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July 26 - August 1, 2002

Elaine Chao Says APA Community Needs Political Development

Secretary of Labor visits S.F.’s Chinatown

By Martha Smilgis
The San Francisco Examiner

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao’s trip to San Francisco last week was not only about revisiting her roots in San Francisco’s Asian Pacific American community. As a political veteran, Chao recognizes that the APA community, for all its economic energy and cultural richness, still needs to be developed as a political resource. To that end, she made very good use of her time here.

Chao visited Chinatown on Thursday to address the Lung Kong Tin Yee Association, the venerable business and community group. She later joined GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bill Simon for a fundraising dinner at the Fairmont Hotel for 500 local APA leaders...

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