October 25, 2024 | Vol. 53, Issue 20

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Quincy Mayor’s AAAC looks over State Primary results and the Asian Business Outreach survey

The Quincy Mayor’s Asian American Advisory Committee convened on September 18th to discuss the State Primary results and the Asian Business Partnership Outreach survey.  According to committee member Betty Yau, “All the winners of each party will be on a ballot on November 2nd so people need to register on October 13th for the deadline.”

The Asian Business Outreach survey was distributed in North Quincy and Wollaston.  The survey asks Asian business owners to describe some of the pros and cons of having a business in Quincy.  The questionnaire will be posted to the website soon.  Yau has collected fifteen questionnaires so far and she should have all the preliminary data soon.

“We want to find out what the Asian businesses want.  We want to find a way to open a dialogue.  In this way people don’t need to speak in public.  It’s another attempt to reach out to Asian business people in attempt to offer design resources for the Asian community.  We will have visited 30-40 businesses soon.”

The committee should have results about the survey within the next month or so.

September 20th is the one year anniversary of the Eye on Quincy TV show.  The show started as a 30 minute segment and expanded to one hour.  The committee and the Eye on Quincy team are now planning an anniversary celebration.

The tour of the TV station starts at 6:30 and the show starts at 7:00.  It takes place on the first and third Mondays of every month except holidays.  The studio is located near the Thomas Crane Library and attendees must use the parking lot entrance to enter if they want to be guests on the show.

Yon Lee of the new Shaolin Institute in Quincy also joined last Saturday’s meeting.  Lee has been appointed International Shaolin Cultural Ambassador by the Dengfeng Municipal Government in 2007 at a reception at Adams House at Harvard University.  The Shaolin Institute has been formed by members of the Harvard Tai Chi Tiger Crane Club.  The new center will be opening soon at 60A Billings Road in Quincy.  In preserving and in promoting Shaolin culture and heritage, the new Quincy Center Shaolin Institute is continuing a “Meet the Master Series” in October, bringing together Shaolin masters from China and other parts of the world to Quincy.  For more information on the institute, visit www.yonlee.com and for information on the Shaolin Cultural Foundation, please visit http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~htctc/shaolin.php.

The committee will reconvene on Saturday, October 16th at 10 am.

Natalie Ornell is a Sampan correspondent.

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