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 Dr Angela Nguyen is an outstanding role model for all young people in Western Australia. She has not limited herself to working for one group or stratum of society, but instead she has reached across cultural and social barriers to extend understanding between communities through her work with Aboriginal communities, Amnesty International and overseas medical programs.Dr Nguyen's many achievements demonstrate the value of cultural diversity adds to our community. She is one of many migrants from every part of the world who have had a positive impact on Western Australia. Our strength as a community lies in the mutual respect that has fostered the combination of our diverse cultures, races and backgrounds to form a single nation. Australian society is multicultural and all of us are equally Australian. Dr Leela de Mel Executive Director Office of Multicultural Interests |
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To say that the story of Angela Nguyen is inspirational is to severely understate the achievements of this remarkable young lady. Coming from the depths of adversity at the tender age of three and to then create a life filled with compassion and empathy for her fellow human being is indeed an achievement that will bring hope to the hearts of so many others who have come to this country in similarly trying circumstances. Angela’s story is one to be told to everyone who has endeavoured to start a new life in an unfamiliar country. I commend Angela on her outstanding attitude to life and her success at achieving her qualifications in that most noble and caring of professions, the keepers of the Hippocratic oath, the medical doctor. When one reads the Hippocratic oath and sees the following line from it “If I fulfil this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honoured with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot”, one realises that Angela’s choice of profession is indeed well founded. She is destined to have a life of fulfilment as she adheres stringently to the oath and all it stands for. We, at the ECCWA, wish Angela every success in her chosen career and have little or no doubt that we will be hearing a lot from and about this remarkable young lady with a strong sense of propriety and fair play. Suresh Rajan President Ethnic Communities Council of WA |
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