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<span style="color: blue;">NATIONAL FESTIVAL. ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF REPUBLIC. The Chinese community of Christchurch kept holiday yesterday, the nineteenth anniversary of the Chinese Republic, which was, founded after the fall of the Manchu Dynasty in 1911 The celebration took the form of a picnic and sports meeting at English Park. He festival is given the name the Double Tenth because it took place on the tenth day of the tenth month of the European Calendar this calendar was adopted after the revolution, which also inaugurated a greater measure of adoption of European customs than had been the rule under the former rulers. At English Park yesterday the festival was opened by Mr Yee Gam, the presidents of the Chinese Sports Committee. who addressed the Chinese, numbering about 60 who were present. The interpreter explained to the Europeans present that the speech referred to the services done for China by Dr, Sun Yat-sen, who was the principal figure of the revolution. Apart from the sports events, which followed immediately after the speeches, the principal feature of the afternoon was the Association football match, played between the Chinese team and the Marist junior team This resulted in a win for the Europeans by 5 goals to 4, after a closely contested game. There was a large attendance of Chinese from all surrounding districts including representatives from Wellington, Dunedin. South Canterbury and Westland. All of those present were entertained at afternoon tea. and a touch of colour was lent to the gathering, which was large in spite of the bad weather conditions, by the Chinese banner of welcome and the flags British and Chinese which flew above the grounds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The whole of the gate takings are as has been the custom, to be given to the Christchurch Public Hospital All the expenses of the meeting were borne by the Chinese community. The officials for the sports were President Yep Gam; K. N Lowe: interpreter Eric Chun-. starters W. L Kee and Willie Tims; and judges. Harry Wong and Chan S Wah: Chinese announcers Norman Lim and Y Yak; organiser George Ah Chang and treasurer Fred Young. The sports results as follows: Three-legged Race —George Ah Chang and George Yee 1, Kwok Bros 2. Backward Walking Race—Harry Kwok 1, Arthur Yee 3. Net to Net Race—Harry Kwok 1, F. Floy 2. Thread-the-Needle Race—Harry Kwok I, George Yee 2 Egg and Spoon Race—George Yee 1 A. Kwok 2. European's Race—E. Harper 1, R Gib bons 3. Slow Cycle Race—Arthur Teo. Children's Race —Irma Lowe 1, Joyce Tim 2 Bicycle Race—Arthur Yee 1, Fook Hor 3. Europeans' Bicycle Race C C Allen 1. Flint and Smith 3</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Football Match. The football match, won by Marist, 6-4, was evenly contested throughout, although, the Marist. team had the advantage of the play -in the second half. The teams were: Chinese: George Shue. Percy Lowe, George Yee, Arthur Yee. Yea Too,.F. Loy, Harry Kwok, Allan Kwok, Willie Chong Lee. George Ah Chang (captain), and J S. Tom. Marist: W. Barrett, Fullen, F. Tool, C. Hull, B. Porter, P. Watts. L George, C Grimes (captain), M. George, J. Porter, and D Sellers. The first spell ended with the score 3-2 in favour of the Chinese team, but in the second spell Marist scored three goals and the Chinese only one, a penalty The scorers for Marist were J. Porter (2). C Hall, L. George, and T Grimes, and for the Chinese, Harry Kwok 3.Willie Chong Lee, and Allan Kwok" After the match the prizes won were presented by Mr Yee Gam Following this many of the Chinese returned- to the City in beflagged motor-cars, making a gay procession. <span style="font-size: 12px;">Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20056, 11 October 1930, Page 5</span></span></div>
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WW2 survivor’s search for Bahau, and closure
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<b>A war survivor and POW camp baby, Christina McTaggart-Tie Kim
Nyong, 66, continues to research and spread the word about the Bahau POW
camp in Malaysia during WWII. Jo Lo from Auckland City Libraries
attended Christina's talk and interviewed her later about Bahau, where
hundreds died from starvation, hardship and disease. </b><br />
The rain was pounding down hard last Friday (21 May) as I beelined
my way into Avondale Library to listen to Christina McTaggart's World
War 2 experiences.<br />
<a href="https://chinesecommunity.org.nz/site/images/show/722-christina-mctaggart"><img alt="Christina McTaggart" height="175" src="https://chinesecommunity.org.nz/image_files/0000/0000/3981/Christina_McTaggart-Tie_medium.jpg?1274932106" style="float: left; margin: 5px;" width="119" /></a>Christina
was the first baby to survive Fuji-go (‘Fuji Village’), a Catholic
resettlement colony (also known as a prisoner-of-war camp) in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinozaki_Mamoru#Bahau_Settlement"><strong>Bahau, West Malaysia</strong></a>, during the Second World War.<br />
It was a fearful time, and Christina’s immediate family members
decided to move north from Singapore to the Malaysian settlement to
escape ill-treatment by the Japanese.<br />
Despite high infant mortality rates in Bahau, Christina was born
healthy. She was only 18 months old when the war ended, so her stories
have been handed down by her mother Hilda, now 91.<br />
The colony, split into ‘camp 5’ for the Chinese and ‘camp 6’ for the Eurasians, offered protection and safety to its people.<br />
“Otherwise you were ‘outside’ and risked being captured and tortured by the Japanese.”<br />
Many men were interrogated and suffered a terrible fate, and one of
Christina’s uncles was arrested, tortured and killed because he worked
for the British government.<br />
Starvation and malaria were the biggest killers in Bahau, claiming
between 300 and 1500 lives. However, the settlers were allowed to roam
freely as long as they behaved and stayed well within the boundaries.<a href="https://chinesecommunity.org.nz/site/images/show/721-bahau-settlement-camp-malaysia"><img alt="Bahau resettlement camp" height="161" src="https://chinesecommunity.org.nz/image_files/0000/0000/3976/bahaucamp_medium.jpg?1274931781" style="float: right; margin: 5px;" width="173" /></a><br />
“We were treated well as long as we worked hard to grow food – it was a time of survival.”<br />
While it’s notoriously difficult to get war information out of the
elderly Chinese, Christina has been documenting her mother’s stories for
20 years.<br />
Christina’s uncle was 10 when they were in the camp. Now 76 and
living in Melbourne, it was initially impossible to obtain any
information from him.<br />
“It was a very sad time. Whenever I asked, he always said, ‘I don’t
want to talk about it.’ He always wanted to forget about that part of
his life.”<br />
Christina and her cousin have been tenacious with the questioning,
and the uncle has only begun to open up, in part due to the cousin
having started researching the family’s history.<br />
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Beyond Gallipoli, and reliving history for future generations</h3>
Keeping people informed, and history alive, are the reasons behind
Christina’s speaking engagements about Bahau. She wants to hand down her
mother’s courageous stories of survival – not only to her own two
children and six grandchildren – but to anyone who wants to know about
the war heroes and survivors beyond Gallipoli and WWI.<br />
“There were lots that happened to other people all over the world during the Second World War too.”<br />
She wants to get people like her uncle “to come out of the woodwork.”<br />
