Meng can refer to the following:

• Master of Engineering (MEng or M.Eng.), an academic or professional master's degree in the field of engineering
• ɱ, the symbol used for the labiodental nasal consonantal sound
• Meng (孟), a Chinese surname, notable people including Mencius
• MENG, acronym for Marketing Executives Network Group
• Tonga Fifita, a former professional wrestler who used "Meng" as his stage name in World Championship Wrestling

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Su Meng (simplified Chinese: 苏萌; traditional Chinese: 蘇萌; pinyin: Sū Méng; born 1988 in Qingdao, Shandong) is a Chinese classical guitarist. She started studying classical guitar in 1997 under the tuition of Chen Zhi of the Central Conservatory of Music.

She has also performed in a quartet formation (Four Angels) with Wang Yameng, Li Jie, Chen Shanshan.

Currently she is concertizing in a duo-formation with Wang Yameng, as the Beijing Guitar Duo.

Competitions[link]

In 2002, Meng Su won first prize in the 5th Vienna International Guitar Competition. Three years later, in 2005, she garnered first prize in the 48th Tokyo International Guitar Competition. In 2006, she was the winner of the first Parkening Young Guitarist Competition.

Discography[link]

• Guitar Concert in Korea by Four Angels Quartet, 2006 (Alma Guitar)

Video[link]

• Yameng Wang & Meng Su (Guitar Concert in Korea - Live) 2005 (Alma Guitar)
• Guitar Concert in Korea by Four Angels Quartet, 2006 (Alma Guitar)

References[link]

External links[link]

Homepages[link]

• Homepage (mengsuguitar.com)
• Beijing Guitar Duo (Duo: with Yameng Wang)

Biographical[link]

• Biography (Peabody Institute)
• Biography and Photo (from www.almaguitar.com)
• Info

Other[link]

• Jonathan Palevsky interviews the Beijing Guitar Duo (Meng Su & Yameng Wang) and their mentor Manuel Barrueco (March 20, 2010) (ref)
• Performance: Paganini - Caprice no 24 (ref)

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Dato' Chua Jui Meng (Chinese: 蔡锐明; pinyin: Cài Ruìmíng); born October 22, 1943) is a Malaysian politician from the state of Johor. He was the country's longest serving Minister of Health, holding that position from 1990 to 2004.

Chua is a lawyer called to the British Bar as a Barrister-at-law at the Inner Temple before entering politics through his involvement with the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). After 35 years with the party, he quit to join Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in 2009.

Political career[link]

Prior to entering full-time politics, Chua was a student activist in the 1970s. He was president of the Malaysian and Singaporean Law Society in the United Kingdom and Ireland as well as Editor in Chief of the Federation of UK and Ireland Malaysian and Singaporean Student Associations.^[1]

Malaysian Chinese Association[link]

Chua began his political career in 1976 when he became a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association, a component of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. In the 1986 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Bakri, a seat he retained for five consecutive terms.

His speech in Parliament in 1988 on the "Malaysian Chinese dilemma" as a result of the "deviations and misimplementation" of the New Economic Policy (NEP) sparked the formation of the National Economic Consultative Council (NECC). The NECC formulated the National Development Policy (1990–2000), which Chua credited as key to liberalising the economy, education and culture and turning Chinese voter in favor of Barisan Nasional from the 1990s to 2004.^[1]

In 1989, Chua was appointed parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of Health. He was elected as a vice president of the MCA in 1990 and became the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry following the 1990 general election. During this period, he worked on developing small and medium enterprises and promoting trade with China.^[1]

After the 1995 general election, Chua was appointed Minister of Health. During his tenure, Chua led the government's fight against the Coxsackievirus outbreak in 1997, the Nipah virus outbreak in 1999, the Japanese encephalitis outbreak in 2000 and the global SARS epidemic in 2003.^[1]

