The earthquake took place on 12/5/2008, killed about 70,000 people and leaving over 18,000 missing, over 15 million people lived in the affected area, including almost 4 million in the city of Chengdu. Here comes an opportunity to give, big and small, to help rebuild Sichuan...
Date: Saturday, 27th June 2009
Time: 4:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: New Spitalfields Market
Address: Sherrin Road (Off Ruckholt Road), Leyton, London E10 5SQ
Nearest Tube Station: Leyton (Central Line), then walk 10 minutes, or take bus W15
Parking: Plenty - over a thousand free parking spaces are available
Organisers: New Spitalfields Tenants' Assocition, Sunnyfield Veg Ltd, and Cook's Delights Ltd
Supported by: City of London, Walthamstow Council, and the London Development Agency
Ticket price: Free Admission
As you may have noticed, this event is not organised by us. However, it is undoubtedly an event for a good cause.... One year on, we still remember the deadly 7.9-magnitude Sichuan Wenchuan earthquake and continue to find ways to help those survivors to rebuild their lives. Here comes an opportunity to contribute... We would want to get involved and invite you, all our ICA members, to support it as much as we possibly can. So, please mark your diary, come and give, and share a meaningful and colourful summer evening together at the New Spitalfields Market in Leyton, the biggest fruit and vegetable wholesale market in Europe. The area is also the prime site for the 2012 London Olympic.
Programme highlight
Besides having a wide range of gourmets from around the world, there will also be fantastic entertainment that the organisers are going to bring you. These include: singing, dancing, dragon and lion dance, and more...
There are also stalls leased to various businesses for promoting their products and services. Among those with stalls, are well known Chinese enterprises, local exhibitors of British farm produce, and top chefs demonstrating their cooking skills with students from cooking schools, including David Hutchinson (winner of student masterchef oriental cuisine 2007).
Entertainment led by the Chinese Channel TV presenters Simon Li, Cecilia Chiu, and guest MC: Maggie Zhang (Miss British Chinese pageant winner 2007). There will be games that are linked with New Spitalfields Market such as fruit and veg delivery competition, teaspoon race, eating challenges, etc.
Paul Hui, a well known Elvis impersonator, will be singing lots of amous Elvis Presley's songs. Paul is the winner of the Elvis competition in the Weakest Link on the BBC and donated all his prize money to charities. Islington Chinese Association is one of the beneficiaries.
The auction items includes an Arsenal signed football, with autographs of the whole squad (with the certificate for authentication); a signed England shirt (2006 World Cup squad), and a signed Aston Villa shirt, a bottle of vintage wine (Campo Viejo 1994), and a signed Cookery book from Stephen Chan, the famous HK TVB, the only MD TV presenter (Be My Guest).
Please note, the Gala starts at 4:00pm. Gourmet food will be served from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. Between 7:00pm and 10:00pm, a jazz band, J.D. & the Boomtown Swingaling, will sing a series of Rock & Roll and Jazz hits from the 40s to the present time. The band is formed by graduates from the Art Faculty in Oxford University. They have been practising for months in preparation for this charitable event.
Speeches are between 4:00pm - 6:00pm from Chris Hutchinson (Chairman of Spitalfields Market Tenants Association), David Smith (Director of Markets, City of London Corporation), Sarah Wu (Director-General, HKETO), and some other honorable guests.
All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Chinese Children Trust Fund and the specified local charities.
For further information, please contact:
New Spitalfields Tenants' Association on 020 8516 1479, or
Sunnyfield Veg Limited on 020 8558 3388, or
Cook's Delights Limited on 0845 054 9933
