[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 164 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING THE TAI LOOK MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION ON THEIR CENTENNIAL 
                            ANNIVERSARY GALA

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                        HON. NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 12, 2017

  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to congratulate the Tai 
Look Merchants' Association on their Centennial Anniversary Gala. I 
thank you for your commitment to bettering the community of Chinatown 
and the community of New York City as a whole.
  The Tai Look Merchants' Association was established on 1917 in Hong 
Kong but expanded to New York less than a decade later, and has been a 
part of our community ever since. For a century the Tai Look Merchants' 
Association has contributed to the community through the mission, ``for 
the love of the Country and Motherland.''
  Under the leadership of Teddy Mui and representing over a hundred 
members and small businesses, Tai Look Merchants' Association has shown 
the good that can be done when people work together, from raising money 
for victims of the Sichuan Earthquake and Hurricane Katrina to holding 
local Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations for Chinatown's seniors.
  As they celebrate 100 years of tremendous work, I am confident the 
Tai Look Merchants' Association will continue to build on its history 
of service and find many more years of success.

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