MCA fell into crisis in 2001, when factional infighting between "Teams A" and "B" became public. Chua aligned himself to the Lim Ah Lek-led Team B during the Nanyang Siang Pau takeover crisis.^[2] The 2002 party elections were cancelled, and Chua retained his vice presidency under the MCA "peace plan" of 2003, which saw Ong Ka Ting assume the presidency. However, he was dropped from the Cabinet after the 2004 general election as he was not recommended to the prime minister by the new party leader.^[3]

In the following year's party elections, Chua challenged Ong for the presidency. He performed above expectations, garnering more than a third of the delegates' votes, but was unable to topple the heavily-favored Ong.^[3] He made another long-shot attempt at the presidency in 2008, but lost out to Ong Tee Keat.^[4] He did not contest the 2008 general election as his former seat of Bakri fell to the opposition.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat[link]

In July 2009, Chua quit the MCA to join the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), citing the need to preserve the two-party system that emerged after the 2008 elections.^[5] In June 2010, the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail revoked the state awards (carrying the titles Dato' and Dato' Seri) conferred to Chua by the previous Sultan. Chua accused Barisan Nasional of instigating the move as payback for joining the opposition.^[6] He still retains the Dato' title since he was conferred other state titles by the Sultans of Selangor and Pahang.

He is PKR's chief in Johor, a Barisan Nasional stronghold.^[7][8]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website

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John C. Liu 劉醇逸
Liu at the 2009 West Indian Day Parade.
New York City Comptroller
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2010
Mayor	Michael Bloomberg
Preceded by	Bill Thompson
Member of the New York City Council from the 20th District
In office January 2002 – January 2010
Preceded by	Julia Harrison
Succeeded by	Peter Koo
Constituency	Queens: Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Mitchell Gardens, Kissena Park, Harding Heights, Auburndale; part of Whitestone
Personal details
Born	(1967-01-08) January 8, 1967 (age 45) Taiwan
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Jenny Liu
Children	Joey
Residence	Flushing, New York, United States
Alma mater	Binghamton University
Profession	Politician
Website	Office of the Comptroller

John Chun Liu (born January 8, 1967 in Taiwan) is a New York City elected official, currently serving as New York City Comptroller and running for the 2013 mayoral race. Liu previously served on the New York City Council representing District 20. He was elected to the City Council in 2001 to represent northeast Queens, and was re-elected in 2003 and 2005.

Liu entered the New York City Comptroller election in 2009 and won the race on November 3, 2009, becoming the first Asian American to be elected to a city-wide office in New York City.^[1][2] He was succeeded in the City Council by pharmacist Republican Peter Koo. Koo, along with Democrat Margaret Chin, a Council member from Manhattan, comprise the Asian-American delegation of the Council.^[3]

Liu's campaign fundraising practices are under investigation for violations of campaign finance law and possible use of foreign funds.^[4] Two individuals tied to the Liu campaign have been arrested on charges of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.^[5]

Biography[link]

At the age of five, he moved with his family to the United States from Taiwan. Chang F. Liu, his father, was a Master of Business Administration student and bank teller who worked 12 hour days.^[6] In honor of John F. Kennedy, Liu's father changed his sons' names to John, Robert, and Edward, and his own name to Joseph. Although both his parents spoke Chinese, Liu cannot speak it himself.^[7]

He attended PS 20 in Queens and the Bronx High School of Science to 1985,^[8][9] doing community organizing and volunteer work in his spare time.^[6]

He attended Binghamton University where he majored in Mathematical Physics and graduated in 1988.^[8] He worked as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and served as President of the North Flushing Civic Association before his election to the City Council.^[8][10]

Liu is married to Jenny Liu, an engineer, and has one son, Joey. He resides in Flushing, near where he grew up.

