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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 – June 21

SYSO raises $67,000 at anniversary concert

June 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra raised $67,000 at their Spectacularly SYSO Gala on June 8. The event, which included a performance and silent auction, was hosted at the Museum of History and Industry and was attended by approximately 150 people. Yoshi Minegishi, Celebrate Asia committee member, donated $10,000. (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Charlie Staadecker, Naomi Minegishi, SYSO, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, Yoshi Minegishi

Shari Song holds campaign kickoff

June 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Shari Song, a real estate broker and current candidate for King County Council, held her campaign kickoff on May 21 at the Renton Community Center. She is running for Position 9, currently held by former Republican candidate for Attorney General Reagan Dunn.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Attorney General Reagan Dunn, King County Council, Renton Community Center, Shari Song, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21

EDI Leadership Discovery participant honored by Philippine Embassy

June 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Maria Bea Querido, a current Leadership Discovery participant with the Executive Development Institute (EDI), has been selected for the 2013 Filipino American Youth Leadership Program. She is one of 10 participants chosen from the United States and Guam.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, EDI, Filipino American Youth Leadership Program, Guam, Leadership Discovery, Maria Bea Querido, Philippines, United States, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21

LIHI receives award for Ernestine Anderson Place

June 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sen. Maria Cantwell presented the Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award to the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) for the performance of Ernestine Anderson Place on May 22 in Washington, D.C. Pearl Leung, who serves on the LIHI Board of Directors, accepted the award.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award, Ernestine Anderson Place, LIHI, Maria Cantwell, Pearl Leung, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21

Holly Woo receives Legacy Award from The Arc of King County

June 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Holly Woo received a Living Our Legacy Award on behalf of Bill Sellars, a long-time supporter of The Arc of King County.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Bill Sellars, Holly Woo, King County Developmental Disabilities Division, Puget Sound, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21

Another Chinatown bus company shut down by Feds

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — Federal transportation regulators ordered a discount bus service between Boston and New York to shut down June 6, saying its vehicles and drivers were a threat to public safety and that it once dispatched a bus with a large hole in the bottom.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Boston-based Lucky Star, Chinatown, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Fung Wah, New York City, Niagara Falls, South Station, Southern California, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21

Obama, Xi signal new start

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julie Pace AP White House Correspondent PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — It may not have been Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s Cold War walk by a frozen lake in Switzerland.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Ben Rhodes, China, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Cold War, Dwight Eisenhower, Former American, Lake Geneva, Mojave Desert, North Korea, Obama, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Switzerland, Tom Donilon, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, White House

SF schools to reduce services for Chinese immigrant students

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff New America Media Two schools in San Francisco will be scaling back courses and other programs for newly arrived Chinese immigrants starting next year, reports the Sing Tao Daily. While the decision has caused alarm among parents and teachers, district officials say it will ultimately benefit students struggling with the English language.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Chinatown, Chinese language, Chris Gao, ELL, Francisco Middle School, Lincoln High School, New America Media, Newcomer Pathway, Olivia Huang, Principal Barnaby Payne, SFUSD, San Francisco Unified, Sing Tao Daily, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21

Cambodia passes bill against genocide denial

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a bill on June 7 making it a crime to deny that atrocities were committed by the country’s genocidal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, a law that critics allege will be used as a weapon against the political opposition.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Brad Adams, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, Cheam Yeap, Documentation Center, Human Rights Watch, Kem Sokha, Khmer Rouge, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Sam Rainsy, Tuol Sleng, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, Youk Chhang

Japanese troops head to California to train

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Julie Watson The Associated Press SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Japanese troops will converge on California’s southern coast in the next two weeks as part of a military exercise with U.S. troops aimed at improving that country’s amphibious attack abilities.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, American Marines, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, East China Sea, Foreign Ministry, Hong Lei, Kyodo News, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Clemente Island, San Diego, Tai Ming Cheung, Takashi Inoue, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, japan

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