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JANUARY 2004 NEWS
It is our heartfelt hope that your holiday season has been filled with joy and good cheer for you and loved ones during these tumultous times. It is, however, during difficult and interesting times (some of which are listed below) where one must count and treasure the blessings that one has in one's life.

Recent events include Voyager 1 leaving our solar system, jobless rate dropped to 6%, Schwarzenegger's entry into office along with his diverse appointments, Aaron Tonken (who organized some of Hollywood's glitziest charity/political fundraisers) is indicted of fraud, 27 people killed in Turkey, debate on the definition of "marriage," devasting earthquake in Iran killing thousands, close-up pictures of Mars, the capture of Saddam, gas plant in China killing hundreds, etc.

In light of the vast spectrum of topics, issues and events that are related to our communities, we've divided the vast amount of news into various categories that are listed below:

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A.G. KAWAMURA
 

 

In 2003, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed as his agriculture secretary A.G. Kawamura.

Kawamura, born in Orange County in 1955, is a third-generation farmer who, with his brother Matt, tends 600 acres of small rented farm plots scattered across heavily Republican Orange County. Kawamura is the grandson of Japanese immigrants who worked in thefields before starting a feed and supply business. During World War II, they were sent to a detention camp in Gila, Ariz.; they stayed there until the mid-1950s. After college (a comparative literature graduate from the University of California, Berkeley), he harvested grapes near Bakersfield before joining the family business, now called Orange County Produce.

He has served on two U.S. Department of Agriculture committees, chairman of the Western Growers Assn., an Irvine-based industry group for farmers and shippers; president of the Orange County Farm Bureau; member of the California Strawberry Commission, California Farm Bureau Federation's Labor and Fruit and Vegetable committees.

He has worked intensively to resolve hunger in his community through Orange County Harvest and Second Harvest, another gleaning operation for the hungry. He has also worked to support food banks by turning vacant lands into cropland planted and harvested by students through the Farming Agriculture Resource Management for Sustainability (FARMS) program of the South Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area.

KEN MOK

 

 

Ken Mok is a native of Larchmont, New York and graduated from Boston University receiving a B.S. / B.A. in business administration with a minor in journalism.

He began his professional career as a television producer in New York (WNBC) prior to moving to Atlanta, where he served as a producer for CNN's Headline News and International Hour.

Mok later moved to Los Angeles to join NBC, where he oversaw both drama and comedy series as director of current programming. He later served as director of comedy series development at ABC, where he oversaw the development of "Spin City" and "The Drew Carey Show."

Mok later became Vice President of MTV Television Productions in 1996, where he created the reality series "Making the Band," and served as executive producer of the series for its first three seasons.

He also created and executive produced UPN’s “America’s Next Top Model” with Tyra Banks, Lifetime's "Five Points" and "Tough Enough." He was the executive in charge of productions for "The Jenny McCarthy Show," ABC’s “Making the Band,” NBC’s “T.H.E.M.,” UPN's comedy "Hitz" and the television movie, "The Tiger Woods Story," for which Mok was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special.

He was awarded an Emmy for his work on a news special dealing with congenital birth defects. One of his upcoming project is producting VH1's remake of the Partridge Family.

Mok currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.

SHEERAZ HASAN

 

 

Rowland Perkins, founder of CAA, describes Sheeraz Hasan as the gateway (through his program “Tinseltown TV that airs in 80 countries) to Bollywood—the nickname for India's thriving film industry – despite not speaking a word of Hindi and little Urdu. A recent report in the Hollywood Reporter described Tinseltown TV as 'Access Hollywood' for those in Bollywood.

His talk show broadcasts to 500 million people in India, Iran, and elsewhere in the Middle East with a long list of interviews with “A-List” Hollywood stars regarding their spiritual (The Spiritual Side of Hollywood Segment) and entertainment lives that fulfills his goal to promote Hollywood to Bollywood but also to glorify God and spirituality to the world as a gift back to God.

Tinseltown TV is the only Hollywood show to broadcast directly to the South Asian world (2nd largest population in the world) and other niche markets worldwide which are ignored by mainstream networks.

Hasan's first big break came in April 2002 when Michael Levy (agent and film producer) witnessed his prayers at the foot of the famous Hollywood sign and assisted him in packaging his show for the Bollywood audience.

In October 2003, Hasan was declared runner-up South Asian business leader of the year, an award sponsored by Deloitte & Touche. In August 2003, a version of the show airs on California's channel 18—a station for the state's South Asian immigrant community—and since October 2003, a different edit has appeared on BEN, an urban British channel offered through SKY Digital.