Political career[link]

Elected to the New York City Council in 2001 to represent District 20, the northeast Queens area (Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Mitchell Linden, Murray Hill, Holly, Kissena Park, Harding Heights, Auburndale, part of Whitestone), Liu is the first Asian American to be elected to the City Council.^[6] He served as the Chairperson of the New York City Council's Transportation Committee and also served on the committees on Education, Consumer Affairs, Health, Land Use, Contracts, Oversight & Investigations and Lower Manhattan Redevelopment.^[11]

In March 2009, Liu announced that he was running for the post of New York City Comptroller.^[12] Liu has raised $3 million for his political run, more than his competitors. ^[13]

Beginning in May, Liu picked up several endorsements. The Village Independent Democrats,^[14] The Queens County Democratic organization,^[15] the local Americans for Democratic Action chapter^[16] and the Working Families Party,^[17] 1199 SEIU union local and the Uniformed Firefighters Association endorsed him.^[18] On September 1, the United Federation of Teachers endorsed Liu.

In the September 15 Democratic primary, Liu was the front-runner, ending up with 133,986 votes, or 38 percent of the vote. Because he did not manage to reach 40 of the vote, a run-off election was required between Liu and runner-up David Yassky, who received 30 percent of the vote in the primary.^[19] Two weeks later, Liu won the run-off by taking 55.6% of the vote against Yassky.^[20][21]

In the general election on November 3, Liu won the comptroller election with 76% of the vote, a total of 696,330 votes. Republican candidate Joseph Mendola came in second with 19.3% of the vote. After he was officially sworn in to the post, Liu became the first Asian American to hold a city-wide political office in New York City.^[1][2]

Asian Political Leadership Fund[link]

Liu is one of the leaders of the Asian Political Leadership Fund, a federally-designated 527 fund whose purpose is to promote political leadership from within the Asian American community.^[22]

Controversy[link]

Fundraising irregularities[link]

Investigations into the fundraising practices of Liu's election campaigns found numerous irregularities, including the use of straw donors and undisclosed bundling.^[23] A New York Times article in October 2011 documented several inconsistencies: after canvassing 100 households that were listed as having donated to the campaign, 24 irregularities were found, including donations from individuals who claimed they never donated, whose employers donated in their names, and several purported donors who did not appear to exist and could not be found.^[23] Campaign finance laws stipulate that each individual donor must fill out donor cards themselves, and that individuals who "bundle" donations must be disclosed. Liu's donor records, however, did not disclose the identity of bundlers, and included multiple instances where several donor cards were written by the same hand. Many of the irregularities in Liu's campaign were connected to the Chinese business community in Queens.^[23] In New York City, every dollar donated to a candidate is matched with $6 in taxpayer money.^[23]

Following publication of the New York Times article, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating the irregularities in Liu's campaign.^[24] In November 17, 2011, one of Liu's fundraisers, 46-year-old Oliver Pan (潘心武, Pān Xīnwǔ), was arrested on charges of wire fraud from illegal donations.^[25][26] Pan was approached by an undercover FBI agent posing as someone who wanted to donate US$16,000 to Liu, which was over the city donation limit was only $4,950 for individual contributions.^[25] Pan then arranged for 20 fictitious donors to make donations to Liu's campaign with the money provided by the undercover FBI agent.^[26]

Initially in the first half of 2011 Liu has already received more than $1 million from fund raising contributions to his mayor run for supposedly 2013.^[25][27]

In light of the allegations of campaign finance fraud, Liu hired former state attorney general Robert Abrams to conduct a review of his campaign finances. However, in November 2011, Liu asked Abrams to suspend his inquiry in light of the ongoing FBI investigations. Abrams resigned on November 17.^[28]

In February 2012, a treasurer with the Liu campaign was arrested. 25-year-old Jenny (Jia) Hou was charged with using straw donors to circumvent campaign finance laws and gain more matching funds from taxpayers.^[29]

Foreign fundraising issue[link]

In late 2009, Manhattan federal prosecutors launched an investigation into the possibility that foreign money had flowed illegally into Liu's campaign for comptroller.^[4][28]

