 Outside of family and the family businesses, Mr. Tom's greatest achievement was his work on Chinatown Square, a $100 million plus residential and commercial expansion of Chinatown on of land purchased from the Santa Fe Railroad.As president of the Chinese American Development Corporation, founded in 1984, he unfortunately did not have the chance to see the bustling development that it has become.It was his desire to expand Chinatown so that there would be more room for his fellow Chinese to live and work.