Su Zhen of Melbourne Chinese mayor on the west
Melbourne is the 2nd big city of Australia, also be international go up accepted optimum one of living cities. 2001, a Chinese that comes from Hong Kong is emigrant Su Zhen wins victory in mayor election on the west, become the mayor of the first Chinese on Melbourne history, also become the first mayor that by the citizen direct election produces. 2004, su Zhen enters into an election contest on the west make a great coup of be reappointed consecutively, enter again advocate Melbourne city hall, the watch understands Melbourne citizen to accept and speak favorably of to his. The citizen praises him is a crackajack mayor, it is one is represented multivariate culture and the mayor with shirt-sleeve nation. Today in this program, liu Jiang is about to be broadcasted for you interview Su Zhen of Melbourne Chinese mayor the conversational recording on the west.
Melbourne mayor Su Zhen on the west when coming to Australian Melbourne alone before New Year, more than 40 have seventeen years old only, he assiduously studies scientific baccalaureate in Melbourne university. Revive mayor memory says, what government of that moment Australia still is carrying out the colour bar is white bay policy, in Australia inferior descendants public figure is very little:
"1965 is when just coming to Melbourne from Hong Kong, I have seventeen only in those days, 18 years old, come over to study. Australia still has at that time white bay policy, I at that time is not very clear. I and other classmates oppose dialogue bay policy later, we established organization of a student. That moment Melbourne still does not have what Asia student, I am original a few more very few Asian one of. We think white bay policy is not a fair to all mass organizations policy, a lot of people especially the Chinese comes to Australia in acting 1849 immigrant, their job is very assiduous, the help built our city, also help built Australia this country, because this Chinese also ought to have their right, also ought to be accepted by social place. The Australian person that there is a lot of later also realised this, because this is in,the government abolished 1967 white bay policy. From thenceforth since, melbourne had developed truly multivariate the city of culture, australia also had developed truly multivariate the country of culture. Mere our Melbourne has the immigrant that comes from more than 140 countries, speak the language of 200 kinds of above, everybody gets along well. We have various culture celebration activities, the diversity of Melbourne culture is improving the life quality of our city ceaselessly, make the city that Melbourne became Australia to have energy most, also be the world go up optimum living city. Also be the world go up optimum living city..
Su Zhen is on the west in more than 40 years of Australia is OK saying is experience is abounded. He is a student in the begining, became a teacher later, again later at the same time teach runs Chinese restaurant at the same time, resigned finally pedagogic post, absorption begin to be in business. He introduced this paragraph of his experience for us:
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