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Since mid-April, Lord Byng elementary and other schools have been collecting new or gently-used pairs of shoes for children in a poverty-stricken Dominican Republic community.

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BLACK LEATHER, REVERSE SENSORS, 75,000 KMS

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Everyone welcome at this fun community event.

Doors Open 2013 takes place all over Richmond this weekend with scores of free cultural events. See www. richmond.ca for more.

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quote of the week

“...there’s lots of donations coming in.”

— NDP campaign manager Tim Chu explains the absence of Richmond Centre candidate Frank Huang.

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Walking in someone else’s shoes Elementary school collected 200 pairs, needs 350 by next week

BY YVONNE ROBERTSON

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The front display case of Lord Byng elementary is filled with rows of used shoes. They pile on top of each other on the shelves; some are pinned to the back wall.

Not a kid walks by without stopping to look at them, pointing out the ones she donated or telling his friend excitedly which ones are his favourite.

Since mid-April, the school has been collecting new or gently-used pairs of shoes for Ruben’s Shoes, a fundraiser across the Lower Mainland that gives shoes to kids in a Dominican Republic community.

The Richmond chapter has been spearheaded by PAC fundraising chair Janet Yau. So far, the school has close to 200 pairs and wants at least 350 by its final date, next Thursday, May 9.

“The idea flowed naturally into our school’s mandate for social responsibility,” said Lord Byng principal Al Zarchikoff.

“As kids outgrow their shoes, they can see where they go afterwards. We’re an environmentally conscious school and this shows them how to reuse materials.”

Yau read about Ruben’s story in the newspaper a couple of months ago. Last December, a Port Moody resident Kelly Strongitharm visited her 10-yearold foster child, Ruben, in the Dominican Republic.

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Students at Lord Byng elementary are having fun filling a giant hamper full of shoes collected for Ruben’s Shoes.

Shocked by the amount of kids unable to afford shoes, Strongitharm started the Ruben’s Shoes fundraiser.

“I didn’t realize there were kids who weren’t wearing shoes because they couldn’t afford them,” said Yau. “So this has taught our kids a lesson about gratitude, compassion and empathy. It teaches them to not take

basic necessities for granted.”

Besides emotional learning, the fundraiser has prompted students to look up the Dominican Republic and read more about the country their shoes are going to.

Both Zarchikoff and Yau point to the uniqueness of a kids’ initiative for kids, in helping the students better understand and

appreciate the fundraiser.

They’re able to relate to the excitement of receiving a new pair of shoes and can look beyond their community.

“When they see the shoes in the display case, or in the bin, they understand,” said Yau. “When they come to drop them off, they say, ‘This is for a little girl, or this is for a little boy.’ It’s very hands on.

“We obviously want to help locally as well, and as a school we do often reach out to the community. But this was also something we thought we could help with, and try out.”

A group of kids gather around the drop off bin, excitedly picking up pairs and commenting on them, showing each other which ones they donated.

Ace and Ryan Murphy’s mother donated 30 pairs. Yau’s own son, six-year-old Tysen Nitta, has given 12 so far.

The sheer amount of shoes families had lying around the house can highlight the sentimental attachment our culture often has for material items.

Yau, a former marathon runner, donated 20 pairs after realizing she was only keeping her marathon shoes for these same sentimental reasons.

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Locked out golf course workers target tournament with action

BY PHILIP RAPHAEL Special to the News

Expect some ramped up action by locked out grounds crew members at Quilchena Golf and Country Club.

That’s the message from their union representative who is pledging action to coincide with the club’s annual men’s tournament on May 11. Thomas McKenna, national representative with CUPE,

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said the 19 locked out employees have been without work for just over three months, and a contract since October 2011. They had hoped for a resolution as recently as Wednesday’s scheduled round of bargaining talks.

But discussions stalled on contract language that would allow the employer to designate course maintenance work to employees other than those currently tasked with the jobs.

“We were essentially just words away from having an agreement,” McKenna said.

Now, faced with a continued lock out, the workers and their union are formalizing plans to impact Quilchena’s annual tournament.

McKenna declined to divulge exactly what that would entail, but added some of the efforts that may be increased would include leafletting area neighbors on the lock out status, and bolstering the presence

on the lock out line.

McKenna added that with the spring growing season here, and fewer staff to tend to it, the course is not in as good a shape as it could be. And that’s added to the support from club members.

“We’ve noticed that more and more they’ve been pulling over as they drive in and rolling down their windows to talk with our members,” McKenna said. Calls to Quilchena’s management were not returned.

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to do,” said Luke Cox in Grade 4. “It’s fitness on Friday, May 10. This year, the really good for the environment and it students decided to dedicate their walk to shows that inside, people are really good.” Ruben. Strongitharm will visit the school Many other schools have gotten on before the walkathon to talk with the stuboard through Yau’s efforts, including dents and each student will load a pair of Westwind, McKinney, shoes into her van.

Garden City and “Not all kids can “Not all kids can Hamilton elementary afford to donate schools, and McMath shoes,” said Yau. afford to donate secondary. Steveston, “But on the day of shoes.”

Thompson and West the pick up, I’ll make Richmond community sure there’s enough for — Janet Yau centres are also acceptevery student to give ing shoes. a pair so nobody feels Next Thursday, students and parents left out.” from Lord Byng will go around collecting Visit any of the listed schools and the pairs. community centres to donate both kid and The fundraiser culminates in the adult-sized shoes. For more information, school’s annual walkathon to promote visit www.facebook.com/RubensShoes.

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Candidates questioned on business issues

BY PHILIP RAPHAEL Special to the News

Local candidates in the May 14 provincial election were asked to show their business smarts Wednesday afternoon as they took part in an all candidates meeting hosted by the Asia Pacific Business Association.

Facing a packed ballroom crowd of around 200 at Shiang Garden Restaurant, the group squared off on a variety of subjects ranging from how to boost B.C.’s slumping economy to what their party would do to keep provincial taxes in check.

On that latter question John Yap, the

BC Liberals incumbent in the riding of Richmond-Steveston, said B.C. already has the lowest income tax rate in the country.

“We have a very competitive tax system.

We have one of the lowest corporate taxes and have a commitment in our platform to reduce the small business tax rate by 40 per cent over the next few years,” he said. “And British Columbia is open to being a competitive trading economy by having low taxes, competitive taxes, welcoming business, and having the support to build the confidence to come invest and create jobs here.”

Fellow Liberal Linda Reid, another incumbent (Richmond East), said B.C.’s low-

est income earners pay no tax, or medical services premiums, “because our challenge is to figure out ways to ensure that they do have a fighting chance to raise their kids.”

Reid added the dignity of raising families is “hugely important to us and if we can subsidize those processes as we go forward, level the playing field, and understand the best social program in the world is a job, that’s what liberalism is about.”

BC Conservatives’ Carol Day, who is battling Yap in Richmond-Steveston, agreed with Reid’s assertions, but tore into Yap’s comment about B.C.’s lowest income tax status.

