David Coleman (Banks, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today I rise to commend the Chinese Australian Services Society, better known as CASS, for organising a successful charity dinner on 7 June, held at the The Eight restaurant in Sydney. The charity dinner raised funds for the building of a residential aged-care facility—a goal that CASS has been working towards for some time. The facility will serve frail aged people of East Asian background, providing culturally and linguistically appropriate care and services, including meals, programs and activities. It is a tremendous project.

There were some great performances on the night, including a lion dance by the Australian Yau Kung Mun Chinese Martial Arts Association and a flute performance by Andy Yin, a very talented 17-year-old student, who is also involved in a number of CASS, Lions and other community initiatives. It was also great to hear from Deputy Consul-General of the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Sydney, Mr Tong Xuejun, who addressed the event.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank all of those involved in organising the night: Mr Benze Leung, Chairperson of CASS; Dr Bo Zhou; Mr Tony Pang; Mr Henry Pan; Dr Leng Tan; Mr Tao Bai; Ms Louise Wu; Mr Philip Ang; and Mr Clifton Wong.

Congratulations again to CASS. I wish them all the best in their efforts to build the much-needed aged-care facility.