Kuan Cheong Yap
Kuan Cheong Yap, of Auckland, received the Queen's Service Medal, for services to the community. Mr Kuan Yap is the honorary treasurer of the New Zealand and China Association, honorary secretary of the New Zealand Guangdong Association, and a Council member of the Justices of the Peace Association. He has been involved with the International Buddhist Temple (Fo Guang Shan) and Tsi Ming Temple in Auckland since the 1990s. He has been a Chinese telephone counsellor for Lifeline and was the previous treasurer of Youthline Auckland. He has been the secretary and treasurer of the Chinese Mental Health Consultation Services Trust, honorary accountant of the New Zealand Tsi Ming Charitable Trust, and accountant and auditor of the Taiwanese Hwa Hsia Society.