Liberal parties federal and provincial
ShareI have a thought today that if Ignatieff’s Liberals want to gain grounds in BC and Ontario, they have to make a clear case that they are NOT the same brand as Gordon Campbell’s BC Liberals and McGuinty’s Liberals. This is especially important among newer immigrants. In BC, it’s very common among new Chinese immigrants that they cannot distinguish between the federal and provincial Liberals. As Campbell is becoming BC’s... [Read More...]
80% residents in Richmond centre are Chinese
Share According to a report using Census 2006 data on Chinese Canadian population, the number of CC in BC has surpassed 400,000. FULL REPORT HERE (open in pdf). Most CC live in Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby. The CC proportion in Richmond accounts for 43.6% of total population. CC population is especially dense in Richmond central area — northern part of the city between No. 3 and No.4, in which 80.2% are Chinese. (That 80.2% CC is in the... [Read More...]
Toronto races to build upscale Chinese malls
ShareSo it’s Toronto’s turn that their developers are competing to build more “modern” Chinese malls. It’s interesting in the following case that the guy who’s planning a new mega Chinese mall is someone with an anglo last name, something we’ve neven seen in Vancouver and its vicinity. My friend tUCC doesn’t like Chinese malls at all, seeing them “ghettos” of new immigrants who don’t... [Read More...]
A Chinese kid may be kidnapped in next three weeks, RCMP warns
ShareThis is the first time I ever heard the cops announcing a crime that’s yet to happen. This must be very serious and the threat must be very real. The police have said it involves a Chinese kid. Public Warning – Possible Child Kidnapping News Release Tuesday, June 9th , 2009 Richmond: Richmond RCMP have received information into the possibility of a child kidnapping that may occur in the next several weeks. The information at this... [Read More...]
Chinese less happy about life in Canada than S. Asians: poll
ShareIpsos Reid study – A new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on the newly launched Multicultural Connection Panel finds that ethnic and new Canadians view overall quality of life as better in Canada compared to their home country. Nearly nine-in-ten ethnic and new Canadians feel overall quality of life in Canada is better than their home country (86% with 44% much better in Canada and 42% somewhat better in Canada). One-in-ten believe quality of... [Read More...]
Jenny Kwan urges BC to preserve old Chinese cemetary in New Westminster
ShareMEDIA ADVISORY March 23, 2009 NDP MLA Jenny Kwan Makes a Statement in Legislature and Calls for to Preserve the Chinese Cemeteries in New Westminster I want to tell all Members about the attempts being made to preserve what has been called the “last piece of Chinese heritage in New Westminster”. It is not commonly known that New Westminster once had a bustling Chinatown area and that there were 1,600 Chinese residents by the late 1800s. Those... [Read More...]
5 points suggested to deal with NW school development
ShareThe following contains Bill Chu’s Five-Point Suggestion to deal with New Westminster’s highschool redevelopment plan and the needs to preserve what he calls the “last piece of Chinese heritage in New Westminster”. These are the first concrete suggestions from the founder of Canadians for Reconciliation. In my opinion, they are fair and workable. Preamble: The conditions are really the next rather than first in the process... [Read More...]
B.C. group warns school development could disturb former Chinese cemetery
ShareTHE CANADIAN PRESS – The demolition and construction of a high school in a Vancouver suburb could disturb a century-old Chinese cemetery and one of the last links to a Chinatown that has long since faded away, says a local Chinese-Canadian group. New Westminster, south of Vancouver, once had lively Chinatown district that counted 1,600 Chinese residents by the late 1800s. Those who died there were often buried in one of a collection of... [Read More...]
Study looks at Vancouver Chinatown’s arts and cultural groups and activities
ShareI guess similar effort to protect Chinese Canadian heritage in New Westminster is even more important as NW was the earliest settlement city of Chinese pioneers in the Lower Mainland (after Victoria). The crucial thing is, no effort is in place to preserve that piece of important history (except Bill Chu recently but he’s just one man). Chinatown Society Heritage Buildings Association – Cultural development is a key revitalization... [Read More...]
Bones of our ancestors – Past and Future
ShareI visited the New Westminster Archives this past Sunday and looked at the minutes of the Chinese Benevolent Association and of the City Council. This is in regard of the controversial planned reconstruction of the New Westminster Secondary School, which is sitted on the former Chinese cemetery; although exhumation efforts have been recorded. Here is an urgent call from our friend Bill Chu, who has been working tiredlessly trying to preserve what... [Read More...]