Compared with the Holocaust or China's Nanking massacre -- dubbed ‘the forgotten Holocaust’ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Chang"><strong>by the late Iris Chang</strong></a> <br />in <em><a href="http://search.aucklandcitylibraries.com/?itemid=%7Clibrary/marc/acl-iii%7Cb1981876">Th<strong>e Rape of Nanking</strong></a> --</em> the horrors in South-East Asia during the Japanese invasion are not as well known.<br />
How the younger generations are being told about Japan's WWII involvement in its schools <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_history_textbook_controversies"><strong>is still controversial.</strong></a>
This significant chunk of history has, for decades, been hugely
distorted or whitewashed in the country’s high school textbooks to the
point that some Japanese are clueless about the war crimes which
occurred.<br />
“When I went to Japan and stayed with the families, I was given VIP
treatment. But if you ever said anything [about the war], they would say
to me, ‘No, it can’t be.’ It’s because they were not told.”<br />
Christina will be doing two more talks in Auckland before heading off
to Malaysia and Singapore at the end of June. She’ll be visiting her
mother who’s turning 92 soon, and meeting up with a historian, Fiona
Hodgkins, whose mother was also at the Bahau camp.<br />
My jaw dropped when she admitted she’d never once been back to Bahau since 1945.<br />
“I’ve always wanted to go! They [sic] have opened up so much more
about Bahau. I’ll be taking photos and finding out all about camp 5 – <em>Mukim 5</em> – my camp.”<br />
She will dig deeper about other settlement camps – for instance, the
whereabouts of camps 1 to 4 in Bahau if they existed – in her quest to
piece together the Bahau jigsaw.<br />
“I want to write about Bahau and the war. I have memoirs from a
priest who was at the camp. He’s dead now, but I’ve got 80 pages and
would like to get this documented.”<br />
And hopefully, what Christina unearths will soon be turned into a
valuable source of information about what happened in South-East Asia
during the Second World War.<br />
<br />If you would like to get in touch with Christina McTaggart-Tie
about her experiences or research on the Bahau camp, please email her at
<a href="mailto:mctaggart.christina@gmail.com">Kimnyongm0@gmail.com</a><br />
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Recommended books about Singapore, Malaysia and WW2</h3>
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<li><a href="http://search.aucklandcitylibraries.com/?itemid=%7Clibrary/marc/acl-iii%7Cb1308273"><strong><em>The remorseless road: Singapore to Nagasaki</em></strong></a>, by James McEwan</li>
<li><a href="http://search.aucklandcitylibraries.com/?itemid=%7Clibrary/marc/acl-iii%7Cb1571711"><em><strong>Empires on the Pacific, WW2 and the struggle for the mastery of Asia</strong></em></a>, by Robert Smith Thompson</li>
<li><a href="http://search.aucklandcitylibraries.com/?itemid=%7Clibrary/marc/acl-iii%7Cb1261058"><strong><em>Singapore: the pregnable fortress</em></strong></a>, by Peter Elphick</li>
<li><a href="http://search.aucklandcitylibraries.com/?itemid=%7Clibrary/marc/acl-iii%7Cb1740551"><strong><em>A fearful freedom: the story of one man's survival behind the lines in Japanese occupied Malaya</em></strong></a><strong><em>,</em></strong> by Robert Hamond</li>
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Related links</h3>
<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Articles on Christina McTaggart:</span></strong><br />
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<li>‘<em><strong><a href="http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/3/26/central/5907219&sec=central">Tale of wartime horror’</a></strong></em>, by Charles Chan, <em>The Star.</em></li>
<li>‘<strong><em><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lincoln-tan/news/article.cfm?a_id=308&objectid=10646145">Migrant works to honour war heroes’</a></em></strong>, by Lincoln Tan, <em>NZ Herald.</em></li>
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<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ebook containing information about Bahau:</span></strong><br />
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<li><a href="http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=0QVpYVpBHTsC&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=bahau+settlement+mukim+5&source=bl&ots=VLqO9Hc8oB&sig=aRSZVSg2dh3S1GX0psnjUzPJshs&hl=mi&ei=rHf8S47zN5fONJHM7MwB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=bahau%20settlement%20mukim%205&f=false"><strong><em>The Japanese invasion of Malaya</em></strong></a><strong><em>,</em></strong> by Paul Kratoska. </li>
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An Auckland widow born in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp has
made it her mission to highlight New Zealand World War II heroes of the
Pacific.<br />
Christina McTaggart, 66, gives regular talks about her family's war time ordeal "to keep it real" for Kiwis.<br />
Her
next talk will be at the Avondale Library tomorrow morning, where she
will share her story of being the first baby to survive the jungle hell
in Fuji-go, a resettlement camp set up in what was then Malaya in 1943
by the Japanese military authorities.<br />
A recent AUT University study suggests interest in Anzac Day is likely to decline over time.<br />
Historian
Professor Paul Moon found that an increase in the number of immigrants,
without an understanding of the significance of Anzac Day, would also
contribute to that decline.<br />
Mrs McTaggart, originally from
Singapore, said treating Anzac Day as "a day we honoured all Kiwi heroes
who fought in all wars" would make the day more meaningful, especially
for new migrants who knew little about Gallipoli.<br />
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She said it was important for Kiwis to learn about what happened in other wars our soldiers have fought, including in Malaya.<br />
Mrs
McTaggart said she was too young to remember or understand anything
about what went on, but her mother never stopped telling her stories
about the war.<br />
One that was often told was about the time Singapore fell to the Japanese and the interrogation of men that followed.<br />
"They
were tortured, burned with cigarettes, their heads held under water and
they were beaten until they talked. If they worked for the British,
they were taken away and killed."<br />
But she remembers one happy tale her mother told.<br />
"It
is about how the New Zealand and Australian forces came, as bearers of
good news, bringing food to the village and the news that the Japanese
had surrendered," Mrs McTaggart said.<br />
"Since young, I have always
had a warm feeling about the New Zealand and Australian Army because of
that story. I think those who died in Malaya should be remembered just
as much as those who fought in the battle of Gallipoli."<br />
Mrs McTaggart's mother, Hilda Wee, now 91, still lives in Singapore.<br />
During
the Japanese occupation, at least 300 people in her village died,
mostly from malnutrition, beri-beri, malaria and other insect-borne
diseases.<br />
"I don't think many in this new generation can imagine the horrors of war," Mrs McTaggart said.<br />
"Death
is just an integral part of it, and those who were not killed or
tortured to death died of starvation because there was not enough food,"
she said.<br />
"My family did not starve, but the less fortunate
people had to eat whatever they could find, such as wild fowl, snails,
frogs and cats. My mother had to enter the jungle to catch monitor
lizards, which were a delicacy."<br />
Mrs McTaggart moved to New Zealand in 1971 after she married naval architect Daniel McTaggart. He died six years ago. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lincoln-tan/news/article.cfm?a_id=308&objectid=10646145</div>
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Success is nothing new for Tess Kai Fong, 18, who has again risen to
the top, beating 268 police recruits to take top spot at their
graduation.