“The reality is we don’t have the lowest taxes in Canada,” she said. “On paper we do.

But then you have to add the carbon tax, the MSP, the ICBC, the liquor store, and it goes on and on. We have the lowest income tax, but we have the highest of everything else.

That’s why we don’t have dollars to spend in your stores and your businesses.”

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Debate: Talking trade with Asia Continued from page 5

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BC Conservatives Nathaniel Lim was among the candidates at the Asia Pacific Business Association’s allcanadidates meeting on Wednesday.

Richmond has an advantage in fostering Asia-Pacific business relationships.

“Many of us know business connections in Asia, and we need to capitalize on this,” he said. “One of the ways of doing this is for the Asian community to continue to seek opportunities and move past being just the middle man between Asia and Canada.”

Lim added the rise in Asian candidates who may play a part in the political process after the votes are tallied on May 14 is also a way to advance

the situation.

Calling B.C. “the gateway to Asia,” the BC NDP’s Scott Stewart who is running in Richmond-Steveston, said the province is in a unique position to be a great asset to the Asian markets, “And the Asian markets are a great asset to our economy.”

Stewart said the BC Liberals have squandered that opportunity.

“Frankly, I haven’t seen much movement,” he said, adding the NDP would capitalize that by expanding B.C.’s high-tech industries and increase exports of resources and finished products.”

Teresa Wat, the BC Liberals’

appointed candidate in Richmond Centre said her party’s strategy is to persuade Asia-Pacific companies to locate their business headquarters in B.C. “We are going to work with Canada (federal government), the B.C. Business Council to attract them.” Wat said, adding the BC Liberal government has been able to increase the province’s exports to Asia by more than 100 per cent since 2001. The goal is to advance that by 50 per cent in the next five years. ! For full story, visit richmond-news. com

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Your driver’s licence is ideal, or a B.C. Identification Card or B.C. Services Card for those who don’t drive. A Certificate of Indian Status from the feds will also work.

Don’t have any of those? If your wallet was just stolen, you will need two documents that show your name, and at least one of them must also contain your home address. Bills are the best bets here - your cable bill will finally be good for something other than providing episodes of Duck Dynasty. However, according to Elections BC, a wide range of items, including hospital bracelets, bank statements, and membership cards will suffice.

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Most voters will be getting a card in the mail telling them where to vote, if they’re already registered. However, if you are uncertain and didn’t get a card, you can vote at any polling place in the province on voting day. That includes polling places in other ridings. It may take a little bit longer to get through the paperwork but it’s still easier than figuring out the instructions for your new DVR. In other words, if you want to vote, you don’t have an excuse not to.

CHOICE WORDS

No-show candidates disappoint The Editor, On Monday, April 29, there was an all-candidates meeting at the Richmond Seniors Centre, sponsored by the Richmond Centre for Disability.

Four Richmond Centre candidates showed up, two Independent, one for Unparty and one for BC Greens.

They answered questions on health, education, transit, the environment and the jet fuel pipeline, so we now know where these candidates stand.

However, there was no representation by Richmond Centre candidates for BC Liberals, BC Conservatives and BC NDP. So we do not know where they stand on issues important to local voters.

There was not even an explanation for their absence.

We were disappointed!

Charis and Roger Nathan Richmond

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Supporting affordable housing goals Improving the availability of appropriate, affordable and accessible housing choices for all existing and future residents is a key city goal. Affordable housing is regarded as an integral element of creating a livable and appealing city for everyone.

As with all Lower Mainland municipalities, the City of Richmond has been experiencing an increasing need for additional affordable housing for its citizens.

Richmond’s housing sector has seen significant and continued growth, resulting in the escalation of real estate prices and rental rates alike.

These rising costs have proven out of reach for an increasing number of Richmond citizens.

The City of Richmond’s Affordable Housing Strategy, introduced in 2007, recognizes the importance of ensuring that all residents have access to suitable and appropriate housing with the necessary community supports to serve the needs of a diverse population.

A central focus of this strategy is to ensure that the city is successful in providing a range of housing options for households of different ages, family types and incomes.

The strategy establishes three key affordable housing priorities, housing types, and eligibility requirements.

This includes three tenant annual income thresholds: 1. Subsidized rental

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housing for households with incomes of $34,000 or less.

2. Low-end market rental housing for households with incomes between $34,000 and $57,500 or less.

3. Entry-level home ownership for households with incomes below $60,000.

The city’s current focus is on the 1st and 2nd priorities identified above, however, community input on the 3rd priority is welcome as we create new policy in this regard and as we make further progress on affordable housing.

Since council adopted the strategy in 2007, the city has secured commitments to create over 1,700 affordable housing units in Richmond.

In addition, we have achieved occupancy for 34 units of low end market rental units, which have been rented out to eligible tenants.

The units are being managed by private property management companies and in accordance with the city’s requirements for affordable housing management.

The city oversees the occupancy eligibility requirements (i.e. eligible rent, income, and household composition). The rental rates and income level max-

imums for the lower-end market rental housing units are updated annually.

Council approved the 2013 updated rates in March.

Currently, the city is partnering in a number of major affordable housing projects. These include: ! The Kiwanis Towers development, which will provide 296 new senior affordable rental units in a city centre location with close proximity to Minoru Park, amenities, services and transit. Groundbreaking for the new towers was held in early April and the towers are expected to be completed by 2015; ! A proposed 14-storey tower with 123 independent, supportive and affordable rental housing units, as well as office and meeting space for community use.

It will be built on city land on Granville Avenue, just east of No. 3 Road. The city has received a development permit application from the partner agencies and is working with them to secure funding for the project; ! A proposed 15-unit transitional housing project with access to child care, amenity spaces and community services to support lone parent families with children to gain self-sufficiency.

Our strategy recognizes the city alone cannot adequately address the affordable housing needs of its citizens. It requires the valuable input of our partner governments, other agencies and community members.

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2013

ELECTION

Anyone seen John Yap? The Editor, Where’s Waldo/John Yap? Has anyone else noticed?

Prior to being caught using secret email addresses to hide the deceit, there were pictures of Yap shaking some unsuspecting persons hand, or doing the Java political jabber-speak sessions.

Now here we are in the middle of the campaign and he’s gone, disappeared from public view.

He won’t even attend a public debate to defend his indefensible record.

Like, “Where’s Waldo?” he cannot be

found.

Better still, Premier Christy Clark won’t even be seen with him.

Do you really think the Premier will show up for a minute to declare her support for this politician and remind provincial voters of his conduct? Never.

So next time you see Yap’s sign in someone’s lawn, knock on the door and ask them where he is.

Better still, ask, if the Premier won’t support him, why should ANY voter?

Tom Kerswell Richmond

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Time for an effective change The Editor, Are Richmond – Steveston voters honestly represented in the legislature, or is our local MLA just parroting the party line?

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My issue is environmental protection. We need a politician who will protect our public lands and the Fraser River.

