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and entrepreneurs can step forward and take a bow the richmond hill and markham chinese business association launched its first outstanding business awards program recently to celebrate 10 years of work in both towns saying it hopes to recognize achievements of chinese entrepreneurs and stimulate more chinese participation in the local community were encouraging the chinese to do their business well- to create employ ment opportunities and to assimilate into what we call the mainstream said daisy wai spokesperson for the 300- member group we want to encourage them not to beisolated owners are eligible if their business is in markham or richmond hill or they live in one of the towns which have both attracted thousands of chinese professionals and investors the categories are outstanding employer outstanding exporter out standing business innovator outstand ing capital investor and outstanding female entrepreneur politicians judge markham mayor don cousens richmond hill mayor bill bell markham mp john mccallum markham mpp dave tsubouchi and oak ridges mpp frank klees have agreed to help with judging the winners along with a sizable donation by the association to entrepreneurs markham stouffville hospital will be revealed at the associations anniversary dinner sept 27 nominations for awards must be received by july 15 at schengbdoca or by fax at 9059469524 or care of bdo dunwoody chartered accountants and consultants llp 60 columbia way suite 400 markham ontl3r0c9 more information on the awards or business seminars is available from tan at 9059439706 bearskin adds sudbury flights bearskin airlines has added sudbury to its commuter flights out of markhams buttonville airport the thunder baybased firm has three daily roundtrip flights plus some weekend service from buttonville at hwy 404 and 16th avenue the demand to link toronto with northern ontario cities has been on the rise since bearskin launched its torontoottawa service in 2001 were a northern ontario airline 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