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We help them prepare their finances, their taxes, and any other business professionals areas they need to focus on. We make sure that they are aware of all of the things they need to be doing as business owners." The MBCC helps with all of the things that are often the difference between a successful and unsuccessful business. "There are so many things that people need to be doing that they often take for granted that will make themselves successful in the business world," Roy tells The Madison Times in an interview at Qdoba Restaurant on University Ave. "We want to be able to provide expert advice to different people in different areas. We provide that important support." Roy himself is a technological entrepreneur as the owner of RoyTek Website Designs, which provides design, training, and consulting services in web development and also sets up networks for businesses, agencies, clubs, organizations, home or personal usage. Roy is also the web administrator for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Business Management. As a black businesses owner himself, he knows the complicated issues that they face. "Right now, one of the biggest issues for not just black business owners, but all business owners, is financing. Where do we get the money? How do we get a loan? How do we manage our finances? What do we do about taxes? Those questions come up all the time," Roy says. MBCC hosts many different training opportunities for business owners with partners like Summit Credit Union, Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) and other organizations. MBCC will give you the training and knowledge, Roy says, but will also help you get your name out there. "That's important in business. People need to know who you are," Roy says. "Another thing that we like to do is to recommend. People call us all the time and ask, 'Where can we find a good barbershop? Where can we find a good restaurant? Were can we find an engineer? A publisher?' We get all kinds of questions from different people and we're more than willing to offer recommendations." Last year, the MBCC had a name change from the African American Black Business Association to the Madison Black Chamber of Commerce. The move makes them more powerful, Roy says, as they are no longer just an association of Black business owners in Madison "Changing our name from a business association to a chamber has gotten us instant recognition of what we do and people understand our purpose better," Roy says. "We now have more people reaching out to us. We've formed more partnerships that we have in the past and we are building on those partnerships. We plan on doing more things together collaboratively with those organizations." The Madison Black Chamber of Commerce has recently formed many important community partnerships including ones with the Urban League of Greater Madison, Madison College, WWBIC, UW Small Business Development Center, Latino Chamber of Commerce, Wisconsin Black Chamber, Madison Development Corporation, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, Dane County Buy Local, Summit Credit Union, McFarland Bank, and Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial. Through these partnerships, they are creating financial, educational, and other networking opportunities that have direct impacts on the growth and success of black businesses in Madison. Recently, the MBCC partnered with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce for a small business expo. "They gave us a section at the expo where a lot of our businesses were showcased right there with a big banner that they put up that said Madison Black Chamber of Commerce. That was really nice. 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...a bi-weekly update on U.S. Department of Education activities relevant to the Intergovernmental and Corporate community PARTNERSHIP: LOCAL SCHOOL LEADERSContinuing his "Partnership to Leave No Child Behind," Secretary Paige hosted superintendents and board members from some of the country's largest school districts on February 18-19. The conference allowed the Secretary and senior staff to outline elements of the No Child Left Behind Act and to hear comments and suggestions from 45 local school leaders who will be responsible for implementing many of the new provisions. "As the leaders of our great urban school districts, you oversee the education of almost four million children -- more than eight percent of our nation's public school students," Paige said. "The futures of these and millions more children, and the well-being of our nation, will be greatly affected by each of you, which is why our meeting today is so important." FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/02-2002/02192002.html. Also: Earlier this week, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Susan Neuman announced the 21 members of the negotiating committee that will help develop new rules related to standards and assessments under Title I (Part A). Comprised of education practitioners, the committee will negotiate the content of proposed regulations in mid-March. PROTECTING SCHOOLSOn February 13-14, government officials from 10 countries -- Canada, France, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- met in Washington, DC, to discuss strategies for helping schools prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks. Jointly sponsored by the Education Department and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the participants used the meeting as an opportunity to:
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When Hastings says the businesses will be separate, he really means it. They'll have separate websites, and if you subscribe to both services, you'll need to manage your queues separately. If you rate or review a movie at Netflix, it won't show up at Qwikster, and vice-versa. On your credit card statement, you'll be billed separately by Qwikster and/or Netflix.
