TAA-NNJ 28th Annual Meeting photos

北澤西臺灣同鄉會第28屆年會節目表

TAA-NNJ 28^th Annual Meeting Program

日期: 2/7/2009 (Saturday)

地点: Regency House Hotel/Best Western, Pompton Plains, NJ  舉行年會

Directions: http://www.regencyhousehotel.com/location.htm

11:30 a.m.-12:00                  Registration

12:00-12:30 p.m.                  Social hour/Dancing

 12:30 p.m.    M.C. – Dr. 李恵仁

                      Invocation – Rev. Ching-Fen Hsiao

                      US National Anthem & Taiwan Evergreen (臺灣翠青) – Jim Lee

                      President Report – Grace Hsu

                      Treasurer Report – Kathy Chen                                      

12:50 p.m.     Banquet

1:50-2:00       Hon. Scott Rumana, State Assemblyman

2:00-2:05       Hon. Scott Garrett, US Congressman/his rep. Ms Tatiana Marquis

2:05-2:10       Ludi Hughes, Chairwoman, Asia American Heritage Council of NJ

2:10-2:15       Andrew Pappachen, President, AAHC

2:15-2:40       Gerrit van der Wees, FAPA, introduced by Dr. Mark Kao                 

2:40-2:50       王恵蘭 獨唱: (1) Her bright smile haunts me still.     

                                                      (2) 請大家返來臺灣!

 2:50-3:30      Taiwanese American Next Generation (TANG)

                      M.C. Jonathan Lee & Thomas Yu

                           Violin etc.

 3:30-3:40      Scholarship Awards – Jim Lee

 3:40-4:00      Fair Lawn 臺灣歸正教會演出: (1) 焼肉粽話劇; (2) 吹陶笛

 4:00-4:40      Prof. Dr. Chung-Mo Cheng, 城仲模教授, Former Taiwan Minister of   Justice & VP of Judicial Yuan

 (1) 2/5/09 D.C. US Court of Appeals - Ruling on Judicial Justice  for Taiwan Nationality; (Lin et al. v. USA)-Taiwanese US National  Passport Lawsuit.  (2) Q & A

4:40-5:00      Raffle 抽奨, Social Dancing, Group Dancing etc.

5:00-5:15      Introducing New Board Members 介紹新理事

5:30 p.m.      Good Bye!  恭賀新禧，事事如意!

TAA-NNJ 2008 Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations!

The TAA-NNJ Scholarship Committee has carefully reviewed all applicants' essays and has decided to award 5 students. The recipients are Jonathan Chen, Jennifer Kao, Megan Kao, Allen Shih, and Frank Sung. Thank you all for writing excellent essays about Taiwan. We hope your passion for Taiwan will continue, and we wish you every success.

As a scholarship recipient, you are required to attend TAA-NNJ Annual Meeting on Saturday 2/7/09. We will be giving you a check of $200 during the meeting. Besides, you will be enjoying the banquet and entertainment at NO charges (a $38 value).

Please click on the link below to read their essays:

Jonathan Chen -- Parsippany High School, Parsippany, NJ, Grade 12

Jennifer Kao -- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Princeton Jct., NJ, Grade 12

Megan Kao -- West Windsor – Plainsboro High School South, Princeton Jct., NJ, Grade 12

Allen Shih -- Delbarton High School, Morristown, NJ, Grade 12

Frank Sung -- Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ, Grade 12

Sincerely, 

TAA-NNJ Scholarship Committee