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Constable Kai Fong received the Minister's Prize from Police
Minister Judith Collins at Porirua yesterday for being top of her wing,
as well as the Ericsson Practical Prize for overall winner in practical
assessments, skills files and fingerprinting.
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The Auckland-born-and-bred teenager, who was deputy head girl and
deputy dux at Rangitoto College, was given the chance last year to visit
Harvard University.
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But she is certain her future career is back home with the police,
saying it was officers who inspired her. "To be honest, it was every
police officer I talked to said it was the best job. You become a
well-respected part of the community."
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With the full support of her family, she applied for police college
while still in high school and was recruited to start training in May.
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She said the 19-week training had been intensive and it was
different coming from school into a police environment. "You come into a
predominantly adult environment. You have to be mature: you can't get
anywhere, otherwise."
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She was looking forward to learning the various aspects of the job, but said there would be areas that would be challenging.
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"Probably the hardest for a younger person to understand is domestic
violence, and we have an astonishingly high rate of domestic violence."
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She will start work on the North Shore but hopes one day to become a detective.
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Sandra is currently serving her second term as a
trustee of the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust. She also served eight
years as a Rotorua trustee on BayTrust, from 2002 to 2010. She was Chair
of the Investments Committee for most of that period and also chaired
the organising committee when BayTrust hosted the 2004 Community Trusts
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Sandra spent 26 years as a lawyer, specialising in
civil and commercial litigation. She was a partner in the law firm
McKechnie Quirke and Lewis for 22 years.</div>
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She has also been involved in several business
initiatives to promote economic growth in Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty,
and was the regional Business Club Co-ordinator for NZ2011 during the
Rugby World Cup. She was director of the Forest Industries Expo in 2011,
and is currently director for the SICS Sports Health and Lifestyle Expo
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She also runs an e-commerce company selling merino fabric around the world.<br />
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Local solicitor, Sandra Kai Fong, was elected to the Rotorua Trust in November 2010.<br />
Well-known and respected in the local business community, Sandra
practised law in Rotorua for 26 years. Specialising in civil litigation,
she retired from practice in October last year. A member of the Bay of
Connections Governance Group, which is responsible for the Bay of Plenty
regional economic development strategy, Sandra represented Rotorua on
the BayTrust from 2002 – 2010 and was an inaugural member of Rotorua’s
Bright Economy Board.<br />
Born and raised in Rotorua, she was educated at Rotorua Girls’ High
School and Otago University, where she studied law and economics.<br />
Sandra is married to Tim Rigter and they have two teenage children.<br />
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NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-75422591319822866852014-01-06T21:51:00.001-08:002014-01-06T21:51:55.176-08:00Get behind chopper
Jeff Kai Fong of Orewa is among those urging holidaymakers heading
north to spare a thought for the Northland Electricity rescue helicopter
as it celebrates its 25th year in operation.
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He spent a week in a coma after his quad bike crashed into a pine
tree on Christmas Eve while holidaying in Pipiwai, Northland, in 2000.
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The speedy rescue by the service saw him airlifted off steep rural
land and likely saved his life. He's one of the faces of a new campaign
encouraging donations.
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Virtually every helicopter rescue carried out at the Mangawhai Surf
Club is for an Aucklander, with Aucklanders making up a big chunk of
property owners in the coastal village.
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The Northland population swells by around 35 per cent with the tourist influx over summer, most from Auckland.
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The Northland Electricity rescue helicopter and Auckland Westpac
rescue helicopter service operations regularly overlap, with the
northern helicopters attending car smashes and other emergencies in
Rodney and the broader Auckland area.
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But the funding options for the northern service are limited and it
is a constant challenge to raise funds from northern businesses and
individuals to cover an area nearly three times that of the Auckland
region but with just a 10th of the population.
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"So this year, I would dearly love to see visitors to Northland
donating money to this very worthwhile cause," trust spokesman Steve
MacMillan says.
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People can donate at any Northland ASB Branch, or make an internet banking donation to ERH Appeal: ASB - 12 3106 0046000 00.
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Those who donate $5 or more can be in to win one of 60 rides in a Northland Electricity rescue helicopter.
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See facebook.com/north land.rescuehelicopter.
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NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-80680957780686661832013-12-31T00:31:00.001-08:002013-12-31T00:31:31.042-08:00The making of Chinese New Zealanders <br />
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by Manying Ip <br />
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This is the story of Chinese New Zealanders - <br />
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The
Chinese have been in New Zealand for over 130 years, from the days of
the Otago gold-rushes. Since then, this largely self-contained community
has flourished and established itself successfully in its country of
adoption. It became 'the Model Minority' - law-abiding hard working
humble and inoffensive. <br />
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This is their story - <br />
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First published 1996 <br />
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When
Danny Kuo was 18 years old, he was living alone in a large home in the
exclusive Vancouver neighbourhood of Dunbar. He was a pre-medical
student at the University of British Columbia.<br />
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new SUV, a high school graduation gift, sat outside. If he was bored
with that, there was always the Lexus. That belonged to his mother, who
had just returned to Taiwan to be with Danny's father, a doctor who
still practised there.<br />
Life was good for this self-described "perfect, straight-A kid", and the future looked bright.<br />
Within three years, though, he was failing his studies and on the
brink of expulsion. Worse still, he had been convicted of assault.