Pan is the president of a company called "Golden Arrow Property" (金箭房地產有限責公司).^[28] Oliver Pan's office is in 35 East Broadway, New York room 506 handles finance, banking, insurance and real estate.^[27] He also has an office in Mendham New Jersey.^[30] Some people in the Chinese community believe Liu is being framed.^[27] Pan's funding activities extended beyond Liu, as he was listed as a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign.^[30] Ru Mei-hua (盧美華 Lú Měihuá), director of planning for John Liu, helped him rise from a councilman 10 years ago to a major political force mainly connecting Liu to a network of Asian American businessmen in NY.^[31] She has been considered a key to understanding the fund raising details from donors, but denied requests to be interviewed.^[31]

See also[link]

• Government of New York City

References[link]

v t e New York City Comptrollers since the 1898 Consolidation Coler Grout Metz Pendergast Craig Berry McAneny Cunningham McGoldrick Taylor McGoldrick Joseph Gerosa Beame Procaccino Beame Goldin Holtzman Hevesi Thompson Liu

External links[link]

• Oliver Pan conspiracy to commit wire fraud complaints
• Animation on Donation controversy

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: John Liu

• Official New York City Comptroller Website
• Asian Political Leadership Fund

Angela Mao (born 20 September 1950), birth name Mao Fujing (simplified Chinese: 茅复静; traditional Chinese: 茅復靜; pinyin: Máo Fùjìng), is a Taiwanese actress best known for appearing in many martial arts films in the 1970s. She is sometimes credited as Mao Ying or Angela Mao Ying. She is nicknamed "Lady Whirlwind" and "Lady Kung Fu" by her fans.

Mao trained in hapkido, wushu, taekwondo, and other forms of martial arts during her film career to prepare for her roles. She was paid US$100 for her short role as the sister of Bruce Lee's character in the film Enter the Dragon.

Mao married Kelly Lui in 1974 and gave birth to a baby in 1976. She retired from films in 1992 to devote herself to her family.

Filmography[link]

• The Angry River (1970) - Lan Feng
• Thunderbolt (1970)
• The Invincible Eight (1971)
• Deadly China Doll (1972) - Hei Lu
• Hapkido (1972) - Yu Ying
• Lady Whirlwind (1972) - Miss Tien
• Enter the Dragon (1973) - Su Lin
• Back Alley Princess (1973) - Ying
• Sting of the Dragon Masters (1973) - Wan Ling-ching
• The Two Great Cavaliers (1973)
• The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
• Naughty! Naughty! (1974)
• The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss (1974) - Angela Li Shou-Hua
• The Invincible Kung Fu Trio (1974)
• The Tournament (1974)

• The Himalayan (1975)
• Return of the Chinese Boxer (1975)
• International Assassins (1976) - Queen of Cambodia
• Lady Karate (1976)
• Duel with the Devils (1977) - Chu
• Invincible (1976)
• The Eternal Conflict (1976) - Fei Fei
• Duels in the Desert (1977)
• Broken Oath (1977) - Lotus Lin
• The Damned (1978)
• Iron Maiden (1978) - Chin Lun
• Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire (1978)
• Return of the Tiger (1979)
• Snake Deadly Act (1979) - Brothel Madam
• Flying Masters of Kung Fu (1979)
• Moonlight Sword and Jade Lion (1981)
• The Stunning Gambling (1982)
• Ninja, the Violent Sorcerer (1982) - Anna (uncredited)
• Book and Sword Chronicles (TV series) (1984) - Luo Bing
• Eastern Condors (1987) (extra)
• Devil Dynamite (1987)
• Ghost Bride (1992)

References[link]

• Angela Mao on HKMDB
• The Films on Video of Angela Mao
• Hong Kong Information of Angela Mao
• Angela Mao at the Internet Movie Database
• Filmography
• magazine article

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