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The home will belong to the DeBoer family in Steveston. It’s a complete rebuild done to provide access for 12-year-old Emily who was left a paraplegic following complications from surgery at BC Children’s Hospital in early 2011 to correct curvature of her spine.

The $500,000 project — which will include an elevator and home gym — is being brought to reality thanks to a host of help from contractors, suppliers and individuals Williams knows through his work as owner of local plumbing firm The Ashton Service Group.

With about $100,000 left to raise, Williams gathered together those already involved on Wednesday to update them on the project’s progress. He also had them view a video about Emily’s inspiring story as she con-

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“She definitely has the drive to get up and go,” said Williams following the screening of the video at the Steveston Community Centre that left few in the meeting room with a dry eye. “She’s taking a difficult situation and turning it into a positive.”

Williams first heard about Emily’s situation from his friend, Man in Motion Rick Hansen, who wondered if Williams could help retrofit the bathroom in the DeBoer’s home to make it accessible for Emily.

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Right out of the gate, there are already bidding wars amongst competitive art lovers for Gateway Theatre’s silent auction fundraiser, For the Love of Art. The official launch was Wednesday and already three pieces have been subjected to sharp eyes, according to Gateway’s individual giving coordinator Jennifer Forlin.

“It’s really exciting to see people so enthusiastic about the artwork,” she said.

The theme for the show is loosely based on the four seasons.

Forty-three artists, mostly from Richmond, donated 53 pieces in total for the show. The value of the works ranges from $300 to more than $1,200.

In light of the fundraiser, every Friday, the News will profile eight artists who donated their pieces.

The auction is open until

Monday, June 24 at noon when bidding closes. On the Sunday before, board members will be present to assist with the bidding and answer any questions interested buyers may have.

There’s a minimum bid of $100 with $25 increments.

Proceeds from the auction go towards Gateway’s programming.

The gallery is open during regular hours, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.gatewaytheatre.com

Richmond artist born to create

can pouring oil onto a clay duck, can start a dialogue, evoke emotion, portray beauty and is a visual tarring it black. Feathers that she stuck to the clay model are actual reward for our senses.”

First of eight artist profiles feathers she gathered when she The McNair secondary graduWalking up the expansive saw a dead duck on the side of a ate has been creating art for as walkway to artist Jeanette long as she can remember, ventur- road.

Jarville’s front door is like going Jarville will talk more about ing into oil paintings at 11. up to anyone’s front door. her issue-oriented pieces at As a child, she remembers Except when it comes to the Richmond’s first PechaKucha being referred to as the class artmoment when you have Night tonight in Steveston’s ist, which encouraged to knock, you realize Rocanini’s Café at 7:30 p.m. her to stick with it. A you are confronted with “It’s been a good experience predisposition of being a diverse array of doorin “her own little world” preparing for the event because knockers looking back it has forced me to focus on the For photos of allowed her to focus on at you. essence of my work,” she said. creating and experimentJarville’s It’s the type of idea “Art is important because it makes ing. paintings only a creative mind After graduating high a lasting impact unlike any other would conjure up. form of expression. school, she attended Emily Carr “Whenever I’m travelling, I “Art has written history.”

University on scholarship. scour through second-hand shops For more information on The piece she donated to YVONNE ROBERTSON/RICHMOND NEWS looking for ones that best repreJarville, visit www.jeanettejarGateway is part of a series of Jeanette Jarville donated a piece, similar to the one pictured, to Gateway sent the country I’m in,” she said. ville.com. colourful Richmond landscapes Theatre for its For the Love of Art fundraiser. Her work is of a Richmond Countless artworks hang on painted on glass and framed in a landscape, painted on glass and framed in a heritage wood window. the walls of her front room or lean heritage wood window. against the furniture as Jarville With these works, she prepares her house for Doors paints behind the glass, Open Richmond this weekend. meaning she has to start Her work includes oil paintings with the foreground and and abstract figures, sculptures, then move to the backinstallations and metalwork. ground.

Jarville is also one of the Her paintings experiartists who donated pieces to ment with texture and Gateway Theatre’s For the Love colour, ranging from still of Art silent auction fundraiser, lifes, to the glass paintcurrently set up on the theatre’s ings, to large, colourful second and third floors. swaths of abstract figures “The fantastic thing about on canvas. While her being an artist is that you can give sculptures and installaaway your work, you don’t just Authorized by Heather Harrison, Financial Agent, 604-430-8600 | CUPE 3787 tions are more likely to have to donate money, it’s more make a statement about meaningful,” said the born and animal rights or environraised Richmond resident. mental issues.

“Art is the soul of a commufrankhuang.bcndp.ca | frank.huang@bcndp.ca One of her sculptures nity, it brings people together, it about oil spills shows a

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Community

EMERGENCY SERVICES YVONNE ROBERTSON RICHMOND NEWS

Adam Carmichael, a Richmond police officer, is one of the nominees for the Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s 911 Awards.

Officer recognized for initiative 911 Awards ceremony honours first responders

BY YVONNE ROBERTSON

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When making an arrest, the next natural step isn’t the push to press charges.

Police officers have a decision that can often determine a youth’s life over

the next few years. It’s why, been awesome, a very posiwith cases involving kids, tive experience.”

Richmond RCMP officer After working at the River Adam Carmichael is less Rock Casino for a few years, likely to do so. he decided that, at the age of “I feel like I have a deci26, he was going to try and sion to press charges or apply for a position with the not,” said the general duties Richmond RCMP. He hasn’t officer. looked back since.

“I like having the oppor“When a kid comes back tunity to give kids a second and thanks you after you’ve chance in life. Often the kids closed a file, it makes it all aren’t troubled, they’ve just worth it,” he said. taken the wrong path. With Carmichael also took the restorative justice, you can initiative to reduce impaired swing them back onto the driving in Richmond by setright path.” ting up more traffic stops Carmichael has been part Friday and Saturday nights. of the Richmond RCMP He conducted more than 100 since 2009, and since he investigations last year. joined, the father of one His work contributed to daughter the provgoes outince’s “Every place has side his goal of regular reducing go-to people ... police Adam is one of my impaired duties to driving make sure top go-to people.” incidents at-risk 35 — Sgt. Roger Morrow by youth are per cent connected across to the right B.C. — a services. goal that was set in 2008 For his efforts, he will and reached in 2012, a year be recognized at this year’s ahead of its target.

911 Awards, hosted by the The 911 Awards offers Richmond Chamber of a unique opportunity for Commerce on Tuesday, May the city’s first responders to 7 at 5 p.m. gather under one roof for a The awards honour first night. responders who go outside Where most cities’ certheir job requirements to emonies honour each sector ensure safety in the comseparately, Richmond is munity. the only one to bring them “Every place has go-to together. people,” said Carmichael’s “It’s really nice to share sergeant Roger Morrow. the experience with others,” “Here, Adam is one of my said Carmichael. top go-to people. He’s got “We all essentially a personable demeanor and have the same job, but are tackles everything head on.” responding to different Besides helping youth things. We all live off the who’ve had brushes with radio. It’s great to be recogthe law, Carmichael proacnized for it.” tively visits schools across The ceremony takes place Richmond and is a coach for at River Rock Casino Resort, the Richmond Ravens.