"Yeah, that was kind of a bad year," Kuo, now 34, recalled with a mix of
understatement and wonder at his behaviour.<br />
Kuo was part of an "astronaut family" - families whose children live
and study in western countries while one or both parents shuttle back
and forth to Taiwan, Hong Kong or the mainland to work. Such children
are often affluent, bilingual and attend top schools. They have a choice
of passports, and the opportunity for a transnational lifestyle
spanning the globe. With their own cars and their own homes, many are
the envy of their young peers.<br />
But the children of astronaut families also grapple with premature
independence, the pain of separation from loved ones, and alienation
from their places of birth. Resentful of the arrangement, some reject
the work-driven choices of their parents.<br />
<span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-left" style="clear: none; display: inline-block; float: left; width: 180px;"><img alt="" class="image-236w caption caption-processed lazyload-processed" data-original="https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/236w/public/2013/11/24/9f935041168422fe02c6d87c9e2bdfc4.jpg?itok=MAoOGGUV" src="https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/236w/public/2013/11/24/9f935041168422fe02c6d87c9e2bdfc4.jpg?itok=MAoOGGUV" style="height: 219px; width: 180px;" title="Justin Tse" /><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;">Justin Tse</span></span>Such are the findings of a new study into the "astronaut" phenomenon, published in last month's edition of the peer-reviewed <i>Global Networks</i>
journal. Authors Justin Tse and Dr Johanna Waters explored the
frustrations of children left behind by parents who "simultaneously
isolate them in Canada and function as occasional drop-in parental
supervisors".<br />
Tse and Waters focused on Hong Kong immigrants in Vancouver, although
the astronaut experience is common among well-off Chinese families
around the world. And, as mainland affluence increases, it looks set to
continue.<br />
Vancouver has been shaped by waves of Chinese migration. Mainlanders
now dominate, but in the 1980s and 1990s it was Hongkongers, many
fearful of the handover, who transformed the city. The vast majority of
the 300,000 Hong Kong residents who moved to Canada in those decades
settled in greater Vancouver or Toronto. But tens of thousands
eventually returned to Hong Kong to work, dividing their lives with
partners and children back in Canada.<br />
Tse, a doctoral student at the University of British Columbia's
school of geography, said the situations that he encountered in his
research reflected the experiences of those in his social circle.<br />
"I had friends who were in these living arrangements," he said. "They
suddenly found that they had a parent who would come home and they
didn't know who this parent was, this guy who had this frozen image of
them as kids. Suddenly, they were getting free advice from their dad
that would have applied to them as a 12 year old, but they were 22, 23,
24 years old."<br />
The study was based on interviews with dozens of children of
astronaut parents over a 10-year period in Vancouver and Hong Kong,
ending in 2010. "Katie" told the interviewers: "When I first came [to
Vancouver], the first two years I cried a lot". "Jason" said he felt
little attachment to his father. Hong Kong was described by "Jeremy" as a
place where people "attack you mercilessly … and tend to show off". "I
can't stand the competitiveness [of Hong Kong] … I would not survive,"
said "David".<br />
Tse and Waters found that children of astronaut parents "often
perceive [their parents] as inconsistent, fragmentary interruptions in
their otherwise independent lives". The arrangement "changes the
character of intra-family relations", they found.<br />
Danny Kuo, who was not part of the study, said a burden of
responsibility fell on his elder brother's shoulders when the family
moved from Taiwan to Vancouver in 1992. Danny was 13. His brother, then
15, spoke acceptable English; their mother never learned the language.<br />
"He would do most of the stuff around the house, dealing with the
government and that sort of thing, and I think that kind of damaged the
relationship at the time, between my brother and my mother," said Kuo.
"There was a lot of responsibility."<br />
Kuo said that even as a child he understood why his father spent most
of his time in Taipei, visiting the family only once a month despite
having officially migrated with them.<br />
"I accepted the fact. Someone has got to make a living, and pay for
our lifestyle," Kuo said. He added that his father was a strict
disciplinarian; he felt at the time that his life actually improved when
they were separated.<br />
"My Dad, he didn't believe in anything less than perfect, so for me,
there was no more ass-kicking … I was still getting straight A's in
school, so when my father comes home he just sees my marks [and] he
doesn't want to be a bad guy," said Kuo.<br />
The extent of the astronaut arrangement is uncertain, but a 2007
study by the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia
found that two-thirds of male Hong Kong migrants (aged 25 to 44)
actually lived and worked outside Canada.<br />
In 1991, 40 per cent of Hong Kong migrants in Vancouver were at some
stage part of transnational families, according to a study by Success,
an NGO that helps immigrants.<br />
The CEO of Success, Queenie Choo, agreed that about half of ethnic
Chinese immigrant families probably used the astronaut arrangement.
"It's nothing new," said Choo, 56, who moved to Britain to study at the
age of 18, then to Canada by herself in her early 20s. "I missed my
parents a lot, but on the other hand I was glad to have my independence.
