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'They came from the back of the police station to the alleyway and through the kitchen and I think I was influenced a lot by these people to go into law,' Wong told host Rick Cluff on The Early Edition.
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There was also Randall Wong, the first Chinese-Canadian judge crown counsel and federally appointed judge.
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Vancouver-born Randall Wong is Canada's first federally-appointed Chinese-Canadian judge.
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He served as the first Chinese Canadian provincial Crown Counsel (1967) and became a BC Provincial Court judge in 1974. In 1981 he became the first Chinese Canadian federally appointed judge with his appointment to the British Columbia County Court. In 1990 he was promoted to a position on Canada's Supreme Court serving the Supreme Courts of British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut's Court of Justice.
- ↑ Edwin Lee (2017-05-31). "More Untold Stories from Vancouver's Chinatown: Musician Henry Young (Part One)". Rice Paper magazine . Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
- ↑ "Vintage Vancouver cafe named among top 50 in the world". CTV News . 2018-09-23. Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
The Telegraph newspaper of London lauded the Ovaltine Cafe at 251 East Hastings as remarkable for its vintage furnishings.