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$291,700 GRANT FROM ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION
FOR INTER-CULTURAL WEBSITE [ www.culture-canada.ca
]
On
February 15, 2003 (Saturday), from 3 to 5 p.m., at the Markham
Chinese Cultural Centre (2nd Floor, Market Village Shopping Centre),
a Chinese New Year V.I.P. Reception was hosted by FCCM.
Among
the attendees were business professionals, community leaders,
the media, Chinese consuls, Members of Parliament (Federal and
Provincial), and majority members of the Town of Markham Council.
Some
of the V.I.P. guests who attended were:
From
the Chinese Consulate: Deputy Consul General Pang Xin-Chun
Vice Consul of Cultural Affairs Zhou Li
Vice Consul Zheng Hao
Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Finance: Hon. Bryon Wilfert, M.P.
of Oak Ridges
Ontario
Minister of Culture & Chair, Management Board of Cabinet:
Hon. David Tsubouchi, M.P.P. of Markham
Ontario
Minister of Tourism: Hon. Frank Klees, M.P.P. of Oak Ridges
Ontario
Associate Minister of Municipal & Housing Responsible for
Urban Affairs: Hon. Tina Molinari, M.P.P. of Thornhill
York
Region Chief of Police Armand La Barge
Markham
Mayor Don Cousens
Markham
Deputy Mayor Frank Scarpitti
Markham
Regional Councillors Bill O'Donnell & Tony Wong
Markham
Councillors Stan Daurio & Alex Chiu
Vaughan
Councillor Mario Racco
President-Elect
of Ontario Medical Association (OMA): Lawrence Erlick
Immediate
Past President of the Confederation of Chinese Canadian Organizations
in Toronto: Don Lim
President
of the Chinese Professionals Association of Canada (CPAC) - Longhuan
Kim
President
of the Association of Progressive Muslims of Canada - Mobeen Khaja
Chief
Coordinator & Vice President of the Canadian Federation of
Intercultural Friendship (CFIF): Kamil Sadiq
President
of the Chinese Canadian Medical Society (Ont.): Dr. Vansen Lee
Order
of Ontario Awardee: Dr. Lap Cheung Lee
President
of Markham African Caribbean Association: Pat Howell
Trustee
of York Region District School Board: Tessa Benn-Ireland
Alex
Yeung of "Toronto Celebrates Chinese New Year"
President
of Metro Toronto Filipino-Chinese Association (MTFCA)- Manuel
Ting Jr.
President
of Philippine Chamber of Commerce (PCCT)- Toronto - Rafael Nebres
President
of Federation of Filipino-Canadians - Monina Lim Serrano
During
the festivities and after the children dance performances, Ontario
Minister of Culture David Tsubouchi officially announced that
FCCM will receive, over the next 5 years, a total of $291,700
grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation for the creation of an
inter-cultural website (www.culture-canada.ca)
with information on arts/recreation/special events and business
services in the Chinese, Filipino, South Asian, Middle Eastern,
& African-Caribbean communities. A large display cheque for
that amount was signed and presented to our Chairman of the Board,
Dr. Ken Ng.
Finally,
there was also an unveiling ceremony wherein two beautiful Stone
Lions from China were presented by Chinese Deputy Consul General
Pan Xin-Chun on behalf of the State Council of the People's Republic
of China to our Markham Chinese Cultural Centre.
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