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Kier Group plc provides construction services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in three divisions: Construction, Services, and Property. The Construction division is involved in regional contracting, civil engineering, and overseas businesses that construct a range of building projects, including power, waste, rail, nuclear, infrastructure facilities, and water and mining projects. The Services division provides reactive and planned maintenance services to local authorities and housing associations; facilities management services; waste collection services; and grounds maintenance services, as well as manages and operates recycling facility. The Property division is engaged in commercial, industrial, retail, and mixed-use property development activities; and the provision of structured project financing services, as well as offers private and affordable homes. The company has strategic relationship with Argent Group. Kier Group plc is headquartered in Sandy, the United Kingdom.
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Kier Group plc provided net debt guidance for the year ending December 31, 2013. For the year, the company expects net debt approximately GBP 100 million.
Range Developments announced the appointment of Kier Group plc for phase one of its Park Hyatt St. Kitts project. The Park Hyatt St. Kitts project, planned for completion in 2015, will produce a world-class resort hotel at Christophe Harbour, a 2,500-acre resort community being developed on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. Phase one of the Park Hyatt project will construct 134 luxury rooms and related service facilities, conceptualized around a Caribbean village theme. The Park Hyatt site is located at Banana Bay, on St. Kitts' picturesque southeastern peninsula which is well known for its spectacular hill-side views across to the nearby sister island of Nevis.
Kier Group plc announced consolidated earnings results for the year to date ended June 30, 2013. The company has reported group revenue, including share of joint ventures, of £1.98 billion, down slightly from £2 billion last year. The firm said the fall in revenue was primarily due to poor weather in the first quarter of this year, which caused delays to construction jobs, pushing revenue into the 2014 financial year. The group's operating profit, before the deduction of the exceptional items, dipped slightly to £69.7 million, down 6% on £74.4 million last year. Underlying pre-tax profits of £63.4 million compared to £70.0 million and underlying EPS of 136.2 pence compared to 156.8 pence in line with expectations. Attributable to Equity holders of the parent £37.6 million compared to £54.2 million in the same period last year. The Group achieved an average month-end net debt balance of £4 million compared to average month-end net cash of £95 million after investment of approximately £77 million during the year and the completion of a number of property transactions in the last quarter of the financial year. Net cash generated from operating activities was £0.7 million compared to £17.3 million in the same period last year. Purchases of property, plant and equipment was £22.1 million compared to £41.2 million in the same period last year. Purchase of intangible assets was £5.5 million compared to £1.8 million in the same period last year.
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Can someone show the proper link, because i can´t see the download link aswell in the first post.
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I don't see it in the first post.
I don´t know you, but i think you´re awsome! People like you should be rewarded for your hard work and effort. Thanks <3
Hey Crae, I really like the map but there is a weird shadow bug, not sure if it's that what you meant.
However I really enjoyed playing this map and i lost on random mode at level 56.
thanks for you work, that's a great map!
Best custom map ever. Don't you ever stop improving this map!
Will play this many times! Thanks crae!
s2 learn with this guy and open custom map for multiplayer to make tons of cash for yourselves.
S2 should make Customs maps for validated accounts only and let the community create maps for people to play.You would see a lot more accounts becoming validated. TD maps,Hero Defenses, Survival maps AND SOOO MUCH MORE could be added to the HoN world.S2 underestimates how popular and sustainable HoN would become if they supported custom maps.It would bring a new player base back to the game and many more validated accounts.
Ah yeah, I didn't see there was a picture in your first post, that's exactly what i meant
Nice work in creating this. 1 issue i came across was the essence of crae was invulnerable which lead to a massive loss ^^
I have played this mode like 10 times now and noticed a bug. sometimes units just randomly stop and you can't kill them in any way. i did manage to kill then cause i had devo but this shouldn't be happening am i right? C: Keep up the good work!
Absolutely amazing map! I've played 2 games of it so far and I noticed two bugs;
- I had the zephyr tower that summons a tornado and the devourer one. Then I made one of those illusion towers that temporarily copies others. But when it copied the zephyr and devourer one, I could use the tornado and the devourer unit permanently (even after I upgraded the illusion tower to something completely different).
- Same bug that happened to Carrion, my essence of crae was invulnerable to all dmg and just steamrolled through.
I added this to the FAQ on the front page but the short explanation is this: they just have a LOT of health. The UI is incapable of showing how much health they have; depending on when you spawn them they might have had upwards of 100k (even 200k on VH, level 55!) health that you need to tear through. There may be something wrong with the scaling though, I'll certainly check it out. I'll look into the other issues you guys are reporting too, thanks for the feedback!


