Post by NZBC on Jun 8, 2013 22:23:29 GMT 12
Nonagenarian .....
On Sunday 18th October 2009 at the Big Thumb Restaurant in AllenStreet, Wellington, Mrs. Gar Lung Wong 咘珍⦆約以
, celebrated her 90th birthday amidst a large family gathering and friends. Born onthe 9th
of September in the lunar calendar 90 years ago, her maidenname was Chan Chiel Kwun牠㙪㕸
from the Jungsen village of Tup Gong 便悛齟. Mrs. Wong was the first woman to be in the Tung Jung Association committee in 1967, following the death of her husband Wong Gar Lung 咘珍⦆. Many would
remember her for her Chinese pork buns and Chinese dumplings which she made to support herself and
her family in Sussex Street by the Basin Reserve many years ago. Surrounded by her son Norman,
daughters Ann, Jenny and Millie and four grandchildren she looked much younger than her 90 years!!
About 120 guests thoroughly enjoyed the evening and all wished her a very happy and healthy long life. www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2009/Summer_2009.pdf
On Sunday 18th October 2009 at the Big Thumb Restaurant in AllenStreet, Wellington, Mrs. Gar Lung Wong 咘珍⦆約以
, celebrated her 90th birthday amidst a large family gathering and friends. Born onthe 9th
of September in the lunar calendar 90 years ago, her maidenname was Chan Chiel Kwun牠㙪㕸
from the Jungsen village of Tup Gong 便悛齟. Mrs. Wong was the first woman to be in the Tung Jung Association committee in 1967, following the death of her husband Wong Gar Lung 咘珍⦆. Many would
remember her for her Chinese pork buns and Chinese dumplings which she made to support herself and
her family in Sussex Street by the Basin Reserve many years ago. Surrounded by her son Norman,
daughters Ann, Jenny and Millie and four grandchildren she looked much younger than her 90 years!!
About 120 guests thoroughly enjoyed the evening and all wished her a very happy and healthy long life. www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2009/Summer_2009.pdf