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The Yee Fung Toy Global Village Voice
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| Issue 63 | www.yeefungtoy.org/newsletter | 2020/06/15 |
   
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What is in the Next Issue?
Welcome to the 63rd issue of
the Yee Fung Toy Global Village Voice, an
electronic newsletter for the World Yee community.
In this issue we are
featuring some of the Spring activities from the
Yee associations around the world, such as Spring
banquets, and Ching-ming memorial ceremonies. However, we all are in for a
summer like no other, due to the coronavirus, or
COVID-19 pandemic, is having a huge impact
on festivals and events of the Yee associations or
organizations around the world, and causing many
to be cancelled or postponed. As of June 15th, with confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpassing 8.0 million, Deaths over 400,000 and continuing to grow, scientists are pushing forward with efforts to develop vaccines and treatments to slow the pandemic and lessen the disease’s damage. And now, we'd like to thank
all contributors, and remind anyone who wants to
become a contributor that they can email us their
reports and photos of events and activities from
their locale. And we thank all those who have made contributions to this issue, including:
Martin Yee, Vancouver Yee Family Association of SoCal Celebrate CNY” Ceremony    The
Southern California Yee Family Association Lunar
New Year Celebration was held on February 8, 2020
(Saturday), starting off with the honoring
ancestor ceremony at the Association club house,
and lunch was served immediately after. The Spring
Banquet was held on the same day at 5:30 PM, at
the Monterey Palace Restaurant. Photos courtesy of Mike Yee. Kenny Q. Yee, Southern
California
Phoenix Yee Fung Toy Celebrates Lunar Year of the Rat                The Yee
Fung Toy Association of Phoenix celebrated Lunar
Year of the Rat banquet on February 29 at the
Great Wall Cuisine Restaurant, with close to 400
members and community guests in attendance. Among
the activities, scholarships and honoring the
organization's outstanding Yee members (Willie
Yee, Herb Kong, Eddie Yue, Buddy Hing, Rudy Yee
and Jerry Hom). Enjoying the festivities at the Headquarter's during the lunch ancestor ceremony were, Kathy Yee, Phoenix Yee Grand Elder John M. Yee, Grand Elder Alan Yee (from Los Angeles), Phoenix YFT President, Tim Yee, Grand Elder Frank Yee (from New York), Western Grand President, Kenny Yee (from Los Angeles), and Grand Advisor, David M. Yee. Among the distinguish guests at the banquet were Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee, Chandler Councilman Sam Huang, VIP guests from LA, New York, and other community leaders. John Tang, Phoenix
The Ancient Tomb of Yee Shuying Is Now One of Chaozhou City Cultural Heritage Protection Units      On April
10, 2020, the Chaozhou Municipal People's
Government announced the fourth batch of Chaozhou
City Cultural Heritage Protection Units, of the
thirty-one Cultural Heritage Protection Units; The
Tomb of Yu Shuying in the Northern Song Dynasty
era was listed on top. He was the third son of Yee
Jing, the ancestor of the Lingnan Yee clan, who
was a famous official in the Northern Song
Dynasty. As early as December 2017, the 7th World Yee Family Association, Hong Kong Yue Clansman Association, the Yee Fung Toy Family Association of USA Headquarters, Yee Shew Yan Benevolent Association has jointly applied to the Chaozhou Municipal People's Government to the Chaozhou City to include Yee Shuying's Tomb as one of Chaozhou Cultural Heritage Protection Units. The Hong Kong Yue Clansman Association Chairman Danny Yu Weiming led a group of four people went to Chaozhou City to submit this application. Immovable
cultural relics under state protection refer to
major cultural and historic sites designated by
the State Council to be listed as heritage
protection units for their historical, cultural,
artistic and scientific value at the national
level. China now boasts a total of 2,348
registered immovable cultural relics under state
protection, including the famed Great Wall,
Forbidden City and the Mausoleum of Emperor
Qinshihuang. Chaozhou City is situated in the east of Guangdong, the middle lower reach of Hanjiang River． The area is 3,613.9 square kilometers, of which the land area is 3,080.9 square kilometers, sea area 533 square kilometers, with a coastal line of 136 kilometers. Yu
Zexin, DiHai
Singapore Yee Clan Board Members On Zoom Virtual Meeting    Singapore
is not spared from the world COVID-19 Pandemic.
Singapore introduced the circuit breaker from Apr
7th 2020 and extended further to Jun 1st 2020. We have
decided to get our board members to explore using
a virtual meeting. We looked at a few options
available and we have decided to use ZOOM. We
coached each of our board members prior to our
meeting. On Apr 26th 2020, we embarked on our
first virtual meeting using the usual protocols
and procedures even though it was online. Our President, Boon Kwee did his warm welcome message and checked that all of us were well. Our Honorary Secretary, Peng Kwang recapped previous meeting minutes and our finance statements were read by our Treasurer, Yuke Lin. Our Youth Group member, Stephen Yee did the setup, assisted members and supported the ZOOM platform, all from our homes during our virtual meeting. Every board member embarked on a new technology to do our virtual meeting and everyone enjoyed it.
Stephen Yee Fook Keong, Singapore
Due to the
current coronavirus pandemic and Singapore's
Covid-19 "Circuit Breaker" clamp-down or lockdown by
the authorities, Yee Clan Association (Singapore)
organized an on-line dry run Zoom video conference.
We wished to try out whether this piece of software
was suitable for our users to conduct virtual video
meetings for more than 35 participants. As most of us were not familiar with Zoom, there were some initial confusions but were quickly resolved. Stephen Yee arranged and facilitated this virtual meeting. The meeting was conducted with our usual protocols and procedures. President Boon Kwee welcomed all and started the virtual meeting. Hon Sec, Peng Kwang, read out minutes of the last meeting. Treasurer, Yuke Lin, combed through the Financial Report and answered any queries arising. Documents were flashed on the screen. The whole idea was to mimic as realistically as possible to a real physical meeting. Zoom's audio and video were of reasonable quality. We were pleased that this virtual meeting went on well. Plus point was that mobile handphones could also be used besides laptops. Some small issues could be ironed out later. We found that it was imperative to use a random Meeting ID and Password. ID and Password would be circulated to Committee Members through another mode. I understand that at point of writing this report, Zoom had fixed their security issue. Future virtual meetings will be the real thing, official and minuted. Screenshots by Stephen, Lye Meng and Peter CK.
Peter CK Yee, Singapore
What is in the Next Issue?The next issue of the Yee Fung Toy Global Village Voice will be published in mid September, 2020, featuring summer picnics and other activities at Yee Fung Toy associations around the world. Please submit your articles to the Editor via email (world.yee @ gmail.com) or postal mail (The Editor, 226 East Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6A 1Z7) by August 15.  |
