November 1999 |
- Provided a talk to the
Victoria Police Academy’s new recruits on Vietnamese Community in
Victoria and its issues.
- Provided a talk to the Mt
Lilydale College on Indo-Chinese Refugee Experiences
- Provided a talk to the
Cralana Programme’s participants on "Eastern Values, Western
Values".
- Involved in a qualitative
business research for the Australian Taxation Office with Cultural
Perpectives
- Provided a keynote address
to welcome new Australian Citizens at the Bayside City Council’s
Citizenship Ceremony
- Attended Asialink’s 1999
Dunlop Asia Leadership Program Presentation Evening
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December 1999 |
- Participated in Asialink’s
1999 Dunlop Asia Leadership Program Interview Judging Panel
- Attended the Project
Steering Committee Meeting of "Bridging The Gap: Indo-Chinese
Prisoners in Port Phillip Prison"
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January 2000 |
- Involved in the VCA-VIC’s
Committee for Good Friday Appeal and Clean Up Australia Day 2000
- Provided consultation to the
African communities on the establishment of a peak and
representative organisation for the Africans in Victoria.
- Attended the Launch of
Vietvoice – a Vietnamese Community Free Newspaper
- Attended various New-Year
celebrations with a number of Vietnamese elderly groups and
associations.
- Attended Citizenship
Ceremony at the Quang Minh Temple
- Participated in the City of
Greater Dandenong’s Year 2000 Celebration Program of Cultural
Stories "Fables, folk tales and fabulous myths"
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February 2000 |
- Attended the Launch of the
Victorian Multicultural Commission Year 2000 Strategy Plan
- Presented a cultural
training for Department of Justice on drugs and drug related issues
in the Vietnamese Community in Victoria
- Attended the Vietnamese Yet
Kieu Scout Group’s AGM
- Attended the State’s
Conference on "Offenders and Drugs in Prison" at Port
Phillip Prison
- Attended the Launch of
" Multicultural Business Information Kit" by the City of
Greater Dandenong.
- Meeting with the Minister
for Gaming.
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March 2000 |
- Attended the Launch of
multicultural communities consultations of the Penington Drug Policy
Expert Committee
- Participated in the review
of the Emergency Relief Program
- Participated in the City of
Greater Dandenong’s Council sponsored GST Seminars
- Co-organised and
participated in the VCA-VIC Clean-up Australia Day in Springvale
- Attended the National
Conference organised by the Vietnamese Women Association in
Australia
- Attended the Quang Trung
Scout Group’s AGM in Clayton
- Attended an series of
meetings with the VCA-VIC to co-organise the Good Friday Appeal
- Provided a consultation on
cross-cultural training for the CFA
- Participated in a
fundraising dinner for the Good Friday Appeal
- Presented a workshop on
"Traditional Ways of Healing in the Vietnamese Community"
to the City of Hume
- Organised a GST information
session for the Vietnamese Community in the S-E region of Melbourne.
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April 2000 |
- Attended "Bridging The
Gap" Project at Port Phillip Prison
- Attended launch of
"Community Based Employment" Program – Dept of State
Development
- Presented at La Trobe Re:
"Ethnic issues in Australian Politics"
- Met with the Minister for
Correctional Services – Andre Haemeyer to discuss incarceration
issues
- Attended Ethnic Community
Council of Victoria on drugs forum at CO-AS-IT
- Presented to Dept of Justice
on "Drug problems in the Vietnamese community
- Ethnic Community Council of
Vic meeting with the Premier at the Maltese community centre with
other ethnic representatives
- Held a meeting with
Victorian Multicultural Commission in preparation for GST
- Met with PACMAC regarding
policing issues
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May 2000 |
- Attended the
"Responsible gaming and gambling" function in the City of
Greater Dandenong
- Attended launch of
"Year 2000 message book" organised by the City of
Melbourne
- Launched the "Little
kids" sports program at Springvale Secondary College
- Attended Dandenong public
forum on safe injecting facility
- Attended Mother’s Day
celebration with the Elderly Association in Springvale
- Met with Minister for
Community Services – Ms Christine Campbell to discuss community
issues, particularly the elderly and women related issues
- Launched the CFA report on
how to work with NESB communities
- Attended and organised drugs
consultations of DEPEC and Indo-Chinese community in the City of
Greater Dandenong
- Organised more GST workshops
for the general Vietnamese community and business sector
- Organised a meeting with
Vietnamese workers and a research project on the "Vietnamese in
prisons in Victoria"
- Attended Corroboree 2000 on
behalf of the Ethnic Community Council of Vic in Sydney
- Provided a presentation to
"palliative care" group in Ballarat
- Attended a gaming charter
forum in the City of Greater Dandenong
- Attended the Annual General
