Soo Yuen Benevolent Association's 25th National Co
Nov 1, 2008 20:29:55 GMT -5
Post by kuang918 on Nov 1, 2008 20:29:55 GMT -5
Soo Yuen Benevolent Association's 25th National Convention was held from November 1, 2007 through November 6, 2007 in the city of Jiangmen£¨½éTÊУ©,Guangdong¡¡Province, China.
The opening ceremony took place at the Soo Yuen Family School(ßiÔ´¼ÒÛÓ) in Kaiping City on Nov. 2, approximately 1000 people attended---near 600 members from the States and Calgary, Canada, the rest were local clan members, members from other parts of the world and government officials. The grand opening banquet was held at the 5-star Palace International Hotel (ûŒm‡øëH¾Æµê) in JiangMen the same evening.
A mini-tour to the watch-towers (é_ƽµï˜Ç£©immediately following the opening lunch. A tour to the "Little Birds Heaven" £¨Ð¡øBÌìÌã©and the former home of scholar Leung Kai Chiu £¨Áº†¢³¬¹Ê¾Ó£©took place on November 3, followed by three days of meetings of all Soo Yuen delegates.
The Closing Ceremony was held in the evening of November 6 at the aforementioned hotel. The following day all delegates bid farewell to each other. As usual, many of them took advantage of the occasion, and went on tours around the bustling Pearl River Delta region and other parts of China.
For the first time in the Soo Yuen Family School's 160-year history, a Lt. Governor (Brad Owen) of a State of the U.S. attended the obeisance to the ancestors ceremony.
Please click on the following link to view some of the photos of the event:
www.sooyuen.org/node/133
www.sooyuen.org/tri-yearly-convention-2007
The opening ceremony took place at the Soo Yuen Family School(ßiÔ´¼ÒÛÓ) in Kaiping City on Nov. 2, approximately 1000 people attended---near 600 members from the States and Calgary, Canada, the rest were local clan members, members from other parts of the world and government officials. The grand opening banquet was held at the 5-star Palace International Hotel (ûŒm‡øëH¾Æµê) in JiangMen the same evening.
A mini-tour to the watch-towers (é_ƽµï˜Ç£©immediately following the opening lunch. A tour to the "Little Birds Heaven" £¨Ð¡øBÌìÌã©and the former home of scholar Leung Kai Chiu £¨Áº†¢³¬¹Ê¾Ó£©took place on November 3, followed by three days of meetings of all Soo Yuen delegates.
The Closing Ceremony was held in the evening of November 6 at the aforementioned hotel. The following day all delegates bid farewell to each other. As usual, many of them took advantage of the occasion, and went on tours around the bustling Pearl River Delta region and other parts of China.
For the first time in the Soo Yuen Family School's 160-year history, a Lt. Governor (Brad Owen) of a State of the U.S. attended the obeisance to the ancestors ceremony.
Please click on the following link to view some of the photos of the event:
www.sooyuen.org/node/133
www.sooyuen.org/tri-yearly-convention-2007