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Help shape Steveston at open house Conservation Strategy include fine-tuning to better ensure that heritage buildings are preserved, new developments are compatible with the character of the village, and several streetscape options for Chatham and Bayview streets.

The geographical area covered by the Conservation Strategy is bounded by Chatham Street, No. 1 Road, Bayview Street and 3rd Avenue.

To learn more about the two projects and provide comments via the two surveys, visit www.LetsTalkRichmond.ca or attend the public open house on Saturday.

The City of Richmond is asking for public feedback on two important Steveston projects — proposed updates to the Steveston Village Heritage Conservation Strategy, as well as, the Streetscape Visions options for Bayview and Chatham streets.

The public is invited to learn about the proposals and provide input by attending a drop-in style public open house on Saturday, May 4, noon to 3 p.m. at Steveston Community Centre, 4111 Moncton St., or by visiting www.

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Heritage or blockbuster

Recently, the words herimuseum comes with a diftage and museum have been Sabine ferent story. According to the springing up in the local consulting firm involved in Eiche papers as insistently as the the project, Arlington Group dandelions in my lawn.

Planning + Architecture At the root of the discusInc., a “destination musesion is a proposed new museum” would fill “Metro um for Richmond, which is Vancouver’s need” for a locaIN OTHER WORDS sometimes presented in the tion for “major attractions guise of a heritage museum, such as blockbuster exhibits.” sometimes as a $59 million “destination” Really? Since when does Richmond museum (suitable for blockbuster exhibineed to become a venue for “blockbuster tions — more about that later). exhibits”? And I’d like to know more about English took the word museum directly what kind of “blockbuster exhibits” they from Latin. The ancient Romans, for have in mind. whom museum signified a place of study, As an art historian familiar with most of based the word on the Greek “mouseion,” the major museums in the western world, meaning seat of the Muses, those nine sisI’ve had years of experience with blockter-goddesses who inspired learning and buster exhibitions. After the first blockbustthe arts. “Heres,” the Latin for heir, is the er in 1972 — “Treasures of Tutankhamen” source of such words as heritage, inheriin the British Museum, London — exhibitance and heirloom. tions on this scale became all the rage in Our heritage can take different forms. the 1980s and 1990s.

In the broadest of terms it refers to our They’re now dying a welcome and wellpast, our history. As with any other kind of deserved death. The costs of putting on a inheritance or heirloom, if we don’t want to blockbuster are prohibitive. If the exhibilose it, we have to look after it. tion is to include anything first-rate (and Much of Richmond’s heritage has blockbusters are more about the quality already been lost, through a combination than the quantity of the displays), insurance of ignorance and indifference. If Richmond costs alone could deplete the entire budget. is planning a new museum, surely priority For some years now, museums in should be given to one that harbours and Europe and North America have been exhibits what can still be salvaged of this mounting small exhibitions, drawing on community’s past? their own collections.

What was Richmond known for, The fact that everything is from a local until well into the 20th century? Anyone source contributes to their appeal and sucwho’s seen old photographs of the area cess. can answer that — farming, fishing (in People learn to identify with their heriSteveston) and horse-racing. And in 1930, tage, in this instance their local museum’s when the Vancouver airport was built on collection. It helps develop civic pride.

Sea Island, aviation entered the picture.

Think about it — blockbusters or civic Isn’t it logical, then, that a museum for pride. Which does a community need Richmond should be one where we, and more? It’s a little like being asked to future residents, can learn about the activichoose between the occasional fireworks ties that shaped Richmond’s special charand continuous illumination, isn’t it? acter?

Sabine Eiche is a writer and art histoThe plan for a $59 million “destination” rian (http://members.shaw.ca/seiche/).

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Community WILLPOWER

Exercise self-control muscles

amazing person our friends The time I got my test know us as, even when no back with a shamefully low one is watching? mark, I didn’t feel awful Self-control will develop primarily because it would our strength of character. bring down my average And like a muscle that (although that was defiwill get flabby without nitely part of it). exercise- our self-control I felt guilty because I YOUTH will lack the backbone knew how I should have it needs if we’re used to studied better, and that I ignoring it. really could have studied better.

Social media isn’t really helping That mark was more a reflection of either. If you look to the advertisements my willpower than my intelligence. But and commercials, self-control is always knowing I could have received a higher shown in a negative light. mark did not replace the number written According to them, it’s the force that’s in red ink at the top of the booklet. keeping you from eating one more of I think this applies to a lot of us, and their delicious cookies, buying all the not just within the context of school. A clothes you want, or really enjoying yourlot of the time we know what we should self at that party. do if we want to reach our potential or According to them, it’s the annoying, remain consistent and true to our beliefs nagging voice that keeps you from really and priorities. doing what you want, when you want.

We know procrastinating is a dangerBut, I don’t think self-control is supous habit, and that bullying is wrong, as is cheating, stealing… etc. But sometimes posed to be like a mental chaperone. It’s in the moment, we just get lazy, or we get something I wish I had more of.

It’s the ability to stick with the plan scared, or we don’t want to make everyand get things done, and it allows me to one else uncomfortable. trust myself with a resolution.

It’s a matter of strength of character.

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The opening of the Steveston Tram building will be on Friday, May 3 at 7 p.m. The building, 4011 Moncton St., is the new home to the #1220 Interurban Tram. Music and

refreshments will be served.

RSVP to culturalcentre@ richmond.ca or call 604247-8300.

Richmond Public Library will be hosting a free program called Youth Gambling and Gaming:

What Parents Need to Know on Friday, May 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Brighouse Branch, 7700 Minoru Gate. To register, visit any branch, call 604231-6413 or visit www. yourlibrary.ca/whatson.cfm.

Saturday

Broadmoor Baptist Church holds its Annual Clothing Event on Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free used clothing for men, women and children. The church see Around Town page 19

MAY 2013

GENERAL ELECTION The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Richmond East for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Richmond East Electoral District Candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Name:

Financial Agent:

Official Agent:

Ping Chan BC Excalibur Party

Ping Chan 18671 River Rd, Richmond, BC, V6V 1M2

Lloyd Chen Independent

Lloyd Chen 210-8860 Beckwith Rd, Richmond, BC, V6X 1V5

Nathaniel Lim BC Conservative Party

Patrick Yap 414-4550 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC, V5V 4G8

Doug Perry Green Party of BC

Douglas Perry 8191 River Rd, Richmond, BC, V6X 1X8

Linda Reid BC Liberal Party

Kimberly Sorensen 6846 Whiteoak Dr, Richmond, BC, V7E 4Z9

Gian Sihota BC NDP

Jean Sickman 23280 River Rd, Richmond, BC, V6V 1M4

Cliff Wei Independent

Li Feng Wei 10440 McLennan Pl, Richmond, BC, V6X 3G6

General Voting Places:

Nicholas Siu 185-9040 Blundell Rd Unit 212, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1K3