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in Guangdong Province,
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Greater Taishan Region
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The city is located in the
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with excluding Heshan).
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One quarter of the "Flying Tigers", the legendary group of American volunteer airmen who fought the Japanese during the Second World War before the US entered it, came from Taishan.
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On February 12, 1499 in the 12th year of the reign of the emperor Hongzhi during the
Ming Dynasty
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, Taishan was founded as
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broke out mainly in Taishan County between the
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Hakka people
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with disastrous results for both sides.
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In 1941 March 3, Japanese invaded TaiCheng town (the capital of Tai Shan) and killed nearly 280 people.
On April 17, 1992, Taishan's status was upgraded from county (县) to
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Owing to natural disasters and the colonization, Taishanese started to search for new lives overseas after the
First Opium War
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. The
Human migration
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of Taishanese to North America started with the
Gold Rush
Gold rush
A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers to an area that has had a dramatic discovery of gold. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, and the United States, while smaller gold rushes took place elsewhere.In the 19th and early...
. Many Taishanese came to
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
as contract labourers. Later, another peak happened during the construction of
the transcontinental railways
First Transcontinental Railroad
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in the United States and Canada. In 1870, there were 63,000 Chinese in the United States, almost all in California. Due to
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and language barriers, the first
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formed to allow Taishanese (or Chinese) to live along and help each other.
Education in the city of Taishan enjoys significant support from overseas Chinese professionals and businessmen. Many secondary schools were built and financed by Chinese living in the SAR (Hong Kong and Macau) and various foreign countries, such as the US, Canada, and Brazil.
To honor their benefactors, these schools often bear their names or the names of their parents. An example is the Taishan City Peng Quan School (鹏权中学), which was constructed during 1999–2001, and is now integrated into the city's public school system. It is situated on the west side of the city, and was built by a Hong Kong businessman.
Below are some of the schools in Taishan:
Deng Xiaoping-era Television University (磐石电视大学).
High schools & middle schools:
Taishan No. 1 High School (台山第一中学)
Taishan Overseas Chinese Middle School (台山市华侨中学)
Peiying Middle School (台山培英职业高级中学)
Taishan Teaching School (台山师范学校)
Taishan City Peng Quan School(台山市鹏权中学)
Taishan Shi Li Tan Geng kai Jinian Zhong Xue (台山市李谭更开纪念中学)
Taishan is under the jurisdiction of
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. In a jurisdiction of 3,286 km², Taishan contains 16 townships (镇), which are subdivided into 313 village residential committees (村居委会) and 3,655 natural villages (自然村).
These townships (镇) are:
Taicheng Subdistrict (台城街道): the seat of Taishan, formerly a town
Baisha (白沙镇)
Beidou (北陡镇): separated from the other townships by Zhenhai Bay (镇海湾) inlet
Chixi (赤溪镇)
Dajiang (大江镇)
Doushan (斗山镇)
Duhu (都斛镇)
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Haiyan (海宴镇): contains an overseas Chinese farm (华侨农场)
Duanfen (端芬镇)
Sanhe (三合镇)
Chuandao (川岛镇): including Shangchuan and xiachuan islands; Tourism Open Integrated Experimental Zone (旅游开发综合试验区)
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Sijiu (四九镇)
Wencun (汶村镇)
Chonglou (冲蒌镇)
These "natural villages" (自然村) include:
An Nan Jiang Chao (安南江潮)
Bi Hou (庇厚)
Tang Mien Pao
guanbuli (官步里)
Taishan is currently accessible by bus and
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ferry (require bus connection, ferry is not direct service). There is a bus station in Taicheng and a port at
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on the Tan River which flows into the
Pearl River Delta
Pearl River Delta
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. The ferry service from HK to GongYi has been discontinued.
Up until the Japanese War, there was a limited railway system constructed by
Chen Yixi
Chin Gee Hee
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linking various parts of Taishan with
Jiangmen , is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province in southern China with a population of about 4.48 million in 2010. The 3 urban districts are now part of Guangzhou - Shenzhen built up area.-Names:...
, then known as Kong Moon. It was one of only three built, owned and run by Chinese during the years prior to the Communist Revolution of 1949.
