The museum opens its permanent location in Chinatown’s historic Wing Sang Building after more than six years of planning
, starting with then-premier John Horgan mandating the province’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry to establish the institution.
Lee hopes the museum can contribute to the revitalization of Chinatown and draw more foot traffic to the community. “I would say, where were you born?” Clement said. “They would say Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary. And yet, they would pull out an immigration card, and almost all of them were dated 1924.
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