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices:

A.R. MacNeill Sec School 6611 No 4 Rd, Richmond, BC

Henry Anderson Elem School 9460 Alberta Rd, Richmond, BC

R.C. Talmey Elem School 9500 Kilby Dr, Richmond, BC

Broadmoor Baptist Church 8140 Saunders Rd, Richmond, BC

Bethany Baptist Church 22680 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC

Howard De Beck Elem School 8600 Ash St, Richmond, BC

Richmond Pentecostal Church 9300 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC

Fraserview Mennonite Church 11295 Mellis Dr, Richmond, BC

13020 Delf Pl Richmond, BC (604) 713-0347

Bethel Mennonite Church 10200 No 5 Rd, Richmond, BC

James Whiteside Elem School 9282 Williams Rd, Richmond, BC

Tait Elem School 10071 Finlayson Dr, Richmond, BC

Broadmoor Baptist Church 8140 Saunders Rd, Richmond, BC

Kathleen McNeely Elem School 12440 Woodhead Rd, Richmond, BC

Thomas Kidd Elem School 10851 Shell Rd, Richmond, BC

Cambie Comm Centre 12800 Cambie Rd, Richmond, BC

Kingswood Elem School 11511 King Rd, Richmond, BC

Tomsett Elem School 9671 Odlin Rd, Richmond, BC

Daniel Woodward Elem School 10300 Seacote Rd, Richmond, BC

McNair Sec School 9500 No 4 Rd, Richmond, BC

Walter Lee Elem School 9491 Ash St, Richmond, BC

Hamilton Elem School 5180 Smith Dr, Richmond, BC

Peace Mennonite Church 11571 Daniels Rd, Richmond, BC

William Bridge Elem School 10400 Leonard Rd, Richmond, BC

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Free Doors Open brochures available at City of Richmond facilities or at www.richmond.ca/ doorsopen.

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The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Richmond Centre for the 40th Provincial General Election.

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Lawrence Chen BC Conservative Party

Amanda Wang 1402-13688 100 Ave, Surrey, BC, V2T 0G5

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Chanel Donovan Unparty:The Consensus-Building Party

Michael Donovan 413-8120 Colonial Dr, Richmond, BC, V7C 4V2

Frank Yunrong Huang BC NDP

Jean Sickman 160-8980 No. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC, V6Y 2E8

Gary Law Independent

Bing Wong 124 Pender St E, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1T3

Richard Lee Independent

Richard Lee 10891 Southport Rd, Richmond, BC, V7A 3V9

Teresa Wat BC Liberal Party

Rick Lam 130-10691 Shellbridge Way, Richmond, BC, V6X 2W8

Michael Wolfe Green Party of BC

Michael Wolfe 9731 Odlin Rd, Richmond, BC, V6X 1E1

General Voting Places:

Jean Sickman 160-8980 No. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC, V6Y 2E8

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District Electoral Offices: 100-5631 No 3 Rd Richmond, BC (604) 775-0333

Brighouse United Church 8151 Bennett Rd, Richmond, BC

Minoru Place Activity Centre 7660 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC

Sea Island Elem School 1891 Wellington Cres, Richmond, BC

Brighouse United Church 8151 Bennett Rd, Richmond, BC

Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church 5771 Granville Ave, Richmond, BC

Quilchena Elem School 3760 Moresby Dr, Richmond, BC

Spul’u’kwuks Elem School 5999 Blanshard Dr, Richmond, BC

Richmond Curling Club 5540 Hollybridge Way, Richmond, BC

Donald McKay Elem School 7360 Lombard Rd, Richmond, BC

Richmond Curling Club 5540 Hollybridge Way, Richmond, BC

St. Alban Anglican Church 7260 St Albans Rd, Richmond, BC

Trinity Lutheran Church 7100 Granville Ave, Richmond, BC

General Currie Elem School 8220 General Currie Rd, Richmond, BC

Richmond Sec School 7171 Minoru Blvd, Richmond, BC

Thompson Comm Centre 5151 Granville Ave, Richmond, BC

James Thompson Elem School 6211 Forsyth Cres, Richmond, BC

Richmond United Church 8711 Cambie Rd, Richmond, BC

Trinity Lutheran Church 7100 Granville Ave, Richmond, BC

Kwantlen University College 8771 Lansdowne Rd, Richmond, BC

Samuel Brighouse Elem School 6800 Azure Rd, Richmond, BC

William Cook Elem School 8600 Cook Rd, Richmond, BC

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“This gala is a fantastic opportunity for Richmond businesses to publicly reward and recognize dedicated staff while uniting as a community towards a common goal — to continue to raise the bar on service excellence in Richmond,” said Ed Gavsie, director of Visitor and Partner Services at Tourism Richmond.

“A caring, helpful nature and a dedication to go the extra mile ultimately benefit both local Richmond residents and our visitors from around the world.”

Tegan Farrell, who sits on the Tourism Richmond Service Awards

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committee, agrees.

“It’s a good community spirit event that takes the time to recognize employees who are doing an excellent job; something we don’t do enough of,” said Farrell, who is the outlets manager at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel.

“The awards ceremony boosts morale, both for employees and the community at large.

“It’s in everyone’s best interest to promote excellence in the hospitality and tourism industries.”

In addition to the five categories — Accommodations, Attractions, Food and Beverage, Retail and Service, and Transportation and Travel — Tourism

Richmond showcases three more award categories: Tourism Spirit, Tourism Partner and Extra Mile.

The annual Extra Mile Award is presented to one of the 2012 Monthly Extra Mile Award winners. Gavsie added that Tourism Richmond presents an Extra Mile Award each month and one of those individuals will be crowned number one during the gala soiree.

“Many of the winners have been recommended by visitors to our city,” added Farrell. “You tend to hear negative comments instead of positive ones, so this gala creates excitement and makes employees take pride in their work.

“It also creates healthy competition in the workplace, making the awards event a win/win situation for all.”

Besides receiving a commemorative plaque, each winner will also receive gift certificates to Richmond Centre, Pajo’s and The Boathouse Richmond.

