Come to Old Town Block Party tomorrow and be the first ones to wear the spanking new FPC buttons!!

FPC will be sharing a booth with OTCT Business Association at OTBP from 10am-5pm tomorrow.

Look for the big Music Under the Autumn Moon poster when you arrive.

Don’t they look like Chinese M&Ms from the distance?!

Thanks to our very talented designer friend Qiao Lin for this most wonderful logo and we are very excited that FPC is now with buttons!!

Stay tuned for new FPC buttons for you to grab at our next big party in Chinatown–Music Under the Autumn Moon on 9/25!!

Big time party time in Old Town this coming Saturday, 8/28, noon to 10pm–the 2nd annual Old Town Block Party!!

It’s happening on the parking lot b/t NW 4th + 5th Ave, b/t Couch + Davis Street in Old Town Portland.

Come visit with FPC at Old Town Chinatown Business Association booth for Music Under the Autumn Moon postcards, FPC BUTTONS, and more! 

Portland Chinatown is no Chinatown without the Hung Far Low sign, a national historic landmark.

The sign was removed during the 2008-09 renovation of the Hung Far Low building, which now houses Ping Restaurant. Portland citizens rallied to restore the 2000-pound landmark, raising more than $8,600 through commemorative t-shirt sales, a website and special events. PDC closed the remaining gap with approximately $45,000 in grant funding. The total cost of the project – which includes removal of the sign, design and restoration work, and its re-attachment to the building, is estimated at $77,461.

The Hung Far Low Building was built in 1916 and 1917. The eponymous restaurant was established in 1928 and operated on the second floor until its move to SE 82nd Avenue in 2005.

Initially, Security Signs planned to “re-skin” the existing sign framework, but instead proposed a new aluminum structure to replace the extensively-corroded framework. The sign has been completely re-constructed and painted to match the original colors.

It will take two days to re-install this two-story-high, 2,000 pound sign!!

Please join us for the festivity when it is unveiled at 7pm, on Thursday, September 2nd, at the corner of NW 4th and Couch in Chinatown.

Here is a nice article in Oregonian.

FPC was one of the co-sponsors for an APANO event last night at Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.  Thirty-two people attended Angie Chuang‘s lecture and panel discussions in a classroom on the 2nd floor of CCBA.  It was a great turnout for a Monday night after 4th of July.  Great discussions and ideas on how Asians in Oregon should take advantage of the diversity within our API communities to come up with a common goal/voice and start to “lead” in our society.

Thank you Bette Lee for helping to set up for the event.  Thank you Stephen Ying for making tea for us.  Thank you Chen’s Good Taste restaurant for providing delicious spring rolls, roast pork fried rice and mixed vegetables chow mien.