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少数族裔及华亚裔商界之困扰

由在华府全美少数族裔商会组织长董继璘女士在休斯敦主持的中小商业圆桌会议中, 我也参加了并发言，陈述我们今日面对之挑战。

圆桌会议上有来自许多政府及大企业代表 ，能和少数族裔之业者代表面对面交谈， 主要是讨论疫情期间如何面对种族歧视 ，治安及経营上之困难等问题。

席间董会长為大家解说美国各大企业及联邦政府是如何伸出援手為大家服务， 会上许多中小企业纷纷表示了他们许多困境，需要联邦州及市政府之协助。

今日美国整体経济中，小型企业是最重要之主力 ，在此疫情期间， 我们发现了许多在华亚裔社区之商家主要之问题 ，其中包括大部分商家是微企业 ，换言之多半是家庭夫妻档加上一二位员工， 他们没有比较完整的财务报表及报税记录 ，当遇到重大灾难及疫情时， 政府之救灾必须有所依据 ，否则非常难予批准。其次是华亚裔人士来自许多亚洲国家 ，他们以前的侨居地政府多半没有救助企业之说， 只要官员不向他们索取贿赂就谢天谢地了， 由于他们自立更生之天性， 也不习惯向政府求援了。

但是， 我们在此关键时刻 ，必须要纠正这种观念 ，我们大家所花费的是我们自己徼纳的税金， 官员们支领之一切薪金， 都是纳税人的钱。

我们非常感谢董会长 ，她扮演的是政府、 大企业和少数族裔之沟通桥樑工作， 我们也要代表所有国际区中小企业表示由衷之谢忱。

我们今天所做所為 ，对社会之奉献 ，必然会留下歷史之记录。

The Problems Of Local Small Business

President Chiling Tung was hosted by The National ACE small business in-person roundtable series which gives local Houston Asian American & Pacific Islander business owners an opportunity to discuss and network with key elected officials and corporate leaders on current business issues that affect them directly. Those issues include the current state of business, the affects of Covid-19, the anti-AAPI hate policy and the recovery of AAPI business in the Houston market. 

President Tung explained to everyone how the major American enterprises and federal government are willing to help local small business in many ways. 

Today small businesses are playing a major role in our economies. During the epidemic we found that the main problem of many businesses in our community is that they are “micro- businesses.” In other words, most of them are operated by families or couples plus one or two employees. They don’t have any complete or related financial statements or tax returns.

When we encounter major disasters and epidemics, the government requires you to have a basic accounting record for disaster relief assistance. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to get approval. The other problem is the culture issue. Most of the new immigrants came from Asian countries and most of the local governments do not provide assistance to businesses. As long as they don’t ask for bribes from them, they will be thankful to god. And because of their self-reliant nature, they are not used to asking for help from the government.

But at this critical moment in time, we must correct this concept. What we are spending today is the Texas money we pay to the government for taxes. All of the salaries paid to officials come out of the taxpayers’ money. 

We are so grateful to President Chiling Tong. She plays a very important role of bridging the gaps between large companies, the federal government and local ethnic minority businesses.

What we do today for our community will inevitably leave an historical record.