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Welcome to the 67th issue of the Yee Fung Toy
Global Village Voice, an electronic newsletter for
the World Yee community. In this issue we are
featuring some of the recent activities from the Yee
associations around the world.
There is less reporting in this quarter as many Yee
Associations' regular activitities were deterred or
postponed still due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
As millions of people in North America (USA and
Canada) and other countries of the world are getting
vaccinated and signs indicate the pandemic is easing,
there is an excitement about the possibility of things
going back to normal. Even as the pace of
vaccinations slows, governors and mayors in both red
and blue states in America are under pressure to get
their economies reopened. Biden has said he hopes that
Americans can get together in small groups to
celebrate by July 4.
And now, we'd like to thank all contributors, and
remind anyone who wants to become a contributor that
they can email us their reports and photos of events
and activities from their locale.
And we thank all those who have made contributions to
this issue, including:
- David M. Yee of Phoenix
- Kevin Lee of Seattle
- Larry Yee and Tony Leong Yee of San Francisco
- Kenny Yee and Chao Yu of Southern California
- Jim Yee, James Yu and George Yee of Vancouver
- Bing Kai Lee, Danny Yu and Johnson Yee of Hong
Kong
- Peter CK Yee and Xi Mei of Singapore
- Worachai Aurprayoon, Fook Biu Yu of Thailand
- Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San
Francisco
- Yu Zexin, Yu Jie Feng and Yu Jian Qiang of Dihai,
China
- DiHai Yu Descendants
Martin Yee, Vancouver
The 27th US Yee Fung Toy Family
Association Convention Postponed
The
27th US Yee Fung Toy Family Association
Convention, originally to be held in Washington DC
in 2021 will be postponed to 2022 due to the
COVID-19 Pandemic.
Tony
Leong Yee, San Francisco YFT Headquarters
Macau Yu Clansmen Association
Ancestor Ceremony
(Associação dos Indivíduos de Apelido U) Macau Yu
Clansmen¡¦s Association §E·ªö°ó/
U Fong Choi Tong held their Ancestor Ceremony at
noon on March 2nd, 2021. Later that evening a
Spring gathering dinner was held at the Fortune
House Seafood Restaurant.
Iu
Siu Chi, Macao Yu Clansmen Association
Grand
Elder Larry Yee to Serve as SF Police
Commissioner
News Release from San Francisco
Mayor London Breed - On Larry Yee (who was sworn
in in front of San Francisco City Hall) to serve
as Police Commissioner. Congratulations Grand
Elder Larry Yee !
The Board of Supervisors voted
unanimously to confirm Larry Yee to serve on the
San Francisco Police Commission. In January,
Mayor London N. Breed nominated Yee to serve on
the Commission, the seven-member body charged
with setting policy for the Police Department
and conducting disciplinary hearings when police
conduct charges are filed.
Larry Yee, who is
Chinese-American, is a long-time Chinatown
community advocate with decades of experience
serving on the boards of multiple community and
labor organizations.
Kenny
Q. Yee, Southern California
TECO Director General Scott Lai
Congratulates SF Police Commissioner Larry Yee
To
extend our hearty congratulations to Mr. Larry
Yee's appointment to the San Francisco Police
Commission, Director General Scott Lai on 3/31
presented certificates of congratulations on
behalf of TECO Office and
¹´°È©eû·| OCAC Minister Chen-yuan Tung.
Larry
Yee is the president of the Hop Wo Benevolent
Association and a longtime Chinatown leader. In
early March, his nomination got unanimous approval
from the Board of Supervisors.
Mr.
Yee's appointment takes on particular significance
as it comes at a time when San Francisco is again
concerned about crimes against Asian victims.
Taipei
Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco
DiHai Yu's Pay Respect to
Ancestors on Ching Ming Festival
On
March 31, 2021, when the beautiful Spring flowers
blossomed brightly, the Yu's descendants from
Dihai went to HuluShan ¡]¸¬Äª¤s¡^
and Longshan ¡]Às¤s¡^ to pay
respect to their ancestors ¡]²½«ô¼s
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DiHai
Yu Descendants
What is in the Next Issue?
The next issue of the Yee
Fung Toy Global Village Voice will be
published in mid September, 2021, please
submit your articles to the Editor via email
(world.yee @ gmail.com) or postal mail (The
Editor, 226 East Georgia Street, Vancouver,
B.C., Canada V6A 1Z7) by August 15.