By: Gallegos S.R. No. 154 1-1 By: Gallegos S.R. No. 154 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to 1-4 recognize His Excellency Dr. Chih-Kung Wang, who is the Minister 1-5 of the Economic Affairs Council of the Republic of China on Taiwan; 1-6 and 1-7 WHEREAS, Appointed by the President of the Republic of China 1-8 on June 10, 1996, this distinguished gentleman earned his bachelor's 1-9 degree from the Department of Agricultural Economics of National 1-10 Taiwan University; he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in 1-11 marketing from Texas A&M University; and 1-12 WHEREAS, After returning to Taiwan in 1978, he became a 1-13 professor renowned in the fields of marketing and business 1-14 management at the National University of Taiwan and in the 1-15 Graduate School of Business of National Chengchi University; and 1-16 WHEREAS, After serving as Executive Secretary of the 1-17 Investment Commission of MOEA, reviewing foreign and outbound 1-18 investments, Dr. Wang accepted the post of Director General of 1-19 the Department of Commerce of MOEA, supervising the administration 1-20 of company law and other domestic regulations and commerce laws; 1-21 and 1-22 WHEREAS, In 1992, he was promoted to Chairman of the Fair 1-23 Trade Commission, Executive Yuan, a new independent commission made 2-1 up of nine commissioners in charge of enforcing the Fair Trade Law, 2-2 which came into force on February 4, 1992; and 2-3 WHEREAS, This respected gentleman was actively involved in 2-4 the Third APEC Ministerial Meeting held in Seoul, South Korea, in 2-5 1991; and 2-6 WHEREAS, It is indeed an honor and a genuine delight to 2-7 welcome a notable individual such as Dr. Chih-Kung Wang to the 2-8 City of Houston and the State of Texas; now, therefore, be it 2-9 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-10 75th Legislature, hereby extend a warm welcome to His Excellency 2-11 Dr. Chih-Kung Wang with sincere wishes that he have an enjoyable 2-12 and successful visit; and, be it further 2-13 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-14 Dr. Wang as an expression of the admiration and respect of the 2-15 Texas Senate. 2-16 ______________________________________ 2-17 President of the Senate 2-18 I hereby certify that the above 2-19 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-20 on February 12, 1997. 2-21 ______________________________________ 2-22 Secretary of the Senate 2-23 ______________________________________ 2-24 Member, Texas Senate