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Dear friends Found some more great photos from the Sleepout.

Sheng, Wing, Ray and Zheng sitted while Pan standing. Dear friends This year, I have the company of 4 other Asian CEOs who have signed on to sleep homeless on 19 June 2014.     5 Chinese CEOs sleeping out as homeless persons to raise funds for the homeless in WA 5名华人CEO将露宿街头为西澳无家可归者筹款 The St Vinnies De Paul CEO Sleepout has been taking place in Australia and also WA for the...

Dear friends Yes, it is that time again when I brave the cold. I am sleeping as a homeless lawyer for the 5th time on 19 June 2014. Yes this is the 5th time I am sleeping out. I will be one of the handful of CEOs who have done it for 5 years in a row. This year, I managed to persuade 4 other Chinese leaders of industry to...

Dear friends and readers It has been quite a while since I blogged on my Perth Asian Lawyer website. I have been blogging more on the Under 17s Badminton State team and the Aus Chinese Golf Association blog. Today, or is it tonight or this early morning as it is 15 May 2014 at 1.20 am. I am sitting with my eldest son Jazton Tan who just turned 18 years...

Dear friends I managed to bring my family to Beijing for a tour just before the new year. It was an eye opener. The family managed to climb the great wall despite it being winter. Highlights included visiting Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. The boys stayed back for another 21 days at Shishahai Sports Academy for badminton training with the Beijing Team. Here are some photos from the trip....

Dear friends Yes, we are now enjoying the year of the horse. The year is trotting ahead and we are in Feb already celebrating the Chinese New year. As we have done for many years, the office had the Lion Dance celebrations with guest enjoying themselves. Here are some photos:

Dear friends It has become a tradition for the office to have an end of year semi sporting affair. Last year we had a paintball shootout. A few of the staff still remember their bruises. This year it was up to Melanie and Meliana to organise the end of year affair. They decided on The Running Man. Apparently this is a Korean reality TV show where the contestant pit their...

Dear friendsI was honoured to have been invited to be a guest speaker at the WA Chamber of Commerce Migrant's Night. This took place last weekend.It was hallowing for me as it was to be a bilingual speech. I have never made a speech in Mandarin before in my life. Infact having failed Mandarin in secondary school, it has always been a hard slog for me to communicate with my...

Dear friends and readers Some of you may know Edie and Royce Hoy Poy. They were most influential within the Asian community and especially the Chung Wah Association which is the oldest Asian association in WA. On their passing, they donated an amount of money for the setting up of facilities for the care of aged persons of Asian descent. A foundation has been set up for that purpose. I...

Dear friends and readers I am back at work now after surviving a cold night at the WACA for my 4th CEO Sleepout. It has been a successful fundraising event, highlighting the plight of the homeless and how, we as ordinary Australians can help these unfortunate people. WA had 108 CEOs participating. WA has raised a total of $1,097,610. Australia wide, we have raised over $3 million. I managed to...