I adjusted."<br />
But some do not.<br />
Choo said that while the children of Vancouver's astronaut families
could seem privileged - "I have seen them, kids in these fast cars, and
you know the money is not coming from their own pocket" - she also felt
sorry for them. "It's not just about the material ... no one can replace
your parents," she said. "These living arrangements, maybe they provide
a shelter, a place to stay, but that does not make a home."<br />
Tse said there was a consensus among researchers that few people
migrate intending to become astronaut parents, but only choose to do so
after economic challenges become clear. "There is this idea that maybe
the money will hold the family together, but the reality, the emotional
reality, is that money doesn't hold emotions together," Tse said.<br />
Tse said collective memories of traumatic upheavals in Chinese
history triggered a desire to migrate - "That was especially pronounced
after Tiananmen Square" - but breadwinners struggled to find good jobs
or business success.<br />
<span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-left" style="clear: none; display: inline-block; float: left; width: 237px;"><img alt="" class="image-237x147 caption caption-processed lazyload-processed" data-original="https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/237x147/public/2013/11/24/2479d4dd5d614e565ae5bb92f66bda9e.jpg?itok=2JrhYq5z" src="https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/237x147/public/2013/11/24/2479d4dd5d614e565ae5bb92f66bda9e.jpg?itok=2JrhYq5z" style="height: 147px; width: 237px;" title="Illustration: Sarene Chan" /><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;">Illustration: Sarene Chan</span></span>"People
calculated: we have to go somewhere," he said. "But then they got here
[Vancouver] and discovered that they couldn't [find] work, or that
Canada's business immigration programme was not ideal. They have to pay
higher taxes. They can't replicate their business model from Hong Kong
here.<br />
"This is where they make this calculation [for the breadwinner to
return to Hong Kong]. But the money has to stay within the family …
within the Chinese ideology - 'So long as the money stays within the
family then our family is together'."<br />
He described the astronaut arrangement as an attempt to maximize a
family's "economic prowess", by securing the safety net of a foreign
education and nationality for children, while maintaining parental
earning power. Co-author Waters, an Oxford University lecturer in human
geography and fellow of Kellogg College, said an emphasis on the
importance of education was a driving force. "An English-medium
education continues to be prized in East Asia," she noted.<br />
However, parents risked underestimating the negative impact of the
astronaut arrangement, both emotionally and in terms of academic
success. "Research is increasingly suggesting that, in many cases, it is
not worth it," Waters said. She went on: "My own research on families
from Hong Kong and Taiwan has suggested that households are put under
tremendous strain and that, as a result of split family arrangements,
children develop strained and negatively impacted relationships with
their parents."<br />
Astronaut parents, she said, "clearly want the very best for their
children, but children are complex beings with emotional as well as
material and educational needs".<br />
Kuo certainly did not lack materially when his mother, after six
years in Vancouver, moved back to Taiwan. Kuo's brother was already
studying medicine in Montreal. "When I graduated high school, it was
like, 'My work here is done'," Kuo said of his mother.<br />
Although his parents visited regularly, Kuo set about making the most
of his freedom. His social circle consisted of former school friends
unburdened by the demands of pre-med study. His academic results
plunged.<br />
In Kuo's words, "one thing led to another". In 1999, he and some
friends attacked someone - "We beat that guy pretty bad" - and Kuo was
convicted of assault with a weapon. A first-time offender, he pleaded
guilty and was put on probation, his record eventually expunged.<br />
"I was this perfect kid," Kuo said as he recounted this life-changing
experience. "I had this spotless record, you know? A UBC pre-med
student. I had 40 or 50 people giving me these character references."<br />
Kuo said he gave up his old lifestyle and became a committed
Christian. He moved to the Philippines to complete his medical studies
at the insistence of his father, but later returned to Vancouver. After a
long process of study and certification, Kuo is now a medical resident
in nearby Victoria. His father passed away in Taiwan in 2007, and his
mother, now 64, moved back to Vancouver.<br />
Tse and Waters found that despite a parental expectation that
children might want to return to work in their homeland, many forged
strong bonds with Vancouver and Canada. Their interviewees cited
Vancouver as a leisurely place, in contrast to Hong Kong's "alienating
hostility".<br />
Such attitudes could have substantial policy implications, as
governments try to anticipate migration patterns, the study said. Tse
said that the next question for the adult children of astronaut families
was whether there is a place for them in Vancouver's economy.<br />
"In the literature, there is this assumption that, 'Of course the
young people will want to go back there [to HK or greater China]', but
if you talk to the young people there is no 'of course'," he said.<br />
Tse and Waters urged parents to talk to their children before embarking on the astronaut lifestyle.<br />
"Have your political and economic calculations," Tse said. "But
within that, factor in what your kids are saying. When you're talking to
an 11 or 12-year-old you're not after a rational opinion, you just want
to find out, 'Well, how would you feel if Dad was in Hong Kong'."<br />
"[Parents] must realise that their relationship with their child will
inevitably be affected if they leave their child abroad and the child
may resent this for a long time," Waters said.<br />
Married for five years, Kuo and his Taiwanese-born wife hope for
children of their own. He said he would never impose an astronaut
arrangement on them. "Definitely not. I couldn't do it," he said. "I
would not want to be separated from them."<br />
But he insisted his father's choices and sacrifices were in the
family's best interest. "I don't know how my Dad did it; he was a great
man. It was definitely the hardest on him. He's the one who took the
responsibility."<br />
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<strong>Legal Troubles</strong><br />
<span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-left" style="clear: none; display: inline-block; float: left; width: 236px;"><img alt="" class="image-236w caption caption-processed lazyload-processed" data-original="https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/236w/public/2013/11/25/imgqpb13h5.1_ed1_page04_39485503.jpg?itok=jtpDiOje" src="https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/236w/public/2013/11/25/imgqpb13h5.1_ed1_page04_39485503.jpg?itok=jtpDiOje" style="height: 146px; width: 236px;" title="Impounded sports cars used for illegal street racing. Photo: CBC" /><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;">Impounded sports cars used for illegal street racing. Photo: CBC</span></span>The
children of well-off astronaut families appear to have everything going
for them, but they are sometimes in the spotlight for the wrong
reasons.<br />
<b>THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS</b><br />
One afternoon in August 2011, 13 young drivers decided to use Vancouver's Highway 99 as a drag strip.<br />
Driving Ferraris, Lamborghinis and other high-end sports cars worth a
total of C$2million (HK$14.74 million) the racers blocked other drivers
to allow friends to speed alongside each other at up to 200km/h. Most
were in their teens and all were under 21, according to media reports.<br />
The drivers were presumed to have astronaut parents: the few names
that were released were Chinese, the drivers appeared East Asian, and
several were identified as students of elite St George's boarding
school. The school released a statement that pointedly did not deny the
claims. One Audi R8 boasted a lucky "888" number plate.<br />
Although C$196 fines were the maximum allowed, the lesson proved more
expensive for some of the boys (or their parents). Four cars were
confiscated under laws allowing seizure of assets used in unlawful
activity.<br />
<b>FATAL VISIT</b><br />
Guo Lianjie and husband Tang Jihui flew to Vancouver in May 2012, for
a reunion with their son, Tang Yuanxi, who had been studying at
community colleges for six years.<br />
But the day before their return flight to Guangdong, Guo vanished.
