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Caitlin Bridel Needs a Bone Marrow Transplant URGENTLY!
Our Hakka community has a reputation for helping each other in times of need. We are asking for your help now on behalf of a young lady of Hakka and Scottish-English Canadian descent.
Caitlin Bridel needs a bone marrow transplant and her aunt, Cathy Lyn sent a letter outlining her quest to find a matching donor.
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Support for Canada's Oldest Hakka Temple in Canada
You can help Canada's oldest Hakka temple get a preservation grant by just sending in your vote. Below is a link to a letter from a volunteer at the Tam Kung Temple in Victoria, B.C. explaining how this is done.
The temple is in second place so far and your vote would help it to get the grant.
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Letter from Brittany a volunteer at the Tam Kung Temple in Victoria, Canada.
President's Inaugural Ball - Saturday, May 17, 2025
Please welcome our new President and Joint Board Members at our President's Inaugural Ball on Saturday, May 17, 2025. It will be at Casa Victoria Fine Dining, 8601 Warden Avenue, Markham.
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It will be fine dining indeed as there will be a 10-course banquet, entertainment by top R & B Canadian Recording Artist, Sean Jones of Soul in the City, and dancing by DJ Ptfire. There will be Lucky Draws, and a chance to win 2 tickets to Jamaica, courtesy of Distinguished Travel.
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Tickets are $125 per person, and doors open at 5:30 pm.
Dress is semi-formal. Full Details >>
For tickets, please contact:
Jennifer - 416-520-8813 Denise - 647-544-8848
Shirley - 416-471-9764 Janet - 647-532-7729
Sweetie - 905-201-9387
Welcome President and New Board Members
Thank you to Clive Yap Sam for his dedication and hard work in his capacity as President of Tsung Tsin Association of Ontario for the past two years, and to the Executive and Joint Board Members who were elected to the 19th Term of Office.
Warmest congratulations and welcome to Jennifer Chin, our new President, the Executive and the Joint Board members who have been elected to the 20th Term of Office (2025-2027). More Info >>
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Letters to My Grandchildren : Memoirs of a Dragon Lady Vol.I
- by Carol Williams-Wong
Carol draws on her memory to recall her happy and carefree life growing up in Jamaica, studying and getting married in Canada and returning to Jamaica only to follow her destiny to become a Hakka Chinese Dragon Lady in Toronto.
Jamaica My 50 Years in Photographs - by Ray Chen
The book is filled with beautiful images of Jamaican culture and shows the growth of the country. This is a final passion project for Ray, as he moved from Canada and relinquished his career as a successful commercial photographer, publishing over 10 books about Jamaica throughout the years.
Canadian Jamaican Chinese & Jamaican Chinese Worldwide, One Family
- by Patrick Lee
A wonderful reference book detailing the history of the Chinese migration to Jamaica between 1854 and 1884 and the lives lived on the island nation between the 1950s to the 1970s .
Son of Two Mothers
- by Sherwin Tony Chong
Son of Two Mothers has a sweeping historical backdrop that spans WW II,
The Sino-Japanese War, and countries that include Jamaica, China and Canada. But above all, it remains an intensely personal book. Sherwin Tony Chong was borne of two mothers and two lands, never quite belonging in any one place.
Conversation with a Hakka Dragon Lady Vol.I
- by Carol Williams-Wong
On Christmas Day 2019, Chinese-Jamaican Hakka Dragon Lady, Carol was presented with questions about her life of almost eight decades. Her replies would reveal her Maternal and Parental Family History, plus her own life stories.
Conversation with a Hakka Dragon Lady Vol.II
- by Carol Williams-Wong
During the pandemic of Y2020, Chinese-Jamaican Hakka Dragon Lady, Carol continues her life stories revealing her fun-filled, rewarding and purpose-driven life.
Letters to My Grandchildren : Memoirs of a Dragon Lady Vol.III
- by Carol Williams-Wong
As she enters the Fifth Zodiac Cycle of her life, Carol boldly faces the challenges and opportunities of the new millennium by drawing on the cultural values and strength of her Hakka Chinese and Jamaican heritage while living in the most diverse city of Canada - Markham, Ontario.
Finding Samuel Lowe Book & DVD - by Paula Madison
Spanning 4 generations and moving between New York, Jamaica, and China, a powerful memoir that is a universal story of one woman’s search for her maternal grandfather and the key to her self-identity.
Chiney Shop and Half DVD's
- by Jeanette Kong
This documentary explores the complex relationship and social interaction between the chinese shopkeepers and their Jamaican customers.
Letters to My Grandchildren : Memoirs of a Dragon Lady Vol.II
- by Carol Williams-Wong
Jamaican-Chinese Carol continues to
relate her memoirs during the next
Chinese Zodiac Cycle of her colourful
life migrating from Jamaica and arriving
for a second time in her new homeland
of choice - Ontario, Canada. Proceeds from book sales go towards the TTA relocation fund.