Once again, Nat and Drew of Virgin Radio 95.3 will lend their comedic talents to the event as emcees. see Service awards 21

MAY 2013

GENERAL ELECTION The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Richmond-Steveston for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Richmond-Steveston Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Official Agent:

Carol Day BC Conservative Party

William Pekonen 201-7300 Moffatt Rd, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1X8

James Day 11631 Seahurst Rd, Richmond, BC, V7A 4K1

Jerome James Dickey Green Party of BC

Stuart Wooldridge 202-1235 Broadway W, Vancouver, BC, V6H 1G7

Mike Donovan Unparty:The Consensus-Building Party

Michael Donovan 413-8120 Colonial Dr, Richmond, BC, V7C 4V2

Scott Stewart BC NDP

Jean Sickman 160-8980 No. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC, V6Y 2E8

Jean Sickman 160-8980 No. 3 Rd, Richmond, BC, V6Y 2E8

John Yap BC Liberal Party

Deborah McBride 9455 Romaniuk Pl, Richmond, BC, V7E 5G8

Charles Bois 1000-840 Howe St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2M1

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Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 110-6020 Steveston Hwy Richmond, BC (604) 664-2042

A.B. Dixon Elem School 9331 Diamond Rd, Richmond, BC

James Gilmore Elem School 8380 Elsmore Rd, Richmond, BC

Steveston Buddhist Temple 4360 Garry St, Richmond, BC

Richmond Chinese Alliance Church 10100 No 1 Rd, Richmond, BC

Alexander Kilgour Elem School 8580 Kilgour Pl, Richmond, BC

John Diefenbaker Elem School 4511 Hermitage Dr, Richmond, BC

Steveston London Sec School 6600 Williams Rd, Richmond, BC

Salvation Army Richmond Comm Church 8280 Gilbert Rd, Richmond, BC

Blundell Elem School 6480 Blundell Rd, Richmond, BC

Lord Byng Elem School 3711 Georgia St, Richmond, BC

Steveston United Church 3720 Broadway St, Richmond, BC

South Arm United Church 11051 No 3 Rd, Richmond, BC

Christian Reformed Church-The Tapestry 9280 No 2 Rd, Richmond, BC

Manoah Steves Elem School 10111 4th Ave, Richmond, BC

The Chinese Bunkhouse 5180 Westwater Dr, Richmond, BC

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R.C. Palmer Sec School 8160 St Albans Rd, Richmond, BC

Westwind Elem School 11371 Kingfisher Dr, Richmond, BC

Hugh Boyd Sec School 9200 No 1 Rd, Richmond, BC

R.M. Grauer Elem School 4440 Blundell Rd, Richmond, BC

J.T. Errington Elem School 9831 Herbert Rd, Richmond, BC

Richmond Christian Elem School 5240 Woodwards Rd, Richmond, BC

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Service Awards: Tourism nominees announced Continued from page 20 The Tourism Richmond’s Fifth Annual Service Awards takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the River Rock Casino Resort, 8811 River Rd. Tickets for this gala event are $15 per person and include cabaret-style entertainment, drinks, a wide assortment of hors d’oeuvres from some of the city’s top restaurants, as well as some great prize draws. Richmondites are encouraged to come out and support local employees who help make this city one that visitors and locals’ alike feel wel-

comed in.

For tickets to this year’s Service Awards, please contact Member and Partner Services specialist Roberta Mercer at 604-821-5478 or rmercer@ tourismrichmond.com.

Here are the nominees in each category:

Accommodations:

Manjinder Gill, Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel; Sheena Brooks, Accent Inns Vancouver Airport Hotel; Kevin Cohen, River Rock Casino Resort.

Attractions:

Mike Mead, River Rock Casino Resort; Linda Gordon, River Rock Casino Resort; Ray Rulton, River Rock Casino Resort.

Food and Beverage:

Kristy Krull, Harold’s Bistro & Bar at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel; Chris Lam, Starbucks, Chapters at Ackroyd Road; Bill Lymberopoulos, Monterey Greek Taverna.

Retail and Service:

Helen Malik, Hudson’s Bay Company - Richmond Centre; Andrea Divecha, Hudson’s Bay Company - Richmond Centre; Emi Higuchi, Richmond Centre Customer Service.

Transportation and Travel:

Maggie Lee, Budget Rent a Car Richmond; Jeanne Karcz, Harbour Air; Cindy Banton, Harbour Air; Madelyn Turqueza, Marquise at YVR.

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Thing is, do you really care about all this marketing fooferaw? I know I don’t.

Cars are either good, bad or indifferent. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet; a cowpat with a fancy tagline is still as squelchy and feculent.

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I have fond memories of a boxy old 626 that racked up the miles and could haul ridiculous amounts of cargo.

Then there was the 626 Cronos that might have been styled by the folks behind Lever 2000.

The Mazda6 of the past was based on the European Ford Mondeo, and that’s good, but it didn’t exactly fly off the shelves.

Strange, that, considering how well baby-brother Mazda3 does.

But here we are nearing the middle of the second decade of the second Millennium, and Mazda is both unfettered by partnership with Ford and without their R&D money.

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In fact, cruising around West Vancouver, I can’t help but feel a certain smugness – nice LEDs, Mr. Audi, I hear you can get those on the new Sentra too.

The “6” isn’t a gussified three-box wearing too much cosmetic jewellery: it’s an all-new effort that Mazda dubs “Kodo — Soul of Motion.”

That’s more marketing hooey, but the end result is that the “6” stands out.

With swelling front arches, a long hood and a bluff, trapezoidal nose, there’s an inherent “rightness” to the new ‘6’s proportions.

There’s only so much you can do with a fourdoor sedan, and Mazda hasn’t over-egged the pudding as compared to a few other excessively bulging mid-sizers I could name.

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Here’s the appeal: yes, there’s no enormous capacitive touch-screens as-standard, split-level LCD displays, nor acres of buttons to adjust every nuance of the cabin; instead, you get something better. Instead of trying to impress you with flash, the Mazda actually works.

It pains me to think that we live in a world where I have to label the Mazda6’s sensible knobs and simple three-gauge instrument cluster as “old-school,” but there you go. I will say this, aside from the pseudo-iDrive controller just back of the shifter, everything is intuitive, and easy-to-use.

Quite frankly, it’s a delight to jump in and drive a car without spending three hours reading the manual and watching YouTube instructional videos.

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Building bridges ! Back in March, the City of Richmond sidestepped the issue of language used on business signs and literature after being presented with a 1,000-strong signature from concerned residents.

The News, deciding to do its own investigation, reached out to people in the Chinese business community, to find out what they think, what their concerns are and if they think there’s even an issue at all.

We also recruited the help of Richmond’s Hong Kong-born city councillor, Chak Au, who was the lone voice on council when it came to building bridges across an apparent cultural divide.

Watch out for next week’s News for more on “building bridges.”

BY ALAN CAMPBELL

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I don’t speak Mandarin or Cantonese and some would suggest I can barely speak English at times.

So, when the News decided to spend a day on foot, scouring Richmond’s famous “Golden Village,” — in a bid to dig under the surface of the controversial Chineseonly sign issue — we enlisted the help of Chak Au, our Hong Kong-born city councillor, who’s been trying for years to build bridges between the Chinese and Englishspeaking communities.

The Golden Village, or “Golden Triangle” as it’s also known, is a largely commercial district with a high concentration of Asian-themed shopping malls and the home to the second-largest Asian community in North America.

For those who rarely venture north of Westminster Highway, the Triangle’s borders are Sea Island Way to the north, Garden City Road to the east, Alderbridge Way to the south and about 300 metres west of No. 3 Road to the west.

As we ventured north on Hazelbridge Way towards the first of our strip mall “stops,” Union Square, we asked Au why there appeared to be less and less English on signs and literature the further in we went.

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Union Square strip mall in north Richmond’s Golden Village was the first stop on the walking tour with Coun. Chak Au, who acted as interpreter and liaison.

