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Promoting Economic Development of the Houston Asian American Business Community
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Lunar New Year celebrations this month are filled with different programs and activities. Look at our calendar to see where you would like to participate. Wishing you a bright future, success and good health in 2016!
Sincerely,
Linda Toyota President Asian Chamber of Commerce
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Jan 11 Mandarin Reception and Jan 16 Executive Mandarin Program Begins
The Chamber welcomed the executives enrolled in its unique bilingual program at the Hess Club.
Students, our distinguished subject matter expert teachers and committee members had an opportunity to meet and learn about each other. Hank Moore, author of the Business Tree, provided remarks and distributed signed copies of his book to each participant. The class began January 16 featuring James Gu of Dianal America discussing business planning.
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JANUARY 14 - How to Promote Your Business Houston Business Journal, Bob Charlet
The Asian Chamber welcomed Bob to Houston who provided helpful tips to market your business. The Business Journal has 43 publications throughout the U.S. and the Houston publication ranks No. 2! 40% of the Houston Business Journal readership represents more than 20 different countries. Bob posed three questions to us: How diverse are you? Do you have a plan? How well do you know your customers? Bob shared resources with the audience and encouraged submission of newsworthy information for immediate release (nothing self serving please). Look forward to the 39 events HBJ will be conducting in 2016. Click here to view photos.
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February 11 Super Bowl luncheon!
Ric Campo, Chairman/CEO Camden Property Trust/chair Super Bowl Host Committee will discuss its impact during and after the Super Bowl - and Hasting Stewart, Ex VP, External Affairs will discuss small business opportunities. To bid on the many opportunities available, companies must be certified by the City of Houston, HMSDC or WBEA who will be at the luncheon so you can find out what you need to do to go through the process. Also HCC procurement will host a table so you can learn about their business opportunities! Join us by registering here!
Thank you to sponsor
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March 3 - Sylvester Turner, Mayor, City of Houston
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Mark your calendars for
April 14
when His Excellency Qiangmin Li, Consulate General of People's Republic of China will provide an update on the Chinese market and St. Rep. Gene Wu will recognize graduating executives from our Mandarin program.
Thank you to sponsor
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Dr. Parvin Bagherpour will be honored at HCC Aspire luncheon.
Congratulations to Shirley Kwan, recipient of Houston Woman Magazine, 2015 one of the 50 most influential women!
Janet May, HCC, will be a panelist at the University of Houston whose theme will be Think Outside the Box: Job Search Advice for International Students.
Bien Tran, will serve as emcee at the February 7 Lunar New Year Festival at DiscoveryGreen with DJ Sun, live bands (6-10 pm). www.discoverygreen.com
Sang Shin, Foster LLP, selected as 2016 Vice President of Community Relations for the Asian American Bar Association of Houston.
Bill Imada, Founder, Chairman and Chief Connectivity Officer, IW Group Inc., appointed to USC Annenberg Public Relations Center Advisory Board comprised of the who's-who roster of industry-leading communications professionals from the agency and corporate world.
The Asian Chamber welcomes Consul Generals:
Tetsuro Amano, Consul General of Japan
Tetsuro Amano, assumed his position as the Consul General for Japan on December 22, 2015. Prior to his current posting, Consul General Amano served as Consul General in Manila, Philippines. He has earlier held postings in Japanese embassies in Australia, Myanmar, Iraq, Norway and Hong Kong. "My primary focus is to promote Japanese relations in Texas and Oklahoma. I am honored to represent Japan in as robust and international city as Houston."
Alastair Walton, Consul General of Australia
Alastair Walton assumed his position as Consul-General of Australia on 23 November 2015. Alastair is a career investment banker who was most recently Chairman of BKK Partners. He has also served as Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Australia and as the President and Chairman of the Board of the European Australian Business Council. Alastair is looking forward to promoting business links between Australia and the U.S., particularly within the sectors of resources and energy and advanced manufacturing services and technology. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, a Bachelor of Economics (with specialization in Accounting) from the Australian National University, and is a Chartered Accountant.
The Rodeo is around the corner (March 1 - 20) and we are proud of Yong Kwon, YKcreative, as the new ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run logo was designed by her. The run will be held on February 27.
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- Jackie R. Logan
- Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
- Shirley Qing
- Heather Ramsey-Cook
- Joyce Scott
- Shelby Song
- Joe Wong
- Danting Yin
- Yang Alan Zhang
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JOIN THE CHAMBER
Join the Asian Chamber today and get connected. You can also renew or upgrade your membership to obtain greater benefits. Please register below or call us at 713-782-7222 for more information.
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February 3, 2016 - 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
HISD - Job Order Contracting Opportunities
Terrell Alternative Middle School
4610 E. Crosstimbers St.
Houston, TX 77016
CHRISTOPHER VEST
713.556.6548
Under Texas school law Chapter 2269, sub-chapter I. Sec. 2269.401 "Job Order Contracting is a procurement method used for maintenance, repair, alteration, renovation, remediation, or minor construction of a facility when the work is of a recurring nature but the delivery times, type, and quantities of work required are indefinite."
