- The Governor General of Canada
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David See-Chai Lam
Victoria, British Columbia
Grant of Arms and Supporters
August 28, 1989
Vol. I, p. 26
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Blazon
Arms
Gules a Chinese dragon Or reaching for a pearl Argent on a chief Or a Latin cross Gules between two pine trees Vert;
Crest
An antique crown Or garnished with jade proper issuant therefrom a demi lion Or holding between his forepaws a jade ball proper;
Supporters
On a rocky promontory proper charged with three Pacific Dogwood flowers Argent leaved Vert seeded Or two horses Argent langued Gules unguled Or gorged with antique crown Or garnished with jade proper each horse holding a gonfalon Argent inscribed the dexter one inscribed, in Chinese characters, meaning "Forgetting what is behind" and the sinister one inscribed, in Chinese characters, meaning "Straining toward what is ahead" in letters Sable (Philippians 3:13);
Motto
AD FUTURA ASPIRANS. This Latin phrase means "Aspiring to the future".
Symbolism
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