- 1958 Established "Maria's Culinary Arts
School" in Hong Kong
With Sylvia Wu (owner of Madame Wu's in Los Angeles) at
a cooking demonstration
- 1966 Opened the first "Maria's" Cake
Shop
- 1967 Appointed Adviser to the Women's Welfare
Assn
- 1967 - 1984 Hosted weekly cooking
program on Rediffusion Television, Hong Kong
- 1970 Invited by the Prime Minister of New
Zealand to assist in the promotion of New Zealand products. Hosted cooking programs
for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in New Zealand
- 1971 Opened the first "Maria's" Coffee
House in Hong Kong
- 1972 Recorded HK's first Cooking LP - it is now a
collectors' item.
- 1974 Established a publishing and printing
business and founded "Maria's Journal", a monthly women's magazine
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- 1975 Hosted several
television shows for the Taiwan Television Corporation in Taiwan
- 1982 Branched out into the catering business
in Hong Kong
- 1984 Chinese Art & Culture Lecture Tour of US
Universities
- 1984 Dedication of Maria's Tower at Pace
University, New York
- 1984 - 1985 Established Kwan Fong Charitable
Foundations in Hong Kong and Los Angeles
- 1987 Appointed to the Board of Regents of California Lutheran University
- 1988 Invited as speaker at a dinner organized
by the Organization of Chinese American Women ("OCAW") in Washington, DC
- 1988 Inaugurated "Maria's Building"
in New York
- 1988 Opened the first "Maria's"
Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong
- 1989 Invited by Members of the US Senate and
House of Representatives to the 37th Annual National Prayer Breakfast Meeting with the
President George Bush and Mrs Bush
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1990 Appointed as honorary
member of the Board of Trustees of Pace University, New York
1991 Invited to speak on
"Difficulties Confronting Women in Business" at a Women's Business Seminar
organized by the Hong Kong Jaycettes
1991 Held Art Exhibition at
Harvard University which was attended by the President of the China Institute in America
- 1993 Invited to topping-up ceremony of the
SAGE Kwan Fong Nim Chee Home for the Elderly. The Home was built with a donation
from Kwan Fong
1993 Appointed as a Director
of the Board of the Shanghai Primary School in Hong Kong
1993 Obtained Education
Ordinance (Cap. 279) Certificate of Approval as a Manager
1993 Invited by the Hong Kong
Society for the Aged to speak on "Senior Citizens in Modern Living"
1997 Gave lectures on "My
Business and My Philosophy" at Yunnan Normal University, Lingnan University (H.K.)
and City University (H.K.)
1997 Gave lecture at the
Kunming University as a Visiting Professor
1998 Gave lecture at the
Nanjing University as an Advisory Professor
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