Features – October 06, 2002 Emmy Fitri and Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Residents of Kampung Pulo in Citeureup, Bogor, and Tegal Alur in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, are not immune from the mass hysteria over Taiwan’s TV series Meteor Garden. Some children and teenagers can be seen walking around wearing T-shirts sporting the...
A fond farewell to a man without a country: Kind 72-year-old fought for Canadian citizenship by Nicholas Keung, staff reporter Toronto Star, March 17, 2002 They each knew a different facet of Shui Jim Wong during his life, but it wasn’t until they assembled to mourn his death that a complete picture of the...
Final dignity for a homeless man: Friends seek his posthumous citizenship by Nicolas Keung, staff reporter Toronto Star, March 11, 2002 During the 47 years Shui Jim Wong lived in Canada he didn’t call himself a Canadian – in fact, he couldn’t even live under his own name. But now friends and advocates for...
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced here on Tuesday that the government has decided to make a formal apology to Chinese New Zealanders who paid a poll tax and suffered other discrimination imposed by statute and to their descendents. The announcement was made at a function marking the Chinese New Year in Parliament...
This article is written by Corinne Pratz, appears here courtesy of the Cowichan Valley Historical Preservation Society. The discovery of a Chinese grave marker at the Youbou millsite has the future plans for this area up in the air. Former mill workers reported seeing the marker and pictures were taken. The last sighting before...
