[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E24]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING HARRISON LIM ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 8, 2016

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to a great 
community leader and dear friend, Harrison Lim, on the occasion of his 
80th birthday and 50th wedding anniversary. I join his family and 
friends, City officials, Chinese family associations and service 
organizations to honor and thank him for 45 years of extraordinary 
leadership, vision, and enormous generosity to the Chinese American 
community of the San Francisco Bay Area.
  Through the numerous organizations he has founded and guided, he has 
represented and served the political, economic and charitable needs of 
Chinese Americans living in the Bay Area. Today's Chinese American 
community is bright, vibrant, hopeful and prosperous, thanks to 
champions such as Harrison Lim.
  Harrison Lim immigrated to the United States in 1970, and since that 
time has devoted himself to helping newcomer families transition to 
their new homeland and pursue the American Dream.
  Harrison founded two essential nonprofit social service agencies in 
California, one in San Francisco and one in San Jose, to help new 
immigrants adjust to a new culture and achieve success.
  The first agency, Charity Cultural Services Center, was established 
in 1983 in San Francisco to help Chinese immigrants learn English and 
gain skills to become independent and thrive in their new community. It 
has provided immigration and naturalization services, cooking and 
carpentry job training and placement, tutoring programs with San 
Francisco high schools and much more. Before retiring in 1998, Harrison 
purchased a building in the heart of Chinatown as a permanent home for 
this nonprofit agency.
  The second nonprofit agency, Cross-Cultural Community Services 
Center, was established in 1991 in San Jose. Staff worked with the City 
of San Jose and 14 elementary schools to provide tutoring and 
afterschool activities for African American, Southeast Asian, Hispanic 
and Chinese American students to help them achieve academic success.
  Mr. Lim has won numerous awards during his career, including: Unsung 
Hero Award by KQED Channel 9 and the Examiner Newspaper--1995; 
Community Hero Award by the San Francisco Foundation--2001; Community 
Hero Award by the World Journal--2004; Most distinguished alumni for 
Chinese University of Hong Kong's 50th Anniversary--2013; Outstanding 
Volunteer Award from President Barack Obama--2015.
  Harrison remains active on the board of the Chinese Consolidated 
Benevolent Association. For the past 30 years, he has helped the 
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and the United Way 
fundraise for 12 agencies in Chinatown, such as the YMCA, YWCA, Chinese 
Hospital and Self Help for the Elderly. He has also been recognized for 
his leadership in establishing the Chinatown Campus of San Francisco 
City College.
  I have been honored by our longstanding friendship and wish to thank 
his wife, Margaret, his daughters, Artina and Rosana, and his sons, 
Jackson and Samson, for sharing their extraordinary husband and father 
with us.

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