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Old 04-04-2017, 01:01 PM   #9503
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Originally Posted by originalhypa View Post

I'm seeing the same thing in Langley. Every week I get a mailer from Nu Stream realty and it's written in chinese characters. Houses that sold two years ago, are now on the market again with realtor names like Gina Ho and Chen Tek Yuen. They know their market, and don't care to cater to anyone who is not a part of said market.

I call BS on Hypa's anecdote as this name doesn't make any sense. "Chen" is a Mandarin Transliteration. "Yuen" is a Cantonese one. No idea what "Tek" would be, sounds Fukienese.

So maybe "Chan Tek Yuen" or "Chen Tek Yuan", but not "Chen Tek Yuen"

ergo: Fake Chinese are buying up everything in Vancouver?



also...Gina Ho? is she the one married to Harry Wang?
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