Meeting from the Vietnamese Soccer Club in Springvale
- Attended and sponsored
Mother’s Day celebration – organised by the Indo-Chinese Elderly
Citizens in Springvale
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June 2000
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- Organised a Vietnamese
consultation for "review of the current education system in
Victoria"
- Provided presentation to
Cralana program in Toorak
- Attended Ethnic Community
Council of Victoria meeting on "roles of schools"
- Participated in panel of
selectors "international residency" program – Asialink
- Attended annual training of
Hoi Giao Chuc/Vietnamese Teacher’s Association Victoria
- Met with Elderly Citizens
Association in Melbourne to organise annual conference
- Met with the Australian Red
Cross on "Future humanitarian aid in Vietnam"
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July 2000 |
- Co-organised with VUT on
"Van nan cua tuoi tre Vietnam/youth concern’s" community
forum
- Attended the
"industrial reform taskforce" ethnic community
consultation at the Maltese centre - Parkville
- Provided a consultative
session to World Vision on aid work in developing countries
- Provided speech on
"cross-cultural training on sport" organised by the City
of Greater Dandenong
- Attended and speech at Drug
Policy Expert Committee workshop for specialist drug treatment
services
- Met with Australian
Multicultural Foundation on ethnic communities’ participation in
the second phase consultation with DEPEC
- Met with Minister for Post
Compulsory Education, Employment and Training to discuss post
education issues for Vietnamese adults.
- Presented to "2000
International Year for Cultural of Peace to UN" forum – IYCP
UN Co-ordinating office
- Organised a Vietnamese
community organisations summit to discuss the Government’s funding
for the restoration of communities’ program
- Attended a Pathway Project
meeting for young people
- Met with the Correctional
Office re Indo-Chinese offenders
- Organised an NESB Drug
Expert Summit with the Australian Multicultural Foundation
- Attended 2 days forum
organised by DEPEC on prevention
- Preparation for the Thank
You Statue in Springvale.
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Aug 2000 |
- Attended the Australian Drug
Foundation’s Ethnic Communities consultation
- Addressed the 2nd
year medical students at the University of Melbourne on refugee and
displacement experiences
- Launched the Vietnamese
Diasbility Project
- Attended "Working
Together Project" South-Eastern Dept of Human Services
- Provided consultation on
race relations to Wellington Secondary College
- Meeting to discuss
Vietnamese Deportees situations with the Department of Immigration
- Provided cross-cultural
training session for Department of Justice’s staff
- Attended Sub Regional Cross
Sectoral Network Group on Working Together Strategy.
- Met with the Springvale Hme
Based Withdrawal Working Group
- Attended the 10th
Anniversary of the Vietnamese Program at Westall Secondary College
- Attended Victoria
Homelessness Strategies Regional Consultation
- Attended the Launch of the 1st
Melbourne Vietnamese Lions Club
- Attended City of Greater
Dandenong’s Community Forum on local gaming venues charter
- Attended SBS Radio’s
Presentations to LOTE Essay Competition
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Sept 2000 |
- Attended Ethnic Community
Council of Vic Executives Meeting
- Meeting regarding the
establishment of an Indo-Chinese Action Research Centre.
- Attended Drug Policy Experts
Committee’s Ethnic Communities Workshop on Drug Treatments
- Attended the launch of the
Multicultural Perspectives of Crime and Safety.
- Provided a talk at the
Footscray Rotary Club
- Attended the Country Fire
Authority’s Multicultural Advisory Group Meeting
- Organised Vietnamese Sunday
with the Immigration Museum and Vic-Health
- Met City of Greater
Dandenong’s officials regarding the Thank You Statue
- Met with Dept of Immigration
& Multicultural Affairs Grant Consultant regarding workers’
work program
- Attended Southern Break-Even
"Strategies For Change" Launch.
- Organised Children’s Moon
Festival
- Attended City of Greater
Dandenong Responsible Gaming and Gambling Reference Group
- Met the Minister for Gaming
regarding Community Support Fund and gambling problems
- Prepared SICMAA’s
Infrastructure Business Plan
- Organised Lantern Festival
visit to the Juvenile Justice Centre in Parkville
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Oct 2000 |
- Talked on "Role of the
Vietnamese elderly in illness management" – City of Kingston
- Attended Ethnic Community
Council of Vic – Executives Meeting
- Provided a talk on
Australians of Asian Background to the Victoria University of
Technology’s teacher course.
- Meeting with Minister for
Sport, Recreation and Planning.
- Talk to year 10 students at
St.Bede’s College on Viet-Nam War and The Refugee Experiences.
- Provided a talk to
Adolescent Forensic Health on Cultural Identity and Young People.
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