Mr. Speaker. on Monday. November 11. 1991. San Diego lost a great friend and dynamic leader with the passing of Mrs. Beverley Yip. And though she is no longer with us. the fruit of her work remains. Mrs. Yip lead many fights to help San Diegos immigrant communities. particularly the AsianAmerican community. In 1974. Beverley Yip founded the Union of Pan Asian Communities [UPAC with a $30.000 grant and developed it into the largest social service agency for Asians in the San Diego area. Today. UPAC serves over 13.000 AslanAmericans from Cambodia. China. the Philippines. Japan. Korea. Laos. Vietnam and the many Islandnations of the Pacific with a budget of $2.6 million.
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