Two weeks later, the slight bespectacled son appeared distraught
alongside his father to beg for information about her whereabouts.<br />
But police say Tang Yuanxi murdered Guo and packed her remains in a
suitcase that washed up on a distant island. Tang is also charged with
conspiring to kill his father. Police have not commented on a motive. A
trial is scheduled for next year.<br />
<b>MY DAD, THE TRIAD</b><br />
The most notorious astronaut family in Vancouver is that of Lai Tong
Sang. The infamy has nothing to do with the behaviour of his son and two
daughters.<br />
Authorities allege Lai headed the Wo On Lok triad when the young
family migrated in 1996 amid a gang war with "Broken Tooth" Wan
Kuok-koi. Triads hired to assassinate Lai shot up the family's Vancouver
home in 1997.<br />
This year, immigration authorities had Lai's residency revoked. His
whereabouts remain unknown, but he is not believed to have lived in
Canada for many years. He participated in this year's immigration
hearing by phone from Macau. His wife and children were allowed to stay
in Canada.<br />
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NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-70472070646081815772013-11-01T13:42:00.002-07:002013-11-01T13:42:41.918-07:00Por Por’s Cookbook<h3 class="no-top-border episode-title">
Tuesday, 29 October 2013<br /> Por Por’s Cookbook</h3>
Ever wondered how to make Cantonese style 1,000-year-old pickled duck
egg? Is there a difference between this and salty duck egg? What’s the
Cantonese word for black-eared fungus? Lynda travels to Ashburton in the
South Island to check out <em>Por Por’s Cookbook,</em> exploring the
life stories and recipes from 15 Chinese grandmothers across New
Zealand. Literally hot off the press, this brand-new publication by
editor and author Carolyn King (nee Wong) is a sumptuous fusion of oral
history and recipes handed down through the generations between mother
and daughter from old Canton in Southern China to present-day New
Zealand.<br />
Gallery: <a href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/asianreport/galleries/por-pors-cookbook">Por Por's Cookbook</a><br />
For more information about Por Por's Cookbook email <a href="mailto:carolynking@clear.net.nz">carolynking@clear.net.nz</a><br />
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Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in Ashburton to meet the author of a unique
publication, 'Por Pors Cookbook'. It's literally hot-off-the-press and
contains a collection of recipes and stories from Chinese grandmothers
across New Zealand.<br />
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NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-84956919726800512022013-09-23T22:25:00.003-07:002013-09-23T22:27:01.127-07:00Second Burial, NZ Chinese Experience 1883 and 1903<span style="color: #f1c232;">'Newsletter Tauranga West Coasters Association</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">vol 9 no5"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A book, <b>"Second Burial, </b>NZ <b>Chinese Experience </b>1883 <b>and 1903" </b>written by <b>Helen Wong and</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">published recently is of interest to Coasters. Chinese goldminers came to NZ hoping to find</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">riches and then to return home. Many died here and the Chinese believed that that after death the</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">soul hovers over a grave. If a Chinese man died in a foreign country his soul would be homeless</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">and unable to rest until his body was shipped back to China. Local newspapers in 1883 reported</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">that bodies were being removed from the <b>Greymouth and Reefton </b>cemeteries. Again in 1901</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">the exhumation of Chinese from 40 cemeteries around the country saw the remains cleaned,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">washed, wrapped in linen and placed in watertight zinc coffins which were soldered shut. The</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">steamer Ventnor left Dunedin with 263 coffins, picked up 173 in Greymouth and a further 86 in</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Wellington. The steamer was bound for Hong Kong but tragically it struck Cape Egmont and</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">foundered with the loss of all coffins. The steamer Energy was employed to locate the wreck and</span></span></span></div>
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NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-85888968908572755372013-05-24T14:53:00.002-07:002013-05-24T14:54:59.180-07:00Ventnor Trail Part 1<br />
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/aft/nzsociety-20130524-1420-nz_society_-_the_ventnor_trail_part_1-00.ogg<br />
<br />NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-64250320141932193592013-05-24T14:53:00.000-07:002013-05-24T14:53:13.195-07:00S.S. Ventnor Historical Trail<span class="userContent">The Radio NZ Documentary about the S.S.
Ventnor Historical Trail and the very memorable road trip to the far
North to commemorate Ching Ming will begin broadcasting tomorrow
afternoon from 2:30pm on the Afternoons Programme with Jim Mora.<br /> <span class="text_exposed_show"><br />
This is a four part documentary, so each 12 minute segment will
broadcast at the same time each Friday over the next month as follows:<br /> <br /> Fri 24 May, 2:30pm: Part 1 – 499 Hungry Ghosts<br /> <br /> This opening programme introduces the history, the powhiri at Te Roroa HQ and the Bei Jey ceremony at Kawerua Beach.<br /> <br /> Fri 31 May, 2:30pm: Part 2 – Bei Jey, what about aspects of Tapu?<br /> <br />
This segment focuses on discussing difference in cultural rituals with
members of our community and Kaumatua Alex Nathan from Te Roroa Iwi
during the Bei Jey ceremony at Kawerua Beach.<br /> <br /> Fri 7 June, 2:30pm: Part 3 – the pilgrimage to Mitimiti<br /> <br /> This segment focuses on travelling to Mitimiti, the powhiri at Te Matihetihe Marae and the unveiling of the Red Gate Plaque<br /> <br /> Fri 14 June, 2:30pm: Part 4 – Appeasing ancestors<br /> <br />
This segment focuses on interviews with the descendants of Choi Sew
Hoy, the Skipper who fishes off the Ventnor wreck and Wong Liu Shueng on
appeasing our ancestors.<br /> <br /> If you miss the live broadcast you will be able to listen the podcast after it has been posted by going online to our website <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radionz.co.nz&h=LAQGQFqZl&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.radionz.co.nz</a></span></span>NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-51386880202838722192013-03-30T01:07:00.002-07:002013-03-30T01:08:13.726-07:00Second Burial: New Zealand Chinese Experience 1883 and 1902<span style="font-size: x-large;">Second Burial: New Zealand Chinese Experience 1883 and 1902 - Researched by Helen Wong<br />ISBN 978-0-473-24298-5<br /><br /><br />The
Cantonese custom of secondary burial, the idea of exhuming the dead,
cleaning the bones, and then burying them again, helps to explain why so
many (overseas) Chinese were not only willing to exhume their dead but
also to clean the bones and put them in containers for shipment back to
China. * Reburial: Exhuming the Dead and Returning Them to China <a href="http://www.cinarc.org/Death-2.html#anchor_14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cinarc.org/Death-2.html#anchor_14</a><br /><br />There
were two periods of mass exhumation of Chinese in New Zealand,
organised for the Panyu people, by the Dunedin Sew Hoy family.<br /><br />In 1883, 286 Chinese from the South Island were repatriated on the Hoi How.<br /><br />And
in 1902, 499 were aboard the ill fated Ventnor when it sank 10 miles
off the Hokianga Heads. This time Panyu men from both the South Island
and the North Island were included, as well as eleven Wellington men
from the Jung Seng county of China.<br /><br />helen.familytree at gmail.com<br /><br />To purchase email helen dot familytree @ gmail.com
</span>NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-22799631042860434212013-02-06T14:13:00.002-08:002013-02-06T14:15:19.344-08:00Chinese in Dunedin 1905<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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We have received from Mr Wong Tape a cheque for £25 3s Ocl,
collected from Chinese residents, for the Hospital Extension' Fund. The
following is the detailed list:—Toons Lee (gardens) 10s Cd, Hip Fong Tie 10s
Od. Yo"g King Yin IDs Gd. K.wo".ig Lee (gardens) 10 s Gd. Ycung Sum
10s 0:1, Dsniel Ynt T<ce' 10.5 Gd, Wall Sang 10s ;Gcl. On Lee (ccok c
llop") ]os. Pe'er Ah Chew 10s,' Yip Chong IDs, James Cliin Sing 10s, Sun
Young Ghong 10s, Joe -Ciiing 10s, Chik Kmig 10s.' Kum Yo'm Leo 10 s, Leong Man
10s. Joe Say 10s, Foil Han Ying us. Yip Chan ss, Paiil Chan os, Clian Tuck Pon
ss. Chuee Lee ssr Tung AYali 59, Key. "Villi-m Chan ss. Jfathev; Chin;!