The main language of Taishan is Taishanese. While most Taishanese today use
Standard Chinese
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in school or formal occasions, Taishanese is the
de facto
language. Taishanese is a dialect of Yue Chinese, a large group which includes, but is broader than, Cantonese spoken in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Thus Cantonese and Taishanese are related but distinct. Before the 1980s, Taishanese was the predominant Chinese language spoken throughout North America's
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s. Cantonese (Guangdonghua) is also widely known in Taishan, as it serves as lingua franca of Guangdong Province.
Today, there is over 2.3 million Taishanese worldwide; some 1.3 million people living
Overseas Chinese
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can trace their ancestry to Taishan, outnumbering those who now live in Taishan, 1 million.
If considering the total
Greater Taishan Region
Greater Taishan Region
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or Sze Yap Region, which includes
Kaiping : Hoi3 Pen6) or Hoi Ping is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, southern China. It has a population of 680,000 as of 2003 and an area of 1,659 km². The locals speak a variation of the Taishan dialect.-Administration:...
Xinhui also known as 'Kuixiang'. Famous people born in what is now known as Xinhui include Liang Qichao, Chen Baisha, Chan Heung, and Michael Li from Westmead Hospital.-Geography:...
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, there is about 8 to 9 Million
Taishanese people
Taishanese people
Sze Yap Cantonese are a Han Chinese group coming from a region in Guangdong Province in China called Sze Yap , now called Ng Yap, which consists of the cities of Taishan, Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping, Heshan and Jiangmen; which now administers these cities...
worldwide. According to American historian
Him Mark Lai
Him Mark Lai
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, approximately 430,000 or 70% of Chinese Americans in the 1980s were Taishanese according to 1988 data. Currently some 500,000 Chinese Americans claim Taishanese origins.
Taishan has a population of 1 million, while 1.3 million overseas Taishanese distributing in 91 countries and regions. It is estimated that over 75% of all overseas Chinese in North America until the mid- to late-20th century claimed origin in Taishan, the city is also known as the "Home of Overseas Chinese." As late as 1988, those with ancestry from Taishan accounted for 70% of Chinese Americans.
An office of the local Taishan Bureau of Overseas Chinese can help to arrange visits of overseas Chinese people.
Actors/actresses & singers
Tony Leung
Tony Leung Chiu Wai
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- Hong Kong actor.
Shawn Yue
Shawn Yue
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- Hong Kong actor and singer.
Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen
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- Hong Kong Chinese martial artist and actor, film director, fight choreographer, and producer.
Wong Ka Keung
Wong Ka Keung
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- member of Hong Kong band Beyond.
Wong Ka Kui
Wong Ka Kui
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- lead singer of Hong Kong band Beyond.
Wong Koon Chung - member of Hong Kong band Beyond.
Yip Sai Wing
Yip Sai Wing
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- member of Hong Kong band Beyond.
Myolie Wu
Myolie Wu
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- Hong Kong actress and singer.
Danny Chan
Danny Chan
Danny Chan Bak-keung was a 1980s cantopop singer, composer and actor in Hong Kong with origins in Taishan, Guangdong. Chan was of the first generation of pop idols in Hong Kong. He was already an electronic organ player, a songwriter, an actor and a promising singer at the beginning of his career...
- Hong Kong singer.
James Hong
James Hong
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- actor in United States famous for roles in Big Trouble in Little China, Balls of Fury and others.
Andrea Louie - scholar, actress, model, singer and fashion designer.
Flora Chan
Flora Chan
Flora Chan Wai-Shan was born in 30 May 1970 in Hong Kong. She is a Hong Kong television and film actress.-Biography:Chan was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts at a young age. As a child, she had hoped to become a dancer, but because of an injury when she was a teenager, she...
- Hong Kong actress and singer.
Gordon Lam - Hong Kong actor.
Alan Chin
Alan Chin (artist)
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- San Francisco Bay Area contemporary artist
Tyrus Wong
Tyrus Wong
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- painter, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer, designer and kite maker
Eric Kwong - investor.
Norman Kwong
Norman Kwong
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- Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta & professional football player, president & manager of the
Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders
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Justin Lee - cardiovascular specialist of Seattle, Washington.
