社评 1117 国际贸易中心成立21週年献词

国际贸易中心成立21週年献词

今晚我非常荣幸地在此和好友社区领袖及休斯敦政商外交领事代表共聚一堂， 庆祝国际贸易中心二十一岁生日。

45年前， 我和内人提着简单之行囊从德州博蒙市拉马大学来到休斯敦 ，从此就把这裡当成自己的家， 在此落地生根。

二十年前，在德州州议会代表武候伯之倡议下， 我们成功地经过立法而成立了休斯敦国际区 ，多年来我和和在座的许多位理事们成功地把一片荒地耕耘成了本市一个非常繁荣而耀眼的商业区。

就在此时， 在座的膝权先生、 金诺威先生和我们一起在国际区内创设了休斯敦国际贸易中心， 一万五千多中小企业曾经通过此平台和世界各国进行贸易、 文化、 教育、 金融之交流。 

今晚我们三位中心之発起人也同时共同庆祝我们的金婚纪念日，通过我们多年来对社会国家所作之贡献及幸福美满的生活是庆祝金婚最大之献礼。

我们今天要特别感激至友国会议员多年来对国际区之大力支持和厚爱， 他是我们有史以来最亲民爱民的民意代表， 我们今天的特别佳宾德州土地资源局长布丁罕博士 ，妳的光临是我们极大之荣幸。 

今天我们更要感恩这块土地给予我们成长生存和発展之机会和动力， 让我们共𧪽歷史之新篇章。

Speech For The International Trade Center 21st Anniversary Gala In Houston, Texas

Tonight I am very honored to be gathered here together with our friends, community leaders along with many political, business and diplomatic and consular representatives to celebrate the 21st birthday of the International Trade Center. 

45 years ago my wife Catherine and I came to Houston from Beaumont, Texas. Since then, we have always called Houston our home.

20 years ago with a bill sponsored by State Representative Hubert Vo in the Texas State Legislature, we created the  Houston International District. Tonight we celebrate along with our board members Stephen Le, Dr. Nancy Mai and Owen Wang the fact that we have made our district into one of the brightest economic zones in the city of Houston. A real superstar for our local economy!

Glen and Katy, Jim and Sophia, myself and my wife Catherine... all our three couples have celebrated our golden wedding anniversaries since we became the founders of ITC. Over the last 21 years, ITC has served more than 15,000 small businesses in the greater Houston region. We should be very proud of our accomplishments. 

Finally, we really appreciate this great land that gave us the opportunity to be a part of this great nation.

We are here tonight to write another chapter of our history together.