[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E493]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN HONOR OF THE TVB BENEFIT VARIETY SHOW 2003

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                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 18, 2003

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to praise the extraordinary 
efforts of NYU Downtown Hospital and its Chinese Community Partnership 
for Health program, for all of their work in health education, outreach 
and case management throughout lower Manhattan. I salute them on the 
occasion of the fourth annual Hong Kong Television Broadcast Limited 
Benefit Variety Show, which raises funds for this worthy cause.
  Lower Manhattan is a diverse community that welcomes thousands of new 
immigrants every year, especially to the dynamic neighborhood of 
Chinatown. NYU Downtown Hospital is the only health care facility in 
the area and works to guarantee that these immigrants have access to 
quality health care.
  The hospital has numerous successful outreach programs including the 
Chinese Community Partnership for Health (CCPH) program. The CCPH works 
to promote health care to all the residents of New York's Chinese 
community, including the tens of thousands of new residents each year. 
For ten years, the CCPH has served more than 80,000 garment and 
restaurant workers, elderly Chinese residents and school children in 
the Hospital's service area.
  The centerpiece of the Partnership program is its health screening 
activities conducted by specially trained outreach teams that include 
bilingual nurses with both Eastern and Western healthcare concepts and 
practices. CCPH helps these immigrants overcome language and cultural 
barriers which prevent them for receiving the medical assistance they 
need and deserve.
  To help raise funds for this worthy cause, CCPH and NYU Downtown 
Hospital will host a three-day extravaganza featuring a celebrity gala 
dinner and culminating in the Benefit Variety Show. Produced by the 
Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), the Benefit Variety Show 
is an annual event in its fourth year that will be held in New York on 
March 22nd. The festivities are broadcast worldwide, which helps to 
display New York's tremendous diversity.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the many individuals who work tirelessly to make this event 
an annual success, including Sir Run Run Shaw, Executive Chairman of 
TVB, George C.K. Liu, Chairman of the Physician Committee, and Hong 
Kong Superstars Jerry Lamb, Sonija Kwok, Edwin Siu, Joey Yung, Steven 
Ma, Moses Chan, Ming-Fai Koi, and Christopher Wong. I would also like 
to recognize the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, who are 
the grand benefactors of this event and do so much throughout Chinatown 
to serve and protect the interests of the Chinese community in New York 
City.
  I appreciate all the good work that CCPH does to promote quality 
health care and I wish them great success with this year's variety 
show.

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