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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Karen Hardy

The man behind 30 years of Chairman and Yip

Josiah Li arrived in Canberra in 1981 when the food scene was very different. Picture by Gary Ramage

On February 22, 1981, an 18-year-old Josiah Li arrived in Canberra to begin a law degree at the Australian National University. It was one of those late summer days, close to 35 degrees. The dry summer conditions a long way from the subtropical humidity of Hong Kong where he had grown up.

He'd just finished unpacking his room in John XXIII College and it was time to head down to the dining room for an early 5pm dinner.

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