PAUL JIN

 

 
Korean American Paul Jin, the chairman of the National Federation of Asian Pacific American Republicans, has been appointed to the director of the Planning and Policy Analysis Bureau of the Peace Corps, the third highest position in the organization and deputy secretary level.

An active campaign manager for Republican presidential candidates for decades, including Ronald Reagan, George Bush, George W. Bush and Bob Dole, Jin worked as senior aid to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during the previous Bush administration, and participated in designing the current Bush's education policy during the 2000 presidential election.

Jin immigrated to the States in 1955 and received a master's degree in international politics and a doctorate degree in maths. He is the author of elementary school maths textbooks. An education expert, Jin was selected as one of the "four outstanding young educators of America" by the American Youth Chamber of Commerce in 1969, and contributed in the conclusion of the Korea-US Education Exchange Agreement in the early 80's.

ANITA MUI

 

 

Hong Kong heartthrob singer and actress Anita Mui (born on October 10, 1963 as Mui Yim Fong) died of lung failure that was caused by cervical cancer in a Hong Kong Sanitorium Hospital at 2: 50 a.m. on Tuesday: December 30, 2003 surrounded by friends such as Jackie Chan, Willie Chan, Alan Tam, Andy Lau, John Shum, Eddie Lau and Eric Tsang. (Her other friends include Zhao Wenzhuo and Nicholas Tse) She was 40 years old.

When her father died when she was a small child, she began performing at the age of 5 giving shows at an amusement park, singing Chinese opera and pop songs in theaters. She dropped out of school during her second year of junior high school. After that, she sang at bars and nightclubs for several years.

Mui’s big break came in 1982 when she defeated 3,000 contestants to win first prize in the New Talent Singing Competition. Mui went on to carve out a reputation as “the Madonna of Asia” with her occasionally outrageous costumes, bold stage performances and a stream of hits which netted her numerous awards. Her discs and shows often became trendsetters and were hot topics for the public.

She rose to stardom with the song 'Homecoming' in 1984. Her biggest album was 1986's 'Bad Girl'. The album is the biggest selling Cantonese language record ever in Hong Kong. She had released 46 albums during her career. She sold more than 10 million albums in her 20-year career.

She later turned to acting and enjoyed success starring in films including The Heroic Trio and Drunken Master 2. Her portrayal of a tortured ghost in Rouge won her Taiwan’s Golden Horse Award in 1987. She starred in more than 40 movies over 20 years. Her most recent movie, The House of Flying Daggers, is expected to surface in 2004.

The unmarried star was known for her charity work. She set up the Anita Mui Charity Foundation in the early 1990s and during the recent SARS scare. Her elder sister, Mui Oi-fong, died in 2000, also from the same kind of cancer. She is survived by her mother, 2 older brothers and an older sister.

RUBEN AQUINO

 

 

This quiet Okinawa-born artist incorporates his formal training in architecture ("my father didn't want me to be a starving artist") to have a unique perspective on animation to rank among the top animators and draftsmen working today.

He has an exceptional balance of high quality, superbly acted animation and astounding speed made him capable of supervising two characters simultaneously in his 20+ years at Disney.

He is known to continually produce works of enormous depth, subtlety, and range. His drawing style is so tight and refined that even his most rough work can look as if it were CAPS and camera ready.

Starting out in smaller animation houses in LA, this “quiet genius” is a versatile artist joined Disney Feature Animation to assist on the character of Dr Dawson in The Great Mouse Detective. One of his earliest mentors at Disney was the late Eric Larson.

Disney animator Ruben Aquino infuses difficult characters in movies such as "Brother Bear" with the magic of life.

Brother Bear's Denahi is drawn with strong Asian features, a specialty of Aquino's. Except for racial caricatures of the Japanese during World War II, American studios have generally avoided Asian and Asian American characters in animation. The narrower eyes and different facial proportions were supposedly unexpressive and hard to animate — beliefs Aquino dismisses. "I never doubted that an Asian face could be as expressive as any other, and I don't know why some people have assumed that it isn't."

Aquino took pains to ensure each of the Asian males had a strong individual presence that would distinguish him from the other two.

This acclaim artist has won/nominated for many of The International Animated Film Society's (ASIFA - Association Internationale du Film d'Animation) “Annies” – the animation equivalent of the Oscars.

