President's Message Hello All We have had a lot going on since we published our last newsletter. The Federation has a new chair, Mr. Michael Copeland. I was last year's chair. Mr. Fenghua Xu, from the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (the CPAFFC), was in Vancouver on October 29th. Unfortunately he was not able to come to Victoria, but some of you may recall that he spoke at our 50th anniversary celebration two years ago. I met with Mr. Dom

VCCFA NOVEMBER DINNER & SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING Sunday, November 26, at Island Wok Restaurant. For our semi-annual meeting, please arrive by 5:15 pm. Dinner: check-in at 5:45 pm; buffet dinner will start at 6 pm. Dr. Tzu-I Chung, Curator of History at the Royal British Columbia Museum, has extensive knowledge of the early Chinese coming to our land over the past two centuries. She will present an overview of some of the intriguing transpacific historical connections and developme