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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING MAYOR ALLAN W. FUNG FOR HIS DEDICATED

SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF CRANSTON AND THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Fenton-Fung, McNamara, Casimiro, Kazarian,
Chippendale, Place, Filippi, Newberry, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: February 11, 2021

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Born in the City of Providence, Allan W. Fung is the eldest child of Kwong

Wen and Tan Ping, Crown colony Chinese immigrants from Hong Kong. In 1969, his family

moved to Rhode Island and ran a small business on Cranston Street and Gansett Avenue in the

City of Cranston; and

     WHEREAS, Mayor Fung attended Classical High School, received his Bachelor's degree

from Rhode Island College, and his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University. He subsequently

worked as a prosecutor for the state Attorney General's Office, and later served as a lobbyist for

MetLife; and

     WHEREAS, In 2002, the Honorable Allan Fung began his political career when he was

successfully elected to the Cranston City Council where he served for two terms; and

     WHEREAS, On January 5, 2009, the Honorable Allan Fung was sworn in as Mayor of

the City of Cranston, and was the first Asian-American Mayor in Rhode Island history. Cranston

is the second largest City in Rhode Island and has a population of more than 81,000 residents. He

was re-elected four times as Mayor; and

     WHEREAS, Under Mayor Fung's leadership, Cranston became one of the "Top 50 Cities

to Live in America" for three years in a row, and was also named one of the "Top 100 Best Cities

to Raise A Child" in 2017. In 2004, he was honored as a Rhode Island Bar Foundation Fellow. He

was also honored by Providence Business News as a "40 Under Forty honoree" and received the

Classical High School "Distinguished Alumni Award" in 2009; and

     WHEREAS, Serving the community in myriad capacities, Mayor Fung has also been

Chair of the Rhode Island Governor's Insurance Council from 2005 to 2008, and is a council

member for the Republican National Committee's Asian Pacific American Advisory Council; and

     WHEREAS, At the 2012, at the Republican National Convention, Mayor Fung met the

love of his life and future bride, Barbara Ann Fenton, a physical therapist. They married in the

summer 2016; and

     WHEREAS, Through Mayor Fung's commitment, sound fiscal initiatives, and economic

development, the City of Cranston is thriving and his accomplishments are worthy of our

gratitude and recognition; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

honors and thanks Mayor Allan Fung for his dedicated service to the people of the City of

Cranston and the State of Rhode Island. We moreover wish him good health, happiness, and

much success in all his future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Allan W. Fung.

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