- The benefits of JOC to contractors
- A summary of the JOC process, management software, and Construction Task Catalog®
- Houston ISD plan to bid multiple contracts
- Ample time for questions and answers
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Monday, February 8, 6:30 p.m.
University of Houston Student Center South - Theater
For more information and to RSVP
Pioneering Scientific Researcher; Founder, Chairman and CEO, J. Craig Venter Institute; Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, CEO of Human Longevity, Inc. and Co-Founder, Chairman, Co-Chief Scientific Officer, Synthetic Genomics. The lecture is free, open to the public and the UH community. Self-parking is available at the Welcome Center Garage (4400 University Drive) or at the Hilton University of Houston.
If you require disability related accommodations for this event, please contact Jasmine Harris via EVENTSREPLY@UH.EDU or 713-743-0332 a minimum of one week prior to the event so that we can accommodate your request.
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February 9, 2016 - HCC Procurement Expo
8:30 am - 12 pm - no charge
Southeast College
Learning Hub, 6815 Rustic
Houston, TX 77087
RSVP to:
Veronica Douglas, veronica.douglas@hccs.edu or 713.718.5278
hccs.edu/procurement
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From METRO's Office of Small Business
February 10, 2016-METRO's "Meet The Buyer's"
1900 Main Street
2 - 5 p.m.
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February 24, 2016 - Online Certification Workshop - METRO
UH Small Business Development Center
2302 Fannin, Suite 200 - Houston, TX 77002
9 - 11 a.m.
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March 2, 2016-Accessing Capital-METRO
UH Small Business Development Center
1900 Main Street
9 - 10:30 a.m.
Register here
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February 6, 2016
Chinese Community Center
10 am - 4 pm
9800 Town Park Drive
Houston Tx 77036
10 am - 4 pm
Free Admission, Free Parking
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February 6, 2016 at 7 pm - Rice University
Rice Athletics is celebrating the Lunar New Year at the Rice Men's Basketball game versus Southern Mississippi in Tudor Fieldhouse. The community is welcome to the game to take part in the Lunar New Year celebration while cheering on the Owls. The evening is sure to be full of fun and excitement. A few of the Lunar New Year activities throughout the evening include:
- Rice Lunar New Year Shirt give-away (first 300 fans)
- Lion Dance Half-time Performance from the Institute of Chinese Culture
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Ticket discounts are available for the community to join Rice University at Tudor Fieldhouse. For vendor, performance or ticket information, please call Rice Athletics at (713) 348-3094.
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Discovery Green Lunar New Year
February 7, 2016
6 - 10 pm
Live bands, DJ Sun
Emcee by Bien Tran
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Texas Lunar New Year
February 13, 2016
Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby Street, Houston 77002
10 am - 5 pm
Entertainment 10:30 am - 6 pm
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LUNAR NEW YEAR - Year of the Red Fire Monkey
February 13 and 14 -
11 am - 7 pm
Viet Hoa Center @ Beltway Plaza
8388 W. Sam Houston Parkway South
Houston, Texas 77072
Free Admission
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LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
with the HOUSTON SYMPHONY
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
AT THE MORRIS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
7:30 PM
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jessica Lee, violin
Celebrate the Year of the Monkey with a special Lunar New Year concert featuring festive Asian orchestral masterpieces. Recently named one ofMusical America's Top 30 Influencers of 2015 and Artistic Director of the 2016 National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival, conductor Mei-Ann Chen will lead the orchestra for this special program. The Houston Symphony also welcomes violinist Jessica Lee as she makes her Houston Symphony debut performing a Sarasate showstopper and the treasuredButterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. Describing her recital on the Ravinia Rising Stars series, the Chicago Tribune said: "...Lee's breathtaking dexterity should enchant anyone within hearing distance."
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Important travel information - The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control recently advised women to consider postponing travel to Zika-affected areas and to take precautions against mosquito bites if they do travel. Major U.S. airline companies including Delta Air Lines Inc, American Airlines Group and United Continental Holdings say customers concerned about traveling to destinations reported by the CDC to be affected by Zika may qualify for a change to alternate destinations, travel dates or a refund.
The CDC's list of affected areas include: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Martin, Samoa, Suriname and Venzuela.
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As a law enforcement agency, Houston Police Department is always trying to improve its transparency with the public, striving to provide current and accurate crime data in a user friendly platform. Recent technology advancements have given us the ability to now provide crime data on two separate third party vendor websites. Every 30 minutes, 365 days a year, UCR crime data will be mapped on crimereports.com and raidsonline.com, providing the public with an accurate and transparent view of crime in their neighborhoods and of greater Houston.
As a service to the public, these websites are provided at no cost, and more importantly, citizens of Houston can now receive email alerts of crimes in their neighborhood and download these crime maps as mobile device apps, giving easy access to HPD crime data at all times of the day.
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More than 8.8 million lawful permanent residents (LPRs), who are foreign nationals, have been granted the right to reside permanently in the United States of America. Yet many of these lawful residents haven't applied for U.S. citizenship for a variety of reasons, and don't always know the benefits, rights and freedoms associated with becoming a naturalized citizen.
The following link provides details on how lawful permanent residents, if they wish to become naturalized citizens of the U.S., can begin that process. Please feel free to share with your colleagues.
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