PARTIAL LIST OF CREDITS
Brother Bear (2003) - Animation (David and Denahi)
Lilo and Stitch … Animation (David and Agent Pleakley)
Mulan (1998) ... Animation (Shan Yu, Capt. Li)
Pocahontas (1995) ... (Chief Powhatan)
Little Mermaid, The (1989) ... Animation (Evil Ursula)
Mac And Me (1988) ... Art Direction
Lion King (1994) (supervising animator: "Adult Simba")
Beauty & the Beast (1991) (supervising animator)
Great Mouse Detective ... (1986) (Dawson)
Black Cauldron, The (1985) (animator)
Oliver & Co …. Animation (Francis)
The Rescuers Down Under …. Animation (Jake)
Hunchback of Notre Dame …. Animation (Frollo)

JOE ZEE

 

 

Joe Zee, previously the fashion director of W Magazine since 1999, became the editor of Fairchild’s magazine Vitals' editor in 2003. The publication will publish issues in September and December of 2004.

During his tenure as the fashion director of W and the contributing fashion editor at Details, Joe Zee has become one of the most prominent fashion stylists in the industry.

In addition to his full schedule at these magazines, he has styled numerous advertising campaigns, including Loewe, Celine, Oscar de la Renta, Sean John, H&M, Escada, Byblos, Jones New York, Estee Lauder, and Tiffany & Co.

Among the photographers with whom he has worked are Michael Thompson, Tom Munro, Carter Smith, Philip Lorca di Corcia, Peter Lindbergh, Terry Richardson, Mario Sorrenti, Cometti, and countless others.

Joe Zee has also styled the wardrobes of celebrities that include Janet Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Claire Danes, Hillary Swank, Jennifer Aniston, Chloe Sevigny, Christina Ricci, Kate Beckinsale, Brad Pitt, Liv Tyler, Johnny Depp, Julianne Moore, Meg Ryan, Calista Flockhart, Jennifer Lopez, Jude Law and Sarah Jessica Parker.

RUSSELL G. CHEW

 

 

A native of Los Angeles, California, Chew attended Stanford University for his undergraduate studies and earned his doctoral degree at the University of Southern California.

On June 10, 2003, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta selected Russell G. Chew as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As the COO, Russell Chew oversees the operational and financial performance of the U.S. air traffic control system and the FAA’s research and acquisition programs.

Captain Russell Chew comes to the FAA from American Airlines, Inc. During his career with American he served as a line-qualified captain on the B-767, B-757, and MD-80 aircraft, and at the airlines’ Technical Flight Operations, where he managed the daily technical operations and regulatory requirements. Chew’s management experience also included systems development and engineering. In his last position at American Airlines, he managed the airline’s System Operations Control where he was responsible for directing the day-to-day operations at American’s central control center. He also oversaw the airline’s Strategic Operations Planning, which includes the evaluation, acquisition, and implementation of new aircraft and ground technologies for airline fleet and operations planning.

Russell Chew’s service to the airline industry included the Chair of the ATC Steering Committee for the Air Transport Association, the Chair of the Flight Operations Committee for the International Air Transport Association. He also served on the Board of Directors of ARINC, Inc. and ATN Systems Inc. His industry activities focused primarily on current and new federal air traffic control system requirements, technologies, and global air traffic control modernization programs.

YUAN YUAN TAN

 

 

Yuan Yuan Tan is one of the most celebrated ballet dancers in the United States today. Her graceful form has attracted the attention of magazines like W and VOGUE.

She was recruited at age 11 by the famous Shanghai Dance School in China in 1985 – ironically, her parents had a choice of a career in dancing or that of academic studies at a local public school. Since China’s ballet tradition came from Russia, her training reflected these influences.

Yuan Yuan's first international competition in 1991 was in Finland — where she won a silver medal. Other wins in international competitions include a gold in Paris and additional medals in Japan.

After spending six months in Stuttgart, Germany training – she joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1995, she first appeared on Opera House stages in the Nutcracker. Shortly thereafter, (upon Director Helgi Tomasson’s invitation) she dazzled San Francisco in a 1995 guest appearance at the Opening Gala. Two years down the line, she was named a principal dancer, the first such Asian-born soloist to enjoy that distinction.

Yuan Yuan's words of advice to a young dancer, "Ballet … is not only about technique … but that it is the way you move that tells the story. It is both the movement and the steps in between that connect a ballet. It is not only how many turns you do, but how the movement tells the story."

