LOS ANGELES: Dominic Ng (center right), chairman and CEO of East West Bank, receives the Business Hall of Fame Award on March 29. Ng was named "2012 Business Person of the Year". The event has been held annually by the Los Angeles Business Journal since 2002. Ten business leaders, including Edward Roski, a part-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA and Los Angeles Kings of the NHL, and Peggy & Andrew Cherng, owner of Panda Express, a Chinese fast food chain, have previously received the award. From left to right: Mike Dokmanovich, Executive Vice President of Comercia Bank, Charles Crumpley, editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal, Dominic Ng and Matthew Toledo, publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Business Journal. [Photo/Wang Jun]