[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING ALFRED K.Y. LAM ON BEING NAMED GUAM'S 2006 MINORITY 
                  SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

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                       HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 28, 2006

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and commend 
Mr. Alfred K.Y. Lam, affectionately known to everyone on Guam as 
``Uncle Alfred,'' on being named the 2006 Minority Small Business 
Champion of the Year by the United States Small Business Administration 
Guam Branch Office.
  Alfred's entrepreneurial spirit, diligence, and perseverance have 
made him a successful businessman on Guam, but his commitment to the 
development and promotion of other minority businesses over the last 30 
years makes him deserving of the Minority Small Business Champion of 
the Year award.
  Since coming to Guam in 1972, Alfred has operated his own business, 
finding a wealth of business opportunity in Guam's burgeoning shipping 
industry. Even in those early days, Alfred saw the need to nurture 
other small businesses for the benefit of the entire community.
  From 1974 to 1976, he served as the vice president of the United 
Chinese Association, and was the charter president of the Asian Pacific 
Lions Club in 1982. During this time, Alfred also helped form the Sea 
Transport Association, which was created to promote and stabilize the 
shipping market between Guam and the Far East for the benefit of 
Chinese merchants and Guam's economy as a whole.
  For the last two years, Alfred has also served as president of the 
Chinese Chamber of Commerce, which has begun to form alliances with 
other Chinese Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and 
Los Angeles.
  Alfred is a proven business leader, and continues to be an 
inspiration to the next generation of businessmen on Guam, including 
the 2005 Small Business Person of the Year, George Lai of Quality 
Distributors.
  I congratulate Alfred for being selected as the 2006 Minority Small 
Business Champion of the Year for Guam. Our island celebrates his 
recognition with his wife Kathy and his children. Uncle Alfred, we are 
all proud of you and we wish you continued prosperity.

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