News goes where council fears to tread — into sign debate

“It’s almost purely for business reasons ple, has been open for 10 months, with because they only want to target certain 90 per cent of customers being Chinese, customers,” said Au, as we walked toward according to its staff. the giant yellow and black Chinese lanThe Hair Show, again, all English from guage characters on the outside. the sidewall of Union Further to the Square.

“The Chinese-only market east, Continental “It is a very small and to is big enough here that they Centre, percentage, though, the south, Pacific that only have don’t need to rely on the Plaza, both had Chinese; only about about the same proEnglish-speaking market.” portion one per cent of all of Chinese businesses, I would to English as Union — Chak Au say.

Square; 70/30 per “What I think is cent would be an an issue with some people is the proportion educated guess. of Chinese to English. Look at that (Union Most of the malls we visited had the odd Square yellow and black signage) one or two that struggled to disfor example. play any English at all.

“That’s all you see from about Both the small number of a mile away.” businesses with no English lanAs we toured Union Square guage and the unexpected scatitself, the Chinese language was Scan page to tell tering of shops with no Chinese not surprisingly predominant, us what you think caught Au himself by surprise. especially given the 60 per cent But why should they use Asian population in Richmond.

English at all, if their core customer is But most, if not all, had at least a little Asian or is of Asian descent?

English on their signs, windows, menus and “This is what I think is the danger,” said sandwich boards.

Au. And there were even four or five that “The Chinese-only market is big enough had no Chinese at all. A Taiwanese-owned here that they don’t need to rely on the beauty salon, JJ Fantasy World, for examEnglish-speaking market. (However) if this

is left alone, I think it will lead to a fractured community, because if people feel unwanted, they won’t come here at all or won’t come back, if trying it out.

“That is my fear and that’s why I think it’s so important to bring the two communities together.”

Au concedes that it takes a lot of time and effort for such businesses to break into the non-Chinese market and for not too much in return, depending on what product or service they’re selling. But they have to do it anyway — for the good of society as a whole.

“Racial harmony is one of my goals, but people in those Chinese businesses in question need to be more respectful and sensitive to the larger community — even though the English-speaking people might not be their target customer,” said Au. “But this is only the surface; we need to communicate with each other better and understand each other better.”

Some Chinese businesses need to realize it’s not just about business, suggested Au. “They have a greater responsibility and they actually have a role to play in building bridges across different cultures.

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John Wong, (left, centre), of A & A Wong's Insurance at Pacific Plaza, with, left, Mark Lai, Pacific Plaza manager, and Billy Chui, of Contemporary Beauty.

Wong and Chui have made a point of having English prominently on their signage, with varying degrees of impact on their businesses.

Seahorse Household Products, right, at Union Square has 95 per cent Asian customers and doesn’t feel the need to use much English.

Language lure makes perfect business sense

BY ALAN CAMPBELL

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It makes no business sense to spend money, time and energy attracting customers who wouldn’t be interested in your core product.

So why would Seahorse Household Products — on the very tip of Union Square, in the heart of the Golden Village — devote more than its five per cent of frontage to the English word? After all, its top seller, the Seahorse Mattress, is very firm and is popular almost exclusively to people of Asian descent, according to the shop’s manager.

To the average English-speaking Richmondite, you wouldn’t know from the outside if Seahorse sold mattresses or live seafood.

“You prefer a soft bed, yes?” Cathy Mak, Seahorse’s manager, asked the News’ Caucasian, English-speaking reporter.

When told the answer was, “yes,” Mak went on to say the Hong Kong-based company’s customer base is 95 per cent Asian.

But would more English on Mak’s signs and advertising encourage more Englishspeaking customers to frequent the business?

“No, our main product is firm mattresses, which are mainly sought by Chinese people,” said Mak. “Not many Caucasian people like these, they prefer soft mattresses. So there is little

Asian influence doesn’t sway Aberdeen anchor Shopping centre sticks firm to its English policy

Asian owners make case for and against having more English on their shop signs Coming from mainland China, though, need for English.”

Wong said he fully understands why some However, further south-east in The businesses advertise their wares in only or Village, at Pacific Plaza, the services propredominantly Chinese. vided by John Wong, of A & A Wong’s “They are very Insurance, are more easily transferable “...they don’t want to make restricted to the Chinese market across the cultural a mistake or offend anyone because they don’t divide. want to make a Wong currently when they can’t communicate mistake or offend has about half and with them in English.” anyone when they half Chinese and can’t communiEnglish language on — John Wong cate with them in the front of his Odlin English,” explained Crescent office.

Wong.

But it’s not that Wong, whose family “Signs are a form of advertising and it’s immigrated from mainland China in 1958, about targeting the customer you want. They hasn’t had to put his back into it. target the Chinese-speaking cusHe recognized early on the tomer because that’s what they’re advantages of being bilingual and, comfortable with. as such, employed bilingual staff to “And any contact they need to be able to deal with both ethnicities have beyond their Chinese-speakwhen they walked through his door. ing customer can be done speaking “My customer base is about 50/50 Chinese and English-speak- Scan page to see Chinese, because their suppliers video speak Chinese or they have bilining,” said Wong.

“People can be comfortable gual accountants and lawyers who in either language when they come in here. can do their business with city hall for them.”

And there are also lots of second generation Mark Lai, Pacific Plaza’s manager, said Chinese who can speak Chinese but can’t read the vast majority of the business owners in it, so they need the English signs as well.” the mall are Chinese, but none advertise

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“When customers ask why we mostly have English on our signs and merchandise, we always tell them the same thing; we’re in Canada.”

Betty Au, the vice president of operations for Japanese-based Daiso Canada, acknowledges the fact her Aberdeen Centre store is slap bang in the middle of a predominantly Asian neighbourhood in a predominantly Asian city.

She also recognizes that the vast majority of the customers in one of the centre’s origi-

nal anchor stores are of Chinese descent and have Mandarin or Cantonese as their first language.

But that hasn’t swayed Daiso, a global dollar store, from its decision to have English as its first language in terms of signage and product labeling.

And it’s not just because Aberdeen Centre itself enforces a policy of having English as the dominant language on its tenants’ signs.

“Whatever country we’re operating in, we respect that country and use their language as the main one,” said Au, whose office is see Aberdeen page 26

solely in the Chinese language.

“We don’t have a policy on the signage,” added Lai. While Billy Chui, who has run the Contemporary Beauty Studio for 15 years, has signage in both languages — despite the fact it draws in very few English-speaking customers.

“I had hoped it might improve the traffic flow,” said Chui of his bilingual signage.

“But it hasn’t. But I do it because this is Canada and English is the traditional language, so I like to have it there.”

Coun. Chak Au, who tried and failed to have city hall examine the issue of language on signage, said the plethora of businesses across the entire Golden Village that have both languages illustrates a rarely reported respect for the English language.

“Many of those businesses have few English-speaking customers, yet they still (use English),” added Au. “They respect the non-Chinese community and the official language of Canada and we need more of that.

