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3 unusual facts about Sun Yun-suan


Sun Yun-suan

During World War II (from 1943 to 1945), he was sent by the National Resources Commission to train in the United States as an engineer at the Tennessee Valley Authority.

In 1946, he was sent to Taiwan (which had just been returned to the Nationalist Government from Japan following the Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War) to work at the Taiwan Power Company, a public utility.

He initiated the development of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (that would later give rise to numerous major semiconductor companies such as TSMC) and the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park which would serve as a major electronics and semiconductor manufacturing hub.


Abbas Suan

During international football matches, Suan is one of two Arab players who refuse to sing during the playing of Hatikvah, Israel's national anthem, because it mentions only Jews.

On August 29, 2005 Suan was featured in an exposé in Sports Illustrated by Grant Wahl into the minorities that play on the Israel national football team.

Buddhadasa

In 1932, Buddhadasa founded his forest hermitage Suan Mokkh ('garden of release'), a center for study and serious practice in the Chaiya district, Surat Thani Province of southern Thailand.

Chng Suan Tze v. Minister for Home Affairs

In Chng Suan Tze, the Court of Appeal declined to apply the House of Lords cases Liversidge v. Anderson and Greene v. Secretary of State for Home Affairs.

Somporn Saekhow

His Buddhist teacher, the famous monk Phra Buddhadasa from the nearby temple Wat Suan Mokkha in Chaiya, encouraged him to teach monkeys in a positive way, without the use of force.

Theeradej Wongpuapan

According to the Suan Dusit poll, Theeradej was voted the most popular Thai male star six years in a row from 2006 to 2011 and was honored the Most Popular Star Hall of Fame in 2012, along with Thongchai McIntyre & Pachrapa Chaichua.

UEP Subang Jaya

The State Assemblyman (Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri, ADUN) is Democratic Action Party (DAP)'s Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (Ms) who took over the seat from Barisan Nasional-MCA (BN)'s Datuk Lee Hwa Beng since 8 March 2008.

Wang Baoqiang

In 2007 when he was filming the movie The Assembly, people who lived near their playstaff saw him and screamed surprisingly: "He is A Bing in An Suan! But he isn't a blind person?"


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