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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to honor Wing-Kun Tam of the Hong | ||||||
| 4 | Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China for his many | ||||||
| 5 | years of dedicated service in his community and beyond; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Wing-Kun Tam has been a member of the Mt. Cameron | ||||||
| 7 | Lions Club since 1981; he has held many offices within the | ||||||
| 8 | association, including club president, zone chair, region | ||||||
| 9 | chair, district governor, 1992 International Convention | ||||||
| 10 | Bidding and Host chair, Campaign SightFirst multinational | ||||||
| 11 | coordinator and OSEAL recording secretary, District | ||||||
| 12 | Governor-elect Seminar group leader, SightFirst China Action | ||||||
| 13 | executive chair, 2005 International Convention Bidding | ||||||
| 14 | Committee executive chair, and honorary Host Committee chair; | ||||||
| 15 | he served in the organization's international board for 9 | ||||||
| 16 | years, including 2 years as international director and one year | ||||||
| 17 | on the executive board committee; he was elected to serve as | ||||||
| 18 | second vice president of The International Association of Lions | ||||||
| 19 | Clubs at the association's 92nd International Convention in | ||||||
| 20 | Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 6-10, 2009; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Wing-Kun Tam is currently employed as the | ||||||
| 22 | chairperson of a group of air transportation companies; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Wing-Kun Tam has been the recipient of numerous | ||||||
| 2 | awards, including the 100% District Governor Award, 20 | ||||||
| 3 | International President's Awards, the Campaign SightFirst | ||||||
| 4 | National/Multi-National Coordinator Award, the International | ||||||
| 5 | Lion of the Year Award in 2003, the Ambassador of Good Will | ||||||
| 6 | Award, the First Annual Model of Overseas Young Entrepreneur | ||||||
| 7 | Award, and the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award; he is the | ||||||
| 8 | recipient of Her Majesty The Queen's Badge of Honor, the Most | ||||||
| 9 | Excellent Order of the British Empire, and the Bronze Bauhinia | ||||||
| 10 | Star by the HKSAR government; he was made an Honorary Citizen | ||||||
| 11 | of the City of New Britain, Connecticut in 1993 and an Honorary | ||||||
| 12 | Citizen of the State of Georgia in 1999; he was awarded the | ||||||
| 13 | Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award by the | ||||||
| 14 | Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 2008; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Wing-Kun Tam is a Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow | ||||||
| 16 | and a Campaign SightFirst Lead Gift Donor; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Wing-Kun Tam is active in numerous professional | ||||||
| 18 | and community organizations and is a member and chairperson of | ||||||
| 19 | numerous boards and committees of the HKSAR government; he has | ||||||
| 20 | served as the Hong Kong Convention Ambassador since 1995; prior | ||||||
| 21 | to the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR, he served as a Hong | ||||||
| 22 | Kong District Affairs Advisor; he serves as a non-official | ||||||
| 23 | Justice of the Peace in the Hong Kong SAR; he was also | ||||||
| 24 | appointed to serve as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kenya | ||||||
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| 1 | in the Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR of the People's Republic of | ||||||
| 2 | China cum Commissioner for the Kenya Tourist Board Far East; | ||||||
| 3 | and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Wing-Kun Tam is the beloved husband of Irene and | ||||||
| 5 | the loving father of Alvin, Tiffany, and Andrew; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, serves as a model of hard work, integrity, and | ||||||
| 7 | dedication for the people of the State of Illinois; therefore, | ||||||
| 8 | be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | honor Wing-Kun Tam for his many years of dedicated service and | ||||||
| 12 | wish him continued success and happiness in the future; and be | ||||||
| 13 | it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to Wing-Kun Tam as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 16 | respect.
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