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125 Anniversary
th 週年
善款共計募得超過十萬元。 後記
In August 2014, disasters occurred in Tai- Afterword
wan and China one after another. After the
gas explosion in Gaoxiong, Taiwan, a 6.1 百年世事，彈指滄桑。先僑秉持中華文化
magnitude earthquake devastated Ludian, 傳統之優良特性，中國人之勤勞美德，歷
Yunnan. Shuangqi Wu, the chairman of the 經艱苦，在海外開基創業。早期羅省中華
CCBA, convened all Chinese immigrants to 會館的歷史可考者不多，不盡之處，勢所
help the victims through the Send Love to 難免，敬希社會賢達，提供相關史料，以
Gaoxiong and Send Love to Ludian donation 利日後增補。
campaigns. These campaigns were to help For hundreds of years, Chinese immigrants
and encourage the victims who had just have attained moral excellence and merits
lost their homeland to live on and rebuild due to their hard work and efforts in es-
their homes. All Chinese groups responded tablishing a foundation to assist future im-
intensively, as all Chinese from both sides migrants. The early history of the CCBA is
of the sea were the same family and of the difficult to research and verify. We apolo-
same blood. On August 9th, The Donation gize for any shortcomings in this regard.
of Ludian, Yunnan was held at the Golden We hope that readers would kindly provide
Dragon Restaurant in Chinatown. The total us with information you might have so that
donation amount was $100,000. we could supplement our database in fu-
ture publications.
捐款台灣高雄氣爆和中國雲南魯甸地震
Donations for Gaoxiong, Taiwan and Ludian, Yunnan.
60 | 羅省中華會館大事記要 Major Events
