Farewell with Dirctor General of the Taipei
Economic and Culture Office
Abbess Ven. Tien Inn, Ven. Tien Ling and Ven. Tien Neng attended the farewell party of Mr. Mark WP Liao,(廖偉平) Director General of the Taipei Economic and Culture Office in San Francisco on May 4, 2008.
Senator of California, Leland Yee; Cupertino Mayor, Kris Wang; Saratoga City Council, Aileen Kuo, and Vice Mayor of San Jose, David D. Cortese also attended this successful party and nearly 400 people from the local communities were present.
Special guests were Mr. Liao’s two daughters. It was a touching moment when she gave a heart-to-heart talk about her father’s life as Director General in the bay area. He is rarely home to be with his family as he is always so busy attending events in local communities. Many representatives of groups presented parting gifts to Mr. Liao and posed for group photos afterwards.
Mr. Liao, who is a Buddhist, specially invited the Abbess to have a group photo to be taken with representative members of the local communities. The party ended at 10:30pm.
On May 11, 2008, Mr. Liao joined the Ceremonial Bathing of the statue of baby Prince Siddhartha at ABLS. After the Bathing ceremony, he gave a talk to our devotees on his personal encounter with our Elder Chief Master Cheng Yi, Abbess Ven. Tien Inn presented him with a gift of books written by Elder Chief Master Cheng Yi.
In addition, we gathered pictures taken with Mr. Liao from all his past ABLS visits and the farewell party a few days before. We presented the pictures using an animated power point with two beautiful songs playing in the background.
We wish Mr. Liao all the best in all his future endeavors after he returns to Taiwan. May he be blessed with good luck and good health always.
