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TV Media Star Rest In Peace

Anthony Yuen, a leading Chinese-American TV media star, has passed away in Taichung, Taiwan. He was a media icon for almost one-half century, both in print and television. Because of his professional position, he interviewed many VIPs and political icons all over the world. Through the TV screen his show was televised around the globe.

I met him in Los Angeles many years ago. We both graduated from the same university, Taiwan Chengchi University. When we started in the newspaper business, I went to LA many times to find more knowledge about the business. In the early 80’s there was a group of people that had organized a daily newspaper and had purchased many typesetting machines. All of these investors were so excited on that day. I met one of the local senior news editors then, Mr. J. C. Liu and toured their office.

Mr. Liu hosted a dinner and welcomed me and among the head guests was Anthony Yuen. Since we all had graduated from the same university, he told me all his stories about the media business. He looked very intelligent and was a good talker. Actually, he was one of the top news editors in the Chinese news media circles at that time. At that dinner table Mr. Liu strongly advised me that if I wanted to get into the newspaper business, my first priority should be to get a printing machine. Just like when you open a restaurant, you must have a kitchen. I took his advice to heart ever since that day. Otherwise, we don’t think we could have ever continued our media business until today.

In his later days, Anthony Yuen went to Taiwan and Hong Kong and became a very famous TV talk show host and interviewed many world leaders.

Both Mr. Liu and Mr. Yuen passed away recently. The Asian news media in the United States is still in its peak time and both men contributed to this success. We really give so much credit to these media pioneers who devoted their lifetimes to the news. Their contributions to society will always be remembered.

     新闻尖兵阮次山辞世

曾经在美港台新闻界服务近半世纪的新闻界前辈阮次山先生上月在台中辞世，他早年在美国各大华文媒体可谓是拓荒者 ，近二十年来他参加了香港电视媒体，曾经走遍世界，採访过无数政经领军人物，其名声可谓享誉全球华人观眾。

阮先生早年在洛杉磯时曾有一面之缘， 我们是大学校友，都毕业於政治大学，属前后期同学，在美南新闻早创时期，我到处去取经， 尤其是华人媒体最发达的南加州， 当时有一份当地侨学商各界共同投资的《加州日报》，声势甚大，办公室购置了数十台排版植字机，当时电脑排版系统尚未出现，我和另一位新闻界耆老刘宗周先生参观过后，他当时就告诉我：“老弟，他们搞错了，要买的是印报机器不是植字， 就如开餐厅， 一定要有厨房才能随时炒菜。”

当晚这位刘老请客，其中也有阮次山先生在座，第一次见到这位高谈阔论的学长， 领会他对新闻事业之热爱 ，也是当年美国华人媒体一支掷地有声的笔桿。

多年来 我特别感激刘老宗周先生之箴言赠语， 因為他的一句忠告，我们在媒体大道上拼搏了数十年， 和阮学长一样， 他们是在新闻战场上一名凋谢的战士，海外华文媒体為你们感到骄傲，你们都已经打了一场美好的仗，请一路好走 ⋯⋯⋯