Jack Yan
Jack Yan
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- magazine publisher in
New Zealand
New Zealand
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James Tak Wu
James Tak Wu
Dr James Tak Wu, SBS isa Hong Kong-based conglomerateur. As Chairman of Maxim's Catering Limited, a subsidiary of Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd., he helped co-founded and helped establish a chain of operates restaurants, night clubs, fast food outlets, cake and coffee shops, institutional...
- founder of Hong Kong's famous
Maxim's Catering
Maxim's Catering
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Limited, which is Hong Kong's largest food & beverage corporation and restaurant chain. His ancestral town is Sijiu (四九).
Annie Wu Suk-ching
Annie Wu Suk-ching
Dr. Annie Wu Suk-ching , SBS, JP, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese businesswoman and activist of Taishan, Guangdong origin. She is the daughter of Hong Kong businessman Dr. James Tak Wu...
- founder of Beijing Air Catering Ltd and member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. She is the daughter of James Tak Wu.
Luis Chi - Taishan businessman in Miami and International Commerce Representative for Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado
Li Enliang
Li Enliang
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- Chinese civil engineer and educator.
Chin Siu Dek (aka Jimmy H. Woo) - martial artist of
Sanba, Guangdong
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and a Grandmaster of Kung Fu
San Soo
San soo
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William Poi Lee - San Francisco author who wrote
The Eighth Promise
Ken Hom
Ken Hom
Ken Hom OBE with ancestry from Taishan, Guangdong is a notable Chinese American chef, author and British television-show presenter. In 2009 he was awarded by HM The Queen with an honorary OBE for 'services to culinary arts'...
- Chinese American chef, author and British television-show presenter. In 2009 he was awarded by Queen Elizabeth II with an honorary OBE for 'services to culinary arts'.
Historical figures
Alexander Yee - calculated World Record digits of Pi.
Evan Low
Evan Low
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- the youngest Asian American mayor in the United States.
Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong
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- the first
Chinese American
Chinese American
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movie star.
Chen Yunchang
Chen Yunchang
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- a very famous
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actress. She starred some popular movies including
Mulan Joins the Army
Mulan Joins the Army (1939 film)
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. She is the 3rd "Chinese Film Queen"; while the 1st is Hu Die who is also of Sze Yap origin.
Gary Locke - first Chinese American to serve as Commerce Secretary of the US and former Governor of Washington.
James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe
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- master cinematographer of Hollywood.
Arthur Chin
Arthur Chin
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– America's first ace in World War II
Raymond Kwok Chow
Raymond Kwok Chow
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(a.k.a. Shrimp Boy) -- San Francisco Chinatown mobster, Dragon Head of the San Francisco Chapter Chinese Freemasons
Ed Lee
Ed Lee
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- Mayor of San Francisco
John Tsang
John Tsang
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- Financial Secretary of Hong Kong.
Leland Yee
Leland Yee
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- California State Senator. In 2004 Yee became the first Asian American to be appointed Speaker pro Tempore.
Margaret Chin
Margaret Chin
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- New York City-based American politician. A Democrat, she was elected to the New York City Council (First Chinese American elected to this position) on November 3, 2009, to represent District 1 in Lower Manhattan.
Bill Lann Lee
Bill Lann Lee
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- United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Clinton Administration.
Julius Chan
Julius Chan
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- former Prime Minister of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
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of An Nan Jiang Chao village in Doushan.
Hiram Fong
Hiram Fong
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(a.k.a. Hiram Kwong) (1906–2004) - former US Senator from
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Matt Fong
Matt Fong
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(a.k.a. Matt
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) (1953–2011) - former Treasurer of the State of
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Wong Kim Ark - defendant in
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)
Patrick Yu
Patrick Yu
Patrick Yu Shuk-Siu is a celebrated trial and appellate lawyer in Hong Kong.Born into an intellectual Chinese family in Hong Kong, with ancestry from Taishan Guangdong, Yu was educated at home for many years before attending Wah Yan College Hong Kong, a prominent Jesuit high school in Hong Kong...
- Hong Kong lawyer and Crown Counsel, and founder of its first law school.
Gary Faye Locke Governor of Washington State (1996-2006); Secretary of Commerce, US Ambassador to China (2011-)
External links
China Taishan Web
Taishan City Government
Chinese Genealogy
Map of Taishan
Taishan Merchant Web
Hoisanese to English Dictionary
Taishan Culture & Loisirs (Association of the Taishan expatriate community)