by Jessica Kwong
At the groundbreaking of one of the largest affordable-housing developments in the northeast quadrant of San Francisco on Thursday, the executive director of the Chinatown Community Development Center began with two characters in Cantonese: "ngei gei.""We have in our language the word 'crisis,' which is composed of two characters, 'ngei gei,' which translates to 'crisis and opportunity,'" explained Norman Fong of the organization behind the development.…[ Read more ]