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2003 Biographies
- Dr. Geoffrey Ballard
- Irving Barber
- Peter Brown
- Dr. Rose Charlie
- Debra L. Foxcroft
- James Hart
- Edgar F. Kaiser, Jr.
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- Roy Mah
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Roy Quock Quon Mah - Vancouver

Click on image for full-size versionRoy Mah was among the first Chinese-Canadians to volunteer to fight for Canada in World War II. In 1953, Chinatown News - the magazine he founded, edited and published for 42 years - was the first and only English-language publication for Canadian-born Chinese. He was invited by Prime Minister Trudeau to join the 30- member Canadian press corps on the first-ever state visit to China in 1974. Mah organized the first public celebration of Chinese New Year in 1963. He sat on the board of the Vancouver Sun Yat-Sen Garden Society when it planned and built the park in Chinatown.

 

  
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