Daily Dose: 12/10/08
December 10, 2008
» AsianWeek Market Report
» Robberies Targeting Asian Americans in Philadelphia Area
» Unlicensed Chinese After-School Program Shut Down
» Volunteers Needed for Asian Chefs Association Annual Holiday Meal
» Muni Contractor Must Pay $37,000 for Anti-Chinese Harassment
» New Television Campaign in Mandarin to Educate Chinese Americans About Chronic Hepatitis B
» Christina Hoang Mai Nguyen Wins U.S. Beauty Paegeant
» Junichi Tazawa Signed by Red Sox
» Tomo Ohka and Pil Joon Jang Sign Minor-League Deals With U.S. Clubs
» Liu Wei Suspended over Attack on American Player
» Christina Tchen Appointed White House Director of Public Liason by Obama
» NAPABA Announces 2008 ‘Best Lawyers Under 40′ API Recipients
» German Journal Prints Suggestive Chinese Symbols
» India Calls for UN Ban on Pakistan Charity over Mumbai
Compiled by Josh Laddin and Connie Zheng
AsianWeek Market Report
| AsianWeek Market Report | ||||
| Asian Stock Indexes | ||||
| NIKKEI 225 | Tokyo | 8,660.24 | 264.37 | 3.15% |
| HANG SENG | Hong Kong | 15,577.74 | 824.52 | 5.59% |
| KRX | Busan | 2,452.91 | 91.86 | 3.89% |
| SSE IX | Shanghai | 7,490.29 | 129.30 | 1.76% |
| BSE | Bombay | 9,654.90 | 492.28 | 5.37% |
| HOSE | Ho Chi Minh | 286.85 | -6.45 | -2.20% |
| SET | Bangkok | 298.25 | 11.16 | 3.89% |
| Asian American Market Report | ||||
| Yahoo! | YHOO | 13.44 | 1.26 | (10.34%) |
| Citigroup | C | 8.29 | 0.26 | (3.04%) |
| Amkor Technology, Inc | AMKR | 2.20 | 0.05 | (2.33%) |
| Sybase | SY | 23.70 | 0.59 | (2.43%) |
| East West Bank corp,Inc | EWBC | 15.81 | 0.31 | (2.06%) |
NATION
Robberies Targeting Asian Americans in Philadelphia Area
State and local authorities suspect that they’ve uncovered a shadowy organization that has been terrorizing Asian Americans in Philadelphia and Delaware County with a series of gunpoint robberies and home invasions over the past two years.
Two Southwest Philadelphia men were charged yesterday with mugging a Middletown couple last weekend. They have admitted to stealing about $5,000 in cash, credit cards and jewelry, including the pregnant woman’s wedding ring, police said.
The county saw three similar cases this week - two in Marple Township and one in Collingdale Borough - involving Asian business owners.
On Monday, three armed bandits broke into a home on Hampshire Drive in Marple and beat and robbed a man and his wife. Two nights later, a South Korean woman was robbed outside of her Marple home of a briefcase filled with about $1,500 in cash.
In Collingdale, masked gunmen climbed into the apartment above the China Moon Restaurant on MacDade Boulevard. An undetermined amount of money was stolen. One shot was fired, but no injuries were reported.
- Philadelphia Daily News
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Unlicensed Chinese After-School Program Shut Down
BOSTON - An unlicensed after-school program that was shut down by police is now under investigation after some former students said that they suffered physical abuse.
More than 100 Chinese American children were enrolled at the Chung Yee School, which operated out of the Knights of Columbus Hall in North Quincy.
At least a dozen children have said they were abused, but there are no confirmed cases. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office is investigating the allegations.
The school was abruptly closed this week because it lacked early-education licenses and did not have fire and health permits.
- TheBostonChannel.com
BAY/CALIFORNIA
Volunteers Needed for Asian Chefs Association Annual Holiday Meal
EVENT: Asian Chefs Association Annual Holiday Meal for Glide Memorial Church
DESCRIPTION: Volunteers needed to help with a gourmet Chinese meal for 1,500 who regularly depend on Glide Memorial Church for their survival.
DETAILS:
Sunday Dec.14: California Culinary Academy - 350 Rhode Island St., volunteers needed for general help & cleaning, 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Monday December 15: Glide Memorial Church - 330 Ellis St., volunteers needed to set up meal service and serve meals, 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Volunteers needed to serve meals and clean up, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
CONTACT: david@is415.com
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Muni Contractor Must Pay $37,000 for Anti-Chinese Harassment
SAN FRANCISCO - A contractor for San Francisco’s Municipal Railway will pay a $37,000 settlement to a Chinese American welder who said he suffered daily racial slurs and harassment from a foreman and was fired after he complained, a federal civil rights agency said.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in July accusing Cadit Co. of violating federal law by allowing the foreman to harass Ru Jian Lin and by retaliating against him for reporting the harassment.
The federal agency said Lin, hired in June 2006, had been subjected to repeated abuse by a white foreman, who used terms like “ching, chang, chong” and “Chinaman.”
The agency said Lin first complained to his supervisor in mid-July 2006, spoke to him again when the harassment continued and was fired later that month.
- SF Chronicle
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
New Television Campaign in Mandarin to Educate Chinese Americans About Chronic Hepatitis B
PRINCETON, N.J. - Today, Bristol-Myers Squibb announced the launch of its first-ever, non-English-language television campaign in the United States. The campaign, exclusively in Mandarin, seeks to raise awareness of chronic hepatitis B and encourages people to talk with their doctors about managing the disease - one that is disproportionately affecting the Chinese community.
The campaign features two chronic hepatitis B patients in 60-second television segments with an educational message about the importance of seeking appropriate care. The segments encourage people to start a dialogue with their health care provider about the disease. In addition, the campaign will be extended to reach additional Asian American audiences in 2009.
