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You are here: Home / News / Community News / Names in the News / July 17: Narayan Gurung and Tay Yoshitani honored at Building Bridges awards ceremony

July 17: Narayan Gurung and Tay Yoshitani honored at Building Bridges awards ceremony

August 6, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

From left: Debadutta Dash (from WASITRAC), Narayan Gurung, Shankar Sharma, Luis Narvarro (from Port of Seattle’s Office of Social Responsibility), and Habib Habib (from WASITRAC)

The Washington State India Trade Relations Action Committee (WASITRAC) honored Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani and legendary Taekwondo Olympian Narayan Gurung at its second annual Building Bridges Across the Nations awards ceremony at the Northgate Community Center in Seattle.

The event was also the official launching of Nepal Global Trade USA — an organization promoting bilateral trade between the United States and Nepal.

Keynote speaker for the event was Congressman Jim McDermott. The guest of honor was Nepal’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Shankar Sharma. ♦

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Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Nepal, Seattle, Tay Yoshitani, United States, Vol 30 No 32 | August 6 - August 12, WASITRAC

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