[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12671]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      A TRIBUTE TO VINCENT HOSANG

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 17, 2008

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Vincent 
HoSang, CEO and President of Caribbean Food Delights, a nationally and 
internationally renowned wholesale trade corporation that produces 
Caribbean delicacies.
  HoSang was born in Springfield St. James, Jamaica to Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry HoSang, and was the eighth child of ten. As a child, HoSang had 
aspirations of becoming a medical doctor but halted his studies to help 
his uncle manage a family grocery store. However, it was this 
introduction to food services that placed HoSang on the road to 
founding a lucrative corporation.
  In February of 1968, HoSang migrated to Bronx, NY where he saved 
enough money to buy a fast food store known as ``Kingsbridge Delight,'' 
which sold fried chicken, shrimp, ribs, and French fries. In 1980, 
HoSang bought ``Sunrise Bakery'' on Dyre Avenue; HoSang changed its 
name to ``Royal Caribbean Bakery'' and expanded the corporation into a 
20,000-sq ft. wholesale trade company in Mount Vernon, NY.
  In 1993, HoSang bought 73,000 sq. ft. of land property in Tappan, New 
York where he founded Caribbean Food Delights, which produced various 
Jamaican cuisines. Since then, Caribbean Food Delights has expanded to 
become internationally recognized and received the Forbes award on 
February, 5, 2007. Along with his success, HoSang finds time to give 
back to the communities he's belonged to. Vincent HoSang Family 
Foundation, founded in 2003, and it contributed $150,000 worth of 
scholarship money to business students at the University of the West 
Indies; this is just one example of the many ways HoSang attempts to 
serve others.
  In closing, Vincent HoSang has dedicated his life to helping others 
through philanthropic giving and through food services.

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