{"id":8141,"date":"2018-07-11T10:27:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=8141"},"modified":"2018-07-11T14:23:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T21:23:51","slug":"george-chen-swears-in-as-torrance-councilmember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=8141","title":{"rendered":"George Chen Swears-in as Torrance Councilmember"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taiwanese American George Chen\u2019s won Torrance council seat in his first attempt, finishing second behind top vote-getter Tim Goodrich on June 5th<\/sup> election. The installation service held in July 10th<\/sup> in Torrance Council chamber. About 100 his supporters and friends attend the ceremony.<\/p>\n

As a retired engineer, George\u2019s campaign was also being watched closely from the kick off, since Torrance had no Asian-American representation on the council for many years, even though the city has a population of about 35 percent Asian American.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully my win is not because of my ethnicity or the color of my skin, but because people believed in my qualifications and my experience,\u201d he said. \u201cI can represent Asian-Americans just as well as non-Asian-Americans.<\/p>\n

Torrance local Chinese American residents hope George can help bring Chinese classes to public high schools.<\/p>\n

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George with his family members<\/p>\n

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George with his family members, supporters and friends<\/p>\n

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George with his mother<\/p>\n

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George with his wife<\/p>\n

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George’s family members at swearing-in ceremony<\/p>\n

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LA County supervisor Janice Hahn (Middle) appreciates all the contributions for outgoing Torrance council-members.<\/p>\n

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George receives congratulations Dr. Sophie Wong from his seat<\/p>\n

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Ex-Mayor and current councilmen Mitchell Ing\u00a0of city of Monterrey Park<\/p>\n

Mitchell also was George’s UCLA classmate<\/p>\n

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Noted Torrance real estate owner Arun\u00a0Bhumitra (Left)<\/p>\n

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