Hoy ss, C. Hon Yep ss. See Wall ss, Joe Bun ss, Joe Kill ss. Wong Tuck ss. Wong
Sni liun ss, Wong Hak ss, J. Chuie Kum ss. Wong Kew ss. Shu Shee ss. Ng JJoii
ss. Wong Mo ss, Y'eung Yuen ss, Shu Yon ss, Wong Toong Yow Ss. Toong Quon ss.
Jvoo Choo ss, Kwok Man Cheuk' ss, Wong Chung "i'ee ss, Ciini Ting Choy 4s.
Yeung La; 3s, Chan Yun Kv.-ee 3s, Yeupg Kum 3s, Chi Chi Hoy 3s, Leong Yut Chong
.is, Ho Yee'fiip 3=" Chafi Sang ."s, Lqong ICwai Lun 3s, Wong Kung
3s, Tommy Joe 3s. Wong Sing 2s Gd, Laii Hihg Si fid, Chin Fo?i 2s Gd,'
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Sing 2s' Gd, Yip Bor 2s pel, Wong' Yeo 2a Gd, Lai Won Hoy 2s Gd, Lee Sun 2a
Gel, Chi Hon 2s Gd, Chung Nam 2s (id, Wong King 2s Gd, Clia'n Sai On 2s Gd, Soo
Chou Yait 2s Gd, Chang Sui 2s Gd, Paiig Yun Cliueii 2s Gil, Soo Muk Siiin 2s
Gd, 0. Ben Sing 2s Cd, l'so Plug Sing 2s Gd. Tso Ho 2s Gd, Cheong Kwoug 2s Gd, Wong
Tan 2s Gd, Wong Looug 2s. Yjp Bun 2s, Wong Sik Tang 2s, Kwok Cheong Ycong 2s.
L;ui Lut 2s. Ng Ping 2s, Tun Hung 2s'. Yip Lin Tai 2s. Fung Pak 2s, Soo Tai 2s,
ToongLock 2s, Joe How 2s, Wong Nga. 2s, Tso Ngn't 2?, Yip Yin 2s, Chan Moon 2s,
Soo Chong 2s, Wong Hoong 2s, Lui Kg 2s, Chang' Tin 2s. ,Wco Sang 2s, Geo. Weo
2s, Wong Foon 2a, Wong Hin' Kwong 2s, Wong How Ting 23, Chan ice 2s, Chan Yung
Kee 2s. Soo Ho Yaii' Ssj Wong jo Ching "2s, Wong Cluing Yow 2s, Ycung Chin
2s, Ts'e Wai Is Gd, Ho Chin la Gd. Yip Ko Is, Lau Fool; Is, Yenim Chung Is,
Chan Choy Is, Tse Chan Is, Chi Ping Is, Choy Cheong' Is, Tse Shing Is. B. Wong
Tape'lOsGd;—total, £25 3s Gd. Otago Daily Times , Issue 13449, 24 November
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<![endif]-->NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-89166442476503123012013-01-01T21:12:00.001-08:002013-01-01T21:12:23.974-08:00Mr. George Sang, SEARCHING FOR A POLITICAL BLUE-BIRD. Now, it happened the other
day that the "Square Deal" Party got to Taumaranui and was met with
all sotfts of requests to all of which was given ''that jocular phrase
of 'Oom Bill-" A Square Deal." To the many requests "Truth" need,
not refer, but there was one, and as it comes from the Auckland "Herald"
there should the no need of its veracity. The "Herald" reports as
follows:— Mr. Shortland introduced Mr. George Sang, <b style="background-color: #ffff77;"></b> an educated Chinaman and highly-respected citizen of Taumaranui who wished to bring over to New, Zealand his wife and child, and two nephews from China. The Prime Minister said if Mrs. Sang paid the poll-tax and passed the education test she would be admitted.
Mr. Shortland thought that m the circumstances the conditions should be
dispensed with. Mr. Massey said the matter would bo looked into. Miv
Shortland, "Truth" might mention, is a local lawyer, otherwise some
people might want to know why Mr. Geo. Sang, <b style="background-color: #ffff77;"></b>
an educated Chinkie. etc., didn't ask for a "Square Deal" of his, own
accord. In the face of things/ however, Lawyer Shortland has some
assurance; m -fact, "Truth" doesn't hesitate to declare that Mr.
Shortland, m making such a request of the Price Minister, has a pretty'
tough cuticle. Why should Mrs. Geo. Sang and his child and two nephews, be admitted free of the poll-tax, ,and
all conditions dispensed with? Why could not Mr. Massey have saild at
once that <br />
<br />
THE THING WAS IMPOSSIBLE; <br />
that we have too many
Chinamen as it is in the country, and that there would be no general
regret expressed if the Chinaman m New Zealand took up his capital and,
allowed himself to be driven out. "Truth" doesn't quite follow Mr.