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JACKIE IS HK TOURISM AMBASSADOR
Chan, who has been Hong Kong's official tourism ambassador since 1995 has been tapped by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) to star in a new TV commercial as part of the second leg of a yearlong global thematic advertising campaign said David Leung (HKTB for South and South East Asia).
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GM'S SUZUKI MOTORS EXPANDING DEALERSHIPS
Suzuki Motor Corp., the Japanese affiliate of General Motors Corp., said it aimed to expand its U.S. dealership network next year by 30% to 600 outlets to help reach an annual sales target of about 200,000 cars in 2007.
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R.I.P. - YING RUOCHENG (ACTOR)
Ying Ruocheng, 74, a Chinese actor who appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 film "The Last Emperor" and 1983's "Little Buddha" died of liver disease.
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WILTERN LG
One of Southern California's most celebrated and historic landmarks, The Wiltern LG, celebrated its renaming with a special gala night featuring Ashanti and an exclusive celebrity VIP party. Event was sponsored by LG Electronics, a leading global consumer electronics company.
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GOD AND POLITICS
An overwhelming majority of Americans consider themselves to be religious. Yet according to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, people who attend church more than once a week vote Republican by 63 percent to 37 percent; people who seldom or never attend vote Democratic by 62 percent to 38 percent.
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CCTV'S MOST INSPIRATIONAL - JACKIE CHAN
CCTV, China's most important TV broadcast company, has elected Jackie Chan as one of its most inspirational people in 2003.
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I-CHANNEL'S "STIR"
A common dilemma in ethnic media: How to hold onto audiences that include American-born children of immigrants - young people who speak English and are at once thoroughly Asian and American. One answer may be International Channel's "Stir" hosted by "hip" and energetic young Asian-Americans.
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COUNTERPOISE - ODD ANIME
ONCE upon a time, in a land far, far away from the prettified, petrified world of American animation and from the smooth, good-and-evil symmetry of Japanese anime, there lived an artist named Sylvain Chômet.
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ETHNIC MEDIA
New California Media's (NCM) Executive Director Sandy Close states "In an era when many mainstream English-language news organizations are losing readers and viewers, the non-English media sector is growing rapidly."
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PERILS OF A CHANGING "RACIAL SELF"
The movie "Human Stain" reveals a story of racial improvisation between Irving Berlin (Izzy Baline) and Silk.
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HANBOK - TRADITIONAL KOREAN ATTIRE
Traditional Korean dress celebrates dignity and ideal beauty. A fashion show looks at the way the culture speaks through its attire.
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JCE'S HAINAN CHICKEN RICE
JCE Movies' (Willie Chan/Solon So/Jackie Chan) third project is the production of writer/director Kenneth Bi's "Hainan Chicken Rice," starring multi-award winning actress Sylvia Chang, celebrity chef Martin Yan and a group of young talents.
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TOP TEN LIST OF A COLORBLIND SOCIETY
Commentator Connie Rice shares a second list of indicators America is a truly color-blind society.
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CHINA 'RICH LIST"
Read about China's new financial leaders such as William Ding Lei, Larry Rong Zhijian, Xu Rongmao, Lu Guanqiu, Liu Yonghao, Timothy Chan, Liu Yongxing, Ye Lipei, Guo Guangchang and Chen Lihua
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BIRTHDAY BOWS FOR MR. LEE
Ok-ja (OHK-JA) Connors scooped some kimch'i (KIM-CHEE) from a jar on the table, poured two cups of tea and sat down. "What did your grandfather do that has you giggling so?" she asked.
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MITOYO KAWATE - OLDEST PERSON
Mitoyo Kawate, a 114-year-old Japanese woman (born on May 15, 1889) who assumed the status of the world's oldest person for less than two weeks died.
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JACKIE SUPPORTS HK FILM INDUSTRY
Despite a busy Hollywood career these days, Hong Kong's "Big Brother," as he is known, remains committed to his home roots through new films and business investments, including interests in various production companies, restaurants and jewelry and fashion lines.
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YOLK MAGAZINE'S DEMISE
Yolk, a pop culture magazine for Asian Americans, has folded after 10 years and 31 issue run of scrambling to stay alive. The editors tried humorous articles and serious pieces. After hearing the death rattle, they tried sex, adopting the photo-laden formula of racy men's magazines such as Maxim and FHM.
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OPEN ELECTION IN CHINA
After a scuttled attempt in 1980, independents are vying to be chosen to run in Beijing elections.
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ASIANS IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
Asian/Asian Americans included in Sports Illustrated's "101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports include Tiger Woods, Ichiro Suzuki, Kim Ng, Yao Ming and Se Ri Pak
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MANAA'S TAKE ON JOHN CLEESE ROLE
MANAA's take on the furor surrounding the John Cleese role as the Eurasian father of the Lucy Liu character in Charlie's Angels 2.
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R.I.P.: OSWALD CHEUNG - ATTORNEY
Sir Oswald Cheung, 81, one of Hong Kong's longest-serving lawyers and a prominent political figure, died Wednesday in a hospital there while undergoing treatment after being badly burned at his home in an accidental fire in September.
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