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Christina Hoang Mai Nguyen Wins U.S. Beauty Paegeant
Twenty-year-old Christina Hoang Mai Nguyen took out the title on the final night of the competition on Nov. 30, winning a convertible car, two scholarships and a free trans-America tour, according to the America-based Vietnamese newswire Belinews.
According to Belinews, Nguyen is a business student at the Marymount College. She lives with her parents in Fairfax County, Va.
Nguyen participated in the contest’s preliminary round in 2006 and won the title of Miss Teen Virginia in 2007. In July, she was crowned National American Miss Virginia 2008.
The National American Miss 2008 does not have swimsuits or eveningwear sections like other beauty pageants. Instead, the competition includes formal wear, personal introduction, an interview and community involvement sections.
- Thanhniennews.com
SPORTS
Junichi Tazawa Signed by Red Sox
The Red Sox have landed another Japanese pitcher, completing their contract with the right-hander Junichi Tazawa.
The 22-year-old Tazawa spurned professional teams in Japan to pursue a major league career in the United States.
Tazawa is expected to begin next season in the minors for the Red Sox, who already have the Japanese pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima. After winning the 2007 World Series, Boston lost in the American League Championship Series last season to the Tampa Bay Rays.
- AP
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Tomo Ohka and Pil Joon Jang Sign Minor-League Deals With U.S. Clubs
CLEVELAND - Japanese pitcher Tomo Ohka and South Korean prospect Pil Joon Jang signed minor-league contracts with Major League Baseball clubs, each hoping for an American breakthrough in 2009.
Ohka, a 32-year-old right-hander, who inked a deal with the Cleveland Indians, has spent nine seasons in the U.S. major leagues whereas the 20-year-old Korean right-hander signed with the Los Angeles Angels.
Ohka is 50-63 with a 4.14 earned-run average with Toronto, Milwaukee, Boston, Montreal and Washington.
The former Yokohama Bay Stars standout went 2-7 for Toronto in 2007 and spent all of 2008 in the minor leagues, going 5-11 with a 4.18 earned-run average.
- AFP
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Liu Wei Suspended over Attack on American Player
BEIJING - Star Chinese point guard Liu Wei was suspended for 10 games and fined 50,000 yuan (US$7,300) for organizing an attack on an American player after a club game, China’s domestic league said.
Local media reports described the punishment of Liu as the largest-ever penalty meted out by the China Basketball Association (CBA).
Liu, who plays for the Shanghai Sharks, was suspended and fined for orchestrating the Nov. 28 attack on Gabriel Muoneke after the Sharks lost to Yunnan Honghe, the league said on its Web site.
Several of Liu’s teammates surrounded and threatened Muoneke in a stadium hallway after the game, the CBA said.
One of Liu’s teammates struck the U.S. player with a plastic water bottle.
Muoneke, who was accompanying his three children and wife out of the stadium at the time of the incident, was not hurt, it said.
- AFP
COMMERCE
Christina Tchen Appointed White House Director of Public Liason by Obama
NEW YORK - President-elect Obama appointed Chinese American lawyer Christina Tchen as White House director of public liaison, The China Press reports, making Tchen the second Chinese American going to Obama’s White House following Chris Lu, Obama’s cabinet secretary.
Tchen said she’s very exited and honored to accept the appointment and hopes to bring more communication between the White House and public organizations. She has been devoted to community service and was one of the top fundraisers of the Obama campaign.
A prominent lawyer based in Chicago, under the influence of her mother, Tchen started volunteering in the Chinese community about eight years ago. Tchen’s parents immigrated to the United States from Shanghai in 1949.
- The China Press
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NAPABA Announces 2008 ‘Best Lawyers Under 40′ API Recipients
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) announced the 2008 recipients of NAPABA’s “Best Lawyers Under 40″ Awards.
The Best Lawyers Under 40 Awards are given in recognition of talented individuals in the Asian Pacific American legal community who are under the age of 40 and have achieved prominence and distinction in their respective fields while demonstrating a strong commitment to the community. Award recipients are Monty Agarwal, Douglas Chia, James Chou, Frederick Chung, Camilla Eng, Susan Kim, Sophia Lee, Linda Enn Lu, Terri Ann Motosue, Nimesh Patel, Ajay Raju, Catherine Than, The Honorable Amul Thapar, James Toma, Kim Tran, Karin Wang, Robert Yap, Samuel Yee.
GLOBAL
German Journal Prints Suggestive Chinese Symbols
BERLIN - A German academic journal has apologized for printing sexually suggestive text on the cover of its current issue about China.
The cover of the Max Planck Institute’s current research journal features five rows of Chinese characters against a red background.
Chinese guest professors who saw some of the 55,000 copies disagreed.
The institute has issued an apology to the visiting Chinese scholars. An upcoming run of 22,000 English-language copies will have a new cover.
- AP
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India Calls for UN Ban on Pakistan Charity over Mumbai
DEHLI, India - India has demanded that the UN security council ban a Pakistan-based charity as a terrorist group and front for the radical armed group behind the Mumbai attacks - even as Pakistan confirms it has arrested another prominent Islamist wanted by Delhi.
Indian officials say Jemaat-ud-Dawa, which runs out of a sprawling complex outside Lahore, is a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which India blames for the killing spree in Mumbai that left more than 170 dead.
The charity has denied any links to Lashkar-e-Taiba, two members of which have been arrested by Pakistani security agents in recent days.
The Indian government’s foreign ministry expects that Jemaat, which helped rebuild shattered communities in Pakistani Kashmir after the 2005 earthquake, will be proscribed by the UN early next week with backing from the United States.
- The Guardian
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