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106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 121

Congratulating Representative Stephen S. F. Chen on the occasion of his 
    retirement from the diplomatic service of Taiwan, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2000

 Mr. Craig (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. Murkowski) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Congratulating Representative Stephen S. F. Chen on the occasion of his 
    retirement from the diplomatic service of Taiwan, and for other 
                               purposes.

Whereas Representative Stephen S. F. Chen has been a member of Taiwan's 
        diplomatic service for forty-seven years;
Whereas Representative Chen has represented Taiwan's interests in such countries 
        as the Philippines, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and the United States;
Whereas Representative Chen has held a number of important positions in his 
        government at home, including those of Vice Foreign Minister and Deputy 
        Secretary-General to President Lee Teng-hui;
Whereas Representative Chen's many years of service in the United States include 
        appointments as Taiwan's Consul-General in Atlanta from 1973 to 1979 and 
        as Director of the Coordination Council for North American Affairs in 
        Chicago from 1980 to 1982 and Los Angeles from 1988 to 1989;
Whereas Representative Chen has served with distinction as Taiwan's senior 
        diplomat in the United States since 1997, when he became the 
        Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office 
        in Washington, D.C.; and
Whereas Representative Chen has been a friend of the United States and earned 
        the respect and genuine affection of many Members of the Senate and 
        House of Representatives: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) Representative Stephen Chen is to be congratulated for 
        his many years of distinguished service to Taiwan and for his 
        friendship to the United States; and
            (2) the best wishes of Congress are to be extended to 
        Representative Chen and his family on the occasion of his 
        retirement.
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