Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce to Host 13th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration on February 7

Celebration to Include Awards Ceremony Honoring International SEMATECH Manufacturing (ISMI), Dell, Austin Mayor Will Wynn, and Designer Michael Hsu

Austin, TX -- The Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce (TACC) announces the 13th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday, February 7, 2009. In the attitude of the Lunar New Year, the Celebration brings calm stakeholders from assorted communities in Austin - ample and baby businesses, educational institutions, government, and the accessible at large. With this year's affair of "Going Green," the Year of the Ox Celebration ceremoniousness Texans that are committed to a acceptable "green" future, including those that are architecture Austin's brand, and practice, as a nationally aggressive blooming city, and those that are influencing the all-around accumulation chain.

As allotment of the Celebration, TACC will present four awards to individuals and corporations that accept contributed to Austin's alteration to a acceptable blooming economy:

 

Global Green Awards to Dell & International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) - These awards account Austin-based high-technology innovators that accept had a cogent access on the all-around blooming accumulation chain, and accept appropriately furthered Austin's all-around casting as one of the top blooming cities, and one of the top addition cities, globally. Texas Sustainability Leadership Award to Austin Mayor Will Wynn - This accolade is accustomed to a accessible alone that has acclimated his/her belvedere to advanced practices that actualize a acceptable abridgement for the citizens of Texas. Sustainable Horizon Award to Designer Michael Hsu - This accolade is aloof for a clandestine alone that has approved charge to advancing acceptable practices in his or her field.
"This year's awards were created to account those who advantage Austin's accustomed bread-and-butter resources," says Mohan Kharbanda, Chairman of the Board of the Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce. "Austin is at the beginning of sustainability initiatives and anniversary of the accolade recipients accept played a different and important role in authoritative this a absoluteness - be it by adopting a collaborative business climate, accomplishment new architecture milestones, or acknowledging blooming technology analysis and development. By highlighting those who are accomplishing results, we animate arising companies and caring individuals to do the same"

TACC's 13th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration welcomes the "Year of the Ox," which symbolizes abundance through chain and harder work. Tradition dictates that ancestors and business ties are acclaimed in the aboriginal fifteen canicule of the year. As such, the anniversary anniversary brings calm government & association leaders, business owners, association organizations, and above corporations every year to bless the ability of bounded and civic Asian American Achievements. Additionally, during the celebration, TACC will accolade $1,000 academy scholarships to four Asian-American top academy seniors who accept excelled either scholastically or in their community. Key sponsors cover Jones Day, Dell, and Vinson & Elkins.

This year's Lunar New Year Celebration will affection a accession abounding with Asian hors d'oeuvres, a bashful arrangement with a appearance of the new city skyline, banquet featuring cuisine from assorted Asian cultures, ball from award-winning architecture actor Les McGehee and Miss Asian Texas Allyn Hoang, who will advance the Parade of Nations pageant; and musicians including pianist Betty Lin and the Akins High School Eagle Band. Dinner will be followed by a abide casting and dancing in the amphitheater - including Dragon Dancers, Tahitian Dancers, Bamboo Dancers, and Ballroom Dancing.

The accident begins at 6:00 PM on February 7, 2009 and will crop abode at the Sheraton Hotel in city Austin, Texas. Tickets are accessible for acquirement online: http://tacc.clubexpress.com/.

About Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce (TACC)
TACC is a non-profit alignment committed to announcement business opportunities and afterpiece ties amid the Asian-American association and the Central Texas association at large.

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