Jimmie Kan
Jimmie Kan, of Palmerston North, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the Chinese community. Mr Kan has served the Chinese community and been a committee member of the Manawatu Branch of the New Zealand Chinese Association for more than 55 years. He contributed to the establishment of the Manawatu Chinese Community Centre and chaired its committee for 45 years. He represented Manawatu on the Office of Ethnic Affair’s Poll Tax Advisory Team. He has been a Sunday school teacher at the Palmerston North Chinese Mission since 1953. He has been coach and captain of the Chinese table tennis team and was a committee member of the Manawatu Indoor Basketball Team. Mr Kan was the Chinese community liaison for the Palmerston North City Council for 30 years, has been an interpreter for more than 30 years and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau Chinese contact for 25 years.