[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 73 (Friday, May 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E952-E953]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             BING SUM WONG

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                             HON. JOE BACA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 3, 2007

  Mr. BACA. Madam Speaker, I stand here today to honor and remember a 
loving husband and father, successful businessman, and dedicated 
community activist, Mr. Bing Sum Wong.
  Bing passed away on April 24, 2007, in San Bernardino, California. He 
was 95 years old.
  Bing spent his early childhood years in Kwangtung, China, and at the 
age of 13, moved with his father to San Bernardino.
  From this humble beginning, Bing went on to become one of the most 
successful businessmen in San Bernardino, as well as a great friend to 
the community.
  Bing opened his first restaurant in 1933, in Calexico. In 1956, after 
more than 20 years in the restaurant business, Bing and his wife Ting 
opened Bing's famous Cathay Inn, located on Highland Avenue. The 
restaurant was a huge success, and gave Bing the opportunity to focus 
on one of his true passions, education.
  In 1963, the Bing Wong scholarship foundation was formed. Since then, 
more than $600,000 has been distributed to students pursuing education. 
Today, the scholarships are

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given annually to three separate age groups: kindergarten students, 
seventh-grade students, and high school students.
  Bing was a longtime member of the Rotary Club of San Bernardino-
North, and a founding board member of both the American Security Bank 
and the Gom-Benn Village Society.
  He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the San 
Bernardino community, including an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane 
Letters from Cal State San Bernardino. The Norman F. Feldheym Library 
board of directors named a lecture hall after Bing in 1985, and an 
elementary school under construction in San Bernardino was named after 
him this year.
  Bing is survived by his wife of 76 years, Ting Wong; his three 
daughters Nanci Wong, Janice Lee, and Josephine Wong; nine 
grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.
  Let us take the time to pay tribute to this wonderful man. Let us 
celebrate the life he lived and the example he led.
  The thoughts and prayers of my wife Barbara, my family and I are with 
his family at this time.

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