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Director-General R.C. Wu attends Asian-American Heritage Month Celebration

May 31, 2006

On May 25, 2006, Director General R.C. Wu was invited to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Eligibility Center to join their Asian-American Heritage Month celebration. Mrs. Lishia Stone, of the VA Health Eligibility Center’s Diversity Council, hosted the event, bringing together FBI, Department of Tobacco, Alcohol and Firearms, and the Government Accounting Office officials to attend a talk by Mr. Wu on the theme of “Celebrating Decades of Pride, Partnerships and Progress” in the Asian-American community.

Mr. Wu began his talk by briefing the audience on the immigration history of Asian-Americans and then moved into specifics concerning the Taiwanese-American population and the cordial relations between the Taiwanese and the six southeastern United States. The audience was responsive, with numerous questions asked after Mr. Wu’s speech.

The audience was also very taken with the performances by Mrs. Shu Fang Chen and Mr. Richard Huang. Both Mr. Huang and Mrs. Chen are originally from Taiwan. Mrs. Chen gave a moving performance on the gu-zheng (Chinese zither), and Mr. Richard Huang gave a Kung Fu demonstration. Their performances were followed by questions from the audience.

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