Mr. Speaker. I rise today and ask my colleagues to join me In honoring two outstanding Individuals from Las Vegas. NV. Wing and Lilly Fong. In February 1992 these two individuals were the first ChineseAmericans to have the honor of having an elementary school named after them. At the age of 13. Wing immigrated to the United States from Canton. China. He attended Woodbury College In California. where he earned a business administration degree and met his future wife. Lilly. They married In 1950 and settled In Las Vegas. Wing joined the firm of Pioneering Distribution. Mr. Fong opened his own grocery store. and.
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