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Chris Knapp of Marmora visited his son, Jeff, of New York City, who has spent the past four months working for Goldman Sachs in Tokyo and Hong Kong. They are shown with the Gazette visiting Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island, China. |
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Touring Tianjin In April, Henry and Betty Ann Rundio of Mullica Township traveled to Tianjin, China to visit their daughter, Deana Bielli, who is in a teaching hospital for stroke rehabilitation treatment. They are pictured at the entrance of Culture Street in Tianjin.
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Semester in Hong Kong Lea Marino, a Syracuse University student and 2004 graduate of Egg Harbor Township High School, is studying in Hong Kong this semester. Visiting Hong Kong's Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple with her are her father, Tony Marino of Egg Harbor Township, and her brother, Alex Marino of Linwood.
Wayne and Sue Dilks of Town Bank were recently in China climbing the Great Wall. “It was a steep climb both up and down but we had lots of company," they wrote. See future editions of scenes of Shanghai and Thailand. |
A peek from the peak Roxane and Mickey Hoffmann of Laurel Springs and Margate brought The Current to Victoria Peak, overlooking Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour.
Checking out China Raymond and Marian Parrington of Absecon traveled to China where they toured Beijing, the Yangtze River and Hong Kong. They also made a stop at the city of Xi'an, where archeologists recently uncovered an emperor's tomb guarded by thousands of life-sized terra cotta soldiers. |
 Robert F. Holden, retired teacher from Ocean City Intermediate School, stands with the Gazette near the entrance of the campus of Shanghai University where he and one other U.S. teacher and 15 teachers from British Columbia were on a peace and reconciliation study tour (sponsored by B.C. Alpha, the Association of Learning and Preserving the History of World War II in Asia) to learn about the Japanese atrocities committed against the Chinese during the Asian-Pacific War 1931-45 to five cities in China from July 25 through Aug. 1. Holden and his study partner, Doug Cervi, of Oakcrest High School, will be developing a curriculum guide for this chapter of history to be published by the New Jersey Holocaust Commission this winter. The guide will be available to all high school history teachers in the state. |
World traveler This is Bill Greis of Egg Harbor Township on his first world trip. He is holding The Current outside his hotel, Ming Yuan Hotel in Nanning China.
Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Marchesani of Avalon and Bonita Springs, Fla. visited China in September and took along the Gazette. They are shown visiting the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. They saw many beautiful sites including the Great Wall of China. |
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