“These business owners are immigrants who have been here for longer. This might demonstrate that new immigrants will learn to adjust to the larger social environment over time.”

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Betty Au, of Daiso Canada, said the company respects a country’s first language.

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When it comes to promoting your business in both Chinese and English, it’s a simple case of numbers.

If you’re setting up a website, for example, and it costs $2,000 to design in Chinese and another $1,000 for an English version, any business owner would want to see a return from both sectors. But when 90 per cent and up of their customers are Asian and speak Chinese as their first language, it’s understandable why few go the extra mile for both tongues.

And that’s even before you weigh in the costs of having signs in two languages and hiring multi-lingual staff

— all while the vast majority of their in both Chinese and English which is patrons use one language. holding mainland Chinese, and some “Many of our customers are from other Asian, business owners back mainland China and from going bilingual. almost all their custom“Many small busi‘...if there was a ers speak Chinese,” ness owners can’t communication said the owner of a web speak English very problem in terms of well, so they can’t design company on No.3 and Cambie roads, who the product ... that communicate properasked not to be named ly with any Englishcould be a major for fear of offending speaking customers problem.” anyone in the Chinese that might come in — Web designer community. if they advertised in “Many times they English,” explained think twice about havthe web designer. ing an English version (of their site) “And if there was a communicabecause of the extra cost.” tion problem in terms of the product But it’s not just the prohibitive itself and promises made, that could costs associated with doing business be a major problem.”

Aberdeen: Tries to reflect community Continued from page 25 based at the Richmond store.

“Our policy also states that you need to have conversational English to work here.”

Au admits the lack of Chinese language in their store does, on occasion, cause some communication problems with customers, but said many of her staff are bilingual and any issue can quickly be resolved.

“We have stores in China and the Chinese language is

used first and our Japanese second,” added Au. One of the roles of Joey Kwan, public relations manager for Aberdeen Centre, is to help bring in Asian and Caucasian customers.

Kwan said the centre prides itself on its policy to have English as the first language on all of its tenants’ signage, despite the fact their main customer base is Asian.

“Every tenant has to sign the contract,” said Kwan.

“Our owner wanted the mall to be for everyone, he want-

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“Our policy is very clear and we rarely have issues because the tenant that’s moving in here is well aware of what kind of mall we are,” said Kwan, adding that the centre currently has 94 to 96 per cent occupancy of its units. “(The tenants) are very smart, they’ll have done their homework before they come here.”

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Richmond Raiders battled the North Delta Longhors in B.C. Football Conference Juvenile Tier II play last Sunday at Minoru Park.

Richmond’s Troy Stecher has been named one of five finalists for the Canadian Junior Hockey League’s Top Defenseman Award.

This is the first time the award is presented on a national level and is one of five newly created national player awards.

Stecher, 19, just concluded his three-year BCHL career with the Penticton Vees. This past season, the Richmond Minor Hockey graduate set career highs in goals (eight) assists (36) and points (46) in 52 regular season games, and was named Interior Conference Defenseman of the Year. Stecher was also named a First Team All-Star in the Interior Conference. In the postseason, he led his team to their second consecutive Fred Page Cup Final and collected six assists in 15 playoff games.

The Vees captain is one of the most decorated players in the BCHL in recent memory.

In 2012 Stecher was named a Second Team BCHL All-Star, and was a double medalist with Team Canada West at the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge tournament.

Stecher won gold in 2011 in Langley and silver in 2012 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia He is one of just three players to win a WJAC gold medal and the RBC Cup in the same season; the other two are former Vees in Travis St. Denis and Curtis Loik.

Stecher was also named the Top Defenseman at the 2012 RBC Cup in Humboldt, Saskatchewan.

Over his three-year career, Stecher amassed 22 goals and 130 points in 198 career games with Penticton.

Including the 2012 Doyle and RBC Cup, he played in 209 games.

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As his health declined in 2007, his two children took some estate-planning steps. They transferred most of his assets into a Trust, the terms of which were consistent with his Will. However, it left his Estate quite small. The main effect of the Trust was that the surviving wife could not challenge the Will, leaving her a very modest share of the large Estate.

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In his lone appearance on the weekend, Callegari shut down the top hitting team in the entire NAIA when UBC beat LewisClark State 16-1. The third-year pitcher gave up just four hits over seven shutout innings against the No. 4 team in the NAIA in runs scored. Callegari also struck out six batters. Lewis-Clark State ranks No. 1 in the NAIA in total hits and hits per game.

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just two hits over seven innings against an Oregon Tech team that averages nearly 10 hits a game. He struck out nine batters and gave up only two walks, earning the victory in a 3-1. He now stands at 5-1 on the season.

Another Richmond player enjoying a big season for UBC is Tyson Popoff. The third-year shortstop, who bats lead-off, had two hits in the Thunderbirds’ final regular season game and has a .393 batting average.

The T-Birds finished with a 19-9 conference record and are currently in Portland for the NAIA West Tournament.

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6020-34

Surrey

LOT & Trailer. This little gem is located 120 miles from Van, pool - C.H, hiking, fishing, history of Caretaker, maint $775/yr, $30,000 obo. Lot 33 - 30860 Trans Canada Hwy Yale BC. Ph 1-604-792-6764

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6040

FLEETWOOD RENO’D 2140sf 4br 3ba, large 7100sf lot, bsmt suite $539,000. 604-727-9240 see uSELLaHOME.com id5617

Suites/Partial Houses

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6050

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6008-42

CULTUS LK gardener’s dream 1160 sf 2 br 1.5 ba rancher, a/c 55+ complex $63K 604-858-9301 see uSELLaHOME.com id5400

6020-14

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RICHMOND

9125

3418 Blueberry Drive, Whistler, BC. Bare Land approx 13,500 sq ft. Panoramic views from Whistler to Mt. Currie. - $1,747,000 - email: lsjoyce@tml1.com TOP FLOOR quiet side of bldg 650sf 1br+den condo nr Hosp, & Sky train $244K 778-241-4101 see uSELLaHOME.com id5580

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6540

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Handyperson

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9145

Scrap Car Removal

HIRE

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Cleaning

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FREE

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9155

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Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

8060

9160

Sports & Imports

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9515

Boats

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9522

RV’s/Trailers

Lawn & Garden

Tree Topping, Clean-Up, Planting, Trimming, Power Raking, Aeration, etc. • Westside & Eastside

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8075

Drywall

8080

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Fencing/Gates

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8160

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8220

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8205

8255

Disposal & Recycling

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8240

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8185

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8195

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8160

* Patios, Pool Decks *Sidewalks, Driveways *Forming *Finishing *Re & Re All Your Concrete Needs

8090 1989 19’ Bayliner Capri Blue, 2.3 litre IO Fresh water cooled, new windshield/canvas/swim grid, trailer. $8,375. 604-837-7564

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604.275.1417

Concrete

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HANDYMAN SERVICES

8195

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8250

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Roofing

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The Richmond News May 3. 2013 A35

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