, because of he is one good-hearted Pinoy.
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Korean-American CEO Kim James Woo of Yahoo Korea. He grew up in Guam and has a bachelor’s degree in the University of Southern California in LA and an MBA from Harvard University. He is reviving their Yahoo website for a better communication in the U.S. and some of the local employees.
Kim said, A few years ago we had very low image and trust from the headquarters. Now I can tell you that we are probably the most trusted country in yahoo standards.
Asian-American’s film festival Silk Screen is opening at the Harris Theater. They are describing it as “the most colorful and exotic party. There will be a night of different wears from all over Asia, as well as America. They will be serving exotic and one of a kind cuisine from Asia. Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Mongolian and Indonesian music will be one of the highlights of the festival.
There will be a showing of night film. Some of them will question and answer which is from the film itself.