Massey. How does he propose to have the matter looked into? Does he
propose to ascertain if there is a way of defeating the excellent
provisions of our immigration laws? Is the great statesman finding
himself up against treaty rights, or is it that' he Is not capable of
giving, a straightforward answer? "Truth" wonders! It will be an
exceedingly sorry day for Mr Massey Whenever he sets out to set at
nought our White Now Zealand policy. This matter, on Mr Massey's
promise, wants watching. NZ Truth , Issue 411, 10 May 1913, Page 4NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-55376474647456486602013-01-01T00:59:00.003-08:002013-01-01T00:59:42.601-08:00 CHINESE PARADISE.FOR HUNGRY HORSE.<div class="S8">
<span class="displayFix" id="lc1"> <span class="ocrhighlight">CHINESE</span> PARADISE.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc2">FOR HUNGRY HORSE.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc3"><span class="ocrhighlight"> AUCKLAND</span> (NZ.), July 5.</span></div>
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc4"> A horsebreaker. Lancelot Goodger, got</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc5"> drunk; and rode his horse into a Chmese</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc6"> greengrocer's shop at Te Aroha.</span></div>
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc7"> He tied the horse to the counter, and</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc8"> it ate all the cabbages, lettuce, and</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc9"> radishes within reach.</span></div>
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc10"> It was eating bananas when the terri</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc11">fied <span class="ocrhighlight">Chinese</span> dashed into the street,</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc12"> shrieking for the policé.</span></div>
<span class="displayFix" id="lc13"> Goodger was sent to gaol for six</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc14"> weeks.</span>Cairns Post <strong>Monday 7 July 1941</strong>NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-79692127846617533842013-01-01T00:57:00.004-08:002013-01-01T00:57:56.494-08:00CHINESE AND NEW ZEALAND<div class="S8">
<span class="displayFix" id="lc3"> <span class="ocrhighlight">CHINESE</span> AND NEW ZEALAND.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc4"><span class="ocrhighlight"> AUCKLAND</span>. April 20,</span>
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc5"> The Government has decided that no permits be granted this year for the admission of Chinese to New Zealand. for permanent residence. </span><span class="displayFix" id="lc8">Previously permits</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc9"> were limited to 100 yearly. A temporary</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc10"> residency of six months will be allowed this year.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc11">Two thouaand <span class="ocrhighlight">Chinese</span> applied</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc12"> for permaits for permanent residecey but</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc13"> all were refused </span>The Brisbane Courier <strong>Wednesday 21 April 1926</strong></div>
NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-37714195871754870032013-01-01T00:53:00.000-08:002013-01-01T00:53:17.540-08:00CHINESE IN NEW ZEALAND.<div class="S17,S59">
<span class="displayFix" id="lc1"> <span class="ocrhighlight">CHINESE</span> IN NEW ZEALAND.</span></div>
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc2"> <span class="ocrhighlight">Auckland</span>, June 11.</span></div>
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc3"> It has been decided to put a complete check</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc4"> to the arrival of <span class="ocrhighlight">Chinese</span> with letters of</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc5"> naturalisation belonging to Chinamen who</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc6"> have departed from the colony. The Govern</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc7">ment will uut issue any more letters pending</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc8"> an amendment of the law by which Chinamen</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc9"> who become naturalised are photographed. </span><br /><strong>Friday 12 June 1896 </strong>The Advertiser</div>
NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-16333292055987580782013-01-01T00:42:00.004-08:002013-01-01T00:42:48.612-08:00Violent Struggle In Auckland House<span class="displayFix" id="lc1">MURDER OF</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc2"> <span class="ocrhighlight">CHINESE</span></span><span class="displayFix" id="lc3"> Violent Struggle In</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc4"> <span class="ocrhighlight">Auckland</span> House</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc5"> <span class="ocrhighlight">AUCKLAND</span>, May 23: Lee</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc6"> Hoy Chong (48), a retired</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc7"> <span class="ocrhighlight">Chinese</span> market gardener, was</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc8"> found murdered in the kitchen</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc9"> ette of his home in Saker</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc10"> street, city, this morning.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc11"> Two Maori girls found the</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc12"> body lying on the floor. There</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc13"> was a large wound in the top</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc14"> of the left temple-which ap</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc15"> peared to have been caused by</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc16"> a blunt instrument.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc17"> Indications were that Lee was</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc18"> attacked at the foot of a stair</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc19"> way as .a trail of blood led to</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc20"> the kitchenette. In the room</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc21"> there were signs of a violent</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc22"> struggle. Footprints led from</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc23"> the kitchenette to the back</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc24"> fence. No weapon has yet been</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc25"> found.-A.A.P.-Reuters.</span><strong>Wednesday 24 May 1950</strong> The West Australian<br />
<strong> </strong>NZBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624464502539255654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374325563725832469.post-29659422409184336202013-01-01T00:33:00.002-08:002013-01-01T00:40:52.229-08:00COMMITTED SUICIDE.<div class="S8">
A Chinese, Young Chung Jack, <b style="background-color: #ffff77;"></b>
aged about 50, was found hanging in premises at the corner of Frederick
and Tory Streets at about 8.30 p.m. yesterday. It appeared that death
had taken place about six hours previously. The body was taken to the
morgue. The deceased had been a resident of New Zealand for about 30
years. Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 73, 28 March 1938, Page 11<br />
<br />
<span class="displayFix" id="lc29"> </span>A verdict that the deceased took his life by hanging himself at his
premises at Wellington, on March 27 was returned by..tha Coroner (Mr. E.
Gilbertson) at the inquest today into the death of a Chinese, Young Chung Jack <b style="background-color: #ffff77;"></b> A note left by the deceased, stating his intention of taking his life was produced.<b>Evening Post Volume CXXV Issue 75, 30 March 1938 Page 13</b><br />
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc1"> COMMITTED SUICIDE.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc2">BROKEN HEARTED <span class="ocrhighlight">CHINESE</span>.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc3"><span class="ocrhighlight"> AUCKLAND</span>. April 3.</span>
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc4"> The tragic, letter left behind by a</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc5"> <span class="ocrhighlight">Chinese</span>, Chung Jack, who.was found</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc6"> hagging in his house in Wellington:</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc7"> Last year, one evening in August or</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc8"> September while I was listening to the</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc9"> radio broadcast of the Sino-Japanese</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc10"> war news, some fiendish, heartless</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc11"> thief came and stole my money," he</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc12"> wrote. "I dared not say anything, I</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc13"> could. but grieve in silence. It was</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc14"> like closing things behind locked</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc15"> doors,.for who would have believed</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc16"> the theft. I have no means of replac</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc17">ing the sum now. Before me there is</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc18"> only the road of: death. My shame is</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc19"> so great that I cannot face my friends,</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc20"> so I have decided to commit suicide.</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc21"> In my death. I wish my brothers and</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc22"> sisters continuous. and unlimited success</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc23"> and prosperity, so that even in my</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc24"> grave my heart could yet expand with</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc25"> happiness. My grief cannot be fully</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc26"> conveyed, nor is my bitterness </span></div>
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<span class="displayFix" id="lc26">ex-</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc27"> pressible. Alas to think it should end</span><span class="displayFix" id="lc28"> like this. This is my farewell note,'</span></div>
<span class="displayFix" id="lc29"> written in..tears." Cairns Post Monday 4 April 1938</span></div>
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