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this is the story of a courageous man. He was born here in Oakland now he lives and works here. His optometrist office has been in this neighborhood 45 years, he is dr Raymond in fourth generation chinese american. Dr Ng is also serving his 12th year on

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the Oakland City Council. His current endeavor is the multimillion dollar Hong kong us a project 2.5 months ago Dr Ng underwent surgery for removal of a cancerous larynx. Doctors say his recovery has been amazing At age 67 he is an agile bundle of energy seeing patients

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constituents and tending to counsel duties and taking speech therapy three times weekly. He is learning to talk all over again by gulping in air and burping it out to make the sound through this past year of obstacles. Doctor in has maintained his sense of humor. What

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do you attribute your strength and agility and rigorous chop suey, chop suey between just gonna rest in between. You take a nap, you take a siesta, okay what can't you do? What are the things you can't do? You restrict it because of the operation? Can't swim,

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I can't swim, I can't I can't sing dr ing's operation. Recovery has been in education for his entire family. As son number two explains his father will have to learn to speak chinese all over again and speaking chinese, you have to speak with different inflections up

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and tone and down in tone and so as far as the therapy is concerned, he's not only has to learn how to speak english, but how to speak chinese with the different inflections now that he is without his voice box. Doctoring is a member of an

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international organization known as the Lost chord Society. He's looking forward to helping new members overcome their speech handicap. He'll be a guest speaker two at their convention next september in Oakland Jon Lester Channel five Eyewitness News, right.