Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 2014 (26. évfolyam, 1-39. szám)

2014-01-31 / 5. szám

AMERICAN

Hungarian Journal

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Andor Molnár was installed as the president of the Los Angeles County Boards of Real Estate

Dr. Judy Chu U.S. Congresswoman installed Andor Molnár as the president of the Los Angeles County Boards of Real Estate (LACBOR).

LACBOR is the biggest organisation for protecting property owners’ rights in the country (Los Angeles county is the home of 88 cities and nearly 88 million people). Congratulations to Andor Molnár, who is the first Hungarian-born leader of this organisation. In the installation speech Andor Molnár remembered the story of his emigration, and all those who helped him in the integration: Judy Chu reading the oath to Andor Molnár

Distinguished guests, friends and colleagues.. .good evening.

1 know you are all ready to dance, so my speech is going to be like me...short & sweet.

First, allow me to talk about myself....for a few moments. I will not get into much detail about my life or we will be here until midnight. We only rented this hall until 11 p.m.

As you know, my name is Andor J. Molnár, and I was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. In 1974, I made a life-changing decision by leaving Hungary. I’m not going into details of how I was able to obtain a passport in a communist country, how I traveled thru’ Europe to reach the UN Refugee Camp in Italy, and how I received a political refugee status.

On March 5, 1975,1 received the OK to come to this great country called The United States of America. So, the UN Officers gave me a UN Passport with an airline ticket to come to L.A., and the most important document....THE GREEN CARD.

I arrived in L.A. on March 6, 1975 and for the first time.....I could smell FREEDOM. There were only

two problems: I did not speak the English language, and I did not have much money. When I was still at the refugee camp, we had to attend an English language class to prepare us to be able to answer the most important question that we will be asked, which is: WHAT NATIONALITY ARE YOU? practiced this often.

When I got to the Immigration counter at LAX, the lady officer asked me...

“WHERE DID YOU COME FROM,

YOU SEXY THING?”

There were a few people who helped me as I tried to establish a life here in the U.S. I would like to acknowledge them tonight... Ferenc Czene, Steve & Erica Tagai .. .PLEASE STAND. They were always there for me.

I am also proud to introduce my family... My daughter, Elizabeth and her husband, Jim Reddish - they are educators in the Antelope Valley. My son, Andor Alexander, who works in the beauty indusANGYALFI RENT- A-CAR

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Andor Molnár and his wife, Evangeline with the Alhambra Major Stephen Sham

try in San Francisco. And last but not least... a very important person in my life. Without her I would not be here today. She is my inspiration, my partner, my best friend, and she is the spark plug of my engine... my wife... Evangeline H. Molnár.

Now let us talk about our organization, which was established the same year that I came to the United States... in 1975.

I would like to thank the LACBOR Directors and officers for choosing me to be the 2014 President of this great organization. It is such an honor to be elected as your President. I am humbled that you would place your faith and trust in me. This is a responsibility that I do not take lightly, and I will endeavor to represent you with the utmost transparency and boldness.

I would also like to thank Marva Glean who introduced me to LACBOR in 2006. If it were not for her, I

would not have known about this organization.

There are 88 cities in Los Angeles County, and based on the 2012 census, the total population is 9 million 963 thousand. There are 1.5 million owner-occupied homes in this county. These are the people that LACBOR advocate for their property rights.

As much as we would like to know all the issues affecting the home owners in these 88 cities, we are unable to attend all the city hall meetings. LACBOR needs the help of all the local Realtor Board Associations in communicating to us whatever home owner issues need attention in your community. We want to be aware of those issues so we can advocate for you and your community.

So, let us all work together in having a better communication between our organizations for the betterment of home owners’ rights and the real estate industry.

THANK YOU! God Bless you all.

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Freedom House ranks Hungary among “free” countries in 2014

According to its latest report, Freedom in the World 2014, Hungary scored 1, the best score, for political rights and it kept its score of 2 for civil liberties for the third year in a row. Countries with a score of 1-2,5 are ranked as free countries.

This year’s report mentioned the presence of xenophobia in connection with central European countries. The report refers to Hungary’s radical nationalist Jobbik party, among other European radical parties.

“Jobbik focuses its attacks on Jews and Roma, and although its popularity has softened over the past several years, it still holds 11 percent of the seats in parliament,” it said. MTI

Number of Hungarian asylumseekers in Canada drops drastically

The number of Hungarians seeking asylum in Canada has dropped by 97 percent, Canada’s immigration minister Chris Alexander told news portal canada.com.

The minister said that changes to Canada’s immigration policies helped reduce the number of asylum seekers, most of whom had earlier come from Hungary. The changes include setting up a list of “safe” countries, including Hungary, and introducing strict asylum criteria for immigrants arriving in Canada from those countries.

Press chief of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Gabor Kaleta, commenting on the interview, told MTI that many Hungarians had earlier been attracted by Canada’s “rather generous” conditions of high benefits and a refusal to reject any applicant. He said that some 10,000 Hungarians had emigrated to Canada, and many attempted to abuse the local system.

The Hungarian government worked with Canada to sort out the situation and informed its counterpart about welfare services in Hungary and the country’s measures against discrimination, Kaleta said. He added that Canada had changed its immigration rules partly due to the information received from Hungary. MTI

Snow can’t deter crowd from annual goulash dinner

Calvin United Church Bishop Bela Poznan, left, congratulates the kitchen staff for their hard work preparing the parish’s annual venison and beef gulyás dinner.

Galoshes were the footwear of choice Saturday evening because of a sudden snow squall, but with Hungarian goulash on the menu at Calvin United Church of Christ, Toledo, OH a crowd did not hesitate to make tracks for the traditional treat.

Bishop Bela Poznan, leader of the parish, provided an additional warm welcome in the church’s Kings Highway hall, where he and Associate Pastor Tibor Király offered a blessing as kitchen volunteers brought forth large bowls of both Hungarian venison and beef gulyás (goulash in English) for the gathering.

The main course was followed by more Hungarian fare - walnut and poppy seed roll slices. The event also featured a raffle with prizes like restaurant certificates, car washes, wine and massages. fairfieldcitizenonline. com

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