Imagine the City of Seattle being completely flooded with water. People would have to abandon their homes, personal belongings, and maybe even pets. Having access to food would become a monumental challenge — a daily fight.
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EDITORIAL: Thailand flood victims needs help, but it isn’t getting enough — why?
Posted on 10 November 2011.
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READER’S CORNER: Have you ever gambled or are you still gambling? Can you join me in saying, ‘I have never gambled in my life?’
Posted on 04 November 2011.
By Gideon Sanoy For Northwest Asian Weekly The phone rang. Being a new desk clerk at the Bush Hotel, which is owned and managed by SCIDpda (Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation Authority), I was excited to answer, “This is the Bush Hotel. May I help you?” He asked me in what area the hotel is [...]
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 30 No 45 | 11/5-11/110 Comments
BLOG: One last lucky day of the year
Posted on 03 November 2011.
By Assunta Ng I got this from a few friends recently: “This year we are going to experience four unusual dates: 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11.”
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BLOG: Is Chinese food organic?
Posted on 03 November 2011.
By Assunta Ng The other day, at a dim sum lunch I donated at a Chinese restaurant, a non-Asian woman said she didn’t eat shrimp.
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BLOG: Play the lotto or eat delicious food
Posted on 03 November 2011.
By Assunta Ng Recently, an older Asian woman’s eyes caught my box of little golden, juicy, sweet tomatoes while I was waiting for the cashier at Uwajimaya.
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BLOG: Who has the money?
Posted on 03 November 2011.
By Assunta Ng China, of course. “These days, our real estate market is dry. No one has money to buy,” said a Chinese American realtor who dropped by the Asian Weekly earlier in the month.
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EDITORIAL: Too late for two warring parties to make amends? Nope.
Posted on 03 November 2011.
One of our front page stories, “LIHI exec and local group in dispute over former tenant’s $99,” is a classic he-said-she-said kind of story. Sharon Lee, executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), said she’s been unfairly harassed at home and at work by the Seattle Solidarity Network (SeaSol).
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COMMENTARY: Families and education levy hold key to livable wage jobs for our children
Posted on 28 October 2011.
By Janice Deguchi and Kristina Johnson For Northwest Asian Weekly By 2018, 67 percent of jobs in Washington will require post-secondary education. Today, only 25 percent of King County residents who have a bachelor’s degree or higher were born in Washington state. The City of Seattle elections are quickly approaching, and on the ballot this [...]
Posted in Commentaries, Vol 30 No 44 | 10/29-11/40 Comments
EDITORIAL: It’s never too late to say you regret
Posted on 27 October 2011.
By Assunta Ng Resolution 201 was approved by the Senate on Oct. 11, and it was a moment that was 60 years in the making — perhaps even 160 years in the making.
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BLOG: Beauty at Daejeon
Posted on 27 October 2011.
By Assunta Ng I snapped this photo at Daejeon Park in North Beacon Hill. Look at how beautiful the leaves are. Daejeon Park, featuring a Korean pavilion, is named after one of Seattle’s sister cities, Daejeon, South Korea. You should visit for yourself, as the leaves will soon fall as the cold settles in. [...]
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