… Paul Chan-a-Sue is a ‘Special Person’“I have been involved in many things but I get the greatest satisfaction in helping others fulfill their dreams, be it in the commercial sector or in cricket. I am a very positive person and that has helped me survive in the tough world of business.”By Sean DeversChairman of Food for the Poor (Guyana) Paul Chan-a-Sue’s contributions to society, particularly his dynamic management style and passion for benevolence are qualities that have made him one of the country’s most admired personalities.Chan-a-Sue, the descendant of Chinese immigrants who settled in the North West district in rural Guyana in the mid-1800s, has dedicated almost his entire life to the business and sporting worlds and says cricket played a major role in his being an effective administrator.It is difficult keeping up with the number of companies and organizations that were headed by the affable father of one, but one is given the distinct impression that successfully taking the then newly nationalized Guyana Stores Limited (formerly Bookers) through difficult times, when he was appointed Executive Chairman in 1978, and his tenure as Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) President were among his most treasured moments.Paul Chan-a-SueBorn on August 2, 1943, in Georgetown, to Charles Chan-a-Sue and Eloise Daldeen,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Paul grew up in Robb Street and attended the Talbot AME Nursery School before moving on to the Bourda RC, St Mary’s and Saint Stanislaus College.Chan-a-Sue, who gained a Booker Cadetship (Scholarship) in 1962 to study Chartered Accounting in Liverpool,China Jerseys, England, for four years, remembered the ‘good old days’ when his brother would tow him on a tricycle to nursery school and the hours spent fishing in the trench outside Bourda, the world renowned cricket venue.“In those days we would swim and catch fish in the trench. We would ride up to Hope Beach on bicycles as teenagers. We had two genip trees in our yard and I would climb the highest. Today the youths don’t do enough recreational physical activity. Of course crime was not as it is now, and parents were never scared of a minibus hitting you down or anything of that nature,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys,” Chan-a-Sue reflected.“When I was studying, sports played a major role in my life. We never had electronic toys. I think too much TV can be a bad thing. But who I am to say…I have to adapt to change.”Chan-a-Sue opines that youngsters need to balance technology and physical activity. “More sports in schools should produce healthy children with better grades which will help the economy.”As a 15-year-old, Chan-a-Sue was playing cricket for Saint Stanislaus, who in those days competed in the 2nd and 3rd division competitions.He feels that cricket helped with his success as an administrator since it allowed him to mix with the ordinary folk and learn what was really happening on the ground. The contacts he made from cricket helped in closing deals since many remembered him from his days as a player.Chan-a-Sue played in England while he was studying and said once you were prepared to put in the extra hard work in the winter, cricket did not affect your studies.After he completed his studies in 1967,China Jerseys Cheap, he returned to take up the position of Chief Accountant of Bookers Stores.Because of the scholarship he was mandated to work with Bookers for three years, but said he was happy to return and continued working even after the entity was nationalized.“It was not like now when people leave to study and never come back. Even now I don’t want to go anywhere. I love living in Guyana,” said Chan-a-Sue, whose only child, Ramon, is a Level III Squash Coach in North America.In 1970 he was promoted to Chief Accountant, and then Finance Director when Bookers was nationalized on May 26th 1976.“Englishman David Blackman was the Executive Chairman and stayed on for two years after Bookers became Guyana Stores. I was appointed to his position in 1978. Times were touchy for business in the early 1980s and it was a challenge to keep the company running and retain the skilled staff. I am proud of what we achieved during those years when you had to fight for bonus for the workers and inflation crept up.”Chan-a-Sue was also Chairman of the Guystac Trade 2 Group of Companies (Guyana Stores, Guyana National Shipping, Guyana National Printers, Guyana Oil Company and Demerara Sugar Terminal) and says that during that time he still played first division, and as he got older, second division cricket.His father was born in Suriname after his grandfather married a Chinese girl from that country, but although there was an all-Chinese cricket club in Guyana where the Cosmos Sports Club is now,<a href="http://www.wholesalejerseys