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42 travellers recently re-turned from their nine-day, all-inclusive trip to China hosted by the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce. Among the travellers were MLA Simon Gibson and his wife, chamber president Mike Welte and his wife, executive director of the Mission and District Cham-ber of Commerce, Michelle Favero, as well as members of the public, who were joined in China by eight other chamber members from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta and Thomp-son, Manitoba. Together, they visited four of China’s leading cities – Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai – to see the natural beauty and culture of each location. For executive director of the Abbotsford chamber, Allan Asaph, the experi-ence brought him a better understanding of China. “The purpose of the trip was to introduce our mem-bers to the people, history and culture of ‘old’ China and the modern reality of ‘new’ China,” said Asaph. “In addition, we looked to establish business contacts and develop relationships in China.”The itinerary was fast-paced, with travellers often covering numerous sites in a single day, beginning with a tour of the stunning
landscapes of Summer Palace, featuring Kunming Lake, Longevity Hill and the Seventeen Arch Bridge. On the second day, the group stopped at the fresh water pearl factory before heading to the site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Tiananmen Square, followed by a tour of the Palace Museum and the oldest part of Beijing, where they dined with a local family. Afterwards, they met with practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine at the Tong Ren
Tang pharmacy founded in 1669, and then visited the Temple of the Harvest, established in 1420 by Em-peror YongLe of the Ming Dynasty. On day three, they fl ew to Shanghai and toured by bus through the local farming area to the city of Suzhou, known as the “Venice of the east.” Before boarding boats and coasting along the canals and waterways of the old town, the group explored the historical grounds of Tiger Hill, and the “leaning
tower” of China. The fourth day began with a visit to a silk factory, followed by a tour of the centuries old Lingering Garden, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and then the National Embroidery Institute to see silk embroi-dery, which is considered an important local craft spanning back over 1,000 years. “Our tour host had ar-ranged a special invitation for our group to visit the Singapore/Suzhou Indus-trial Park and meet with
a senior administrator,” said Asaph. “This joint Singapore-China project was started in 1994 and encompasses over 80 kilometres of planned industrial, commercial and residential development with a population of 1.2 million.” The following day the group visited a tea plan-tation, the Lingyin Temple and Monastery featuring a camphor-wood carved Buddha nearly 64 feet high. They then enjoyed a relaxing boat cruise and
dinner by the Huangpu River in the historic Bund section of the city, followed by a river tour of the capti-vating Pudong District. The last full day of the trip started with a return trip on the Shanghai to PudongAirport Mag-Lev Train. “This $1.2-billion electric train makes a one-way 30.5-km trip in just over seven minutes, reaching a top speed of 431 kilome-tres per hour,” said Asaph. “When the two trains pass each other it is impossible to take a picture of the other train because of the speed.” The group then toured an Oriental rug factory before settling down for a Mongo-lian barbecue-style lunch. The afternoon was spent enjoying the sights at the Yu Garden, home of Shang-hai’s old town bazaar. The travellers were entertained by the ERA show, a world-class performance that includes acrobats, con-tortionists, dancers and musicians. “I think everyone enjoyed the people we met, the sights, the food and the companionship of our fel-low travellers,” said Asaph. “We are looking to off er this trip again next year and possibly add another to Hong Kong and Thai-land.”
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Since the launch of our Abbotsford 2020 project we have been impressed by the response from the community to share their BOLD ideas. The on-line submissions have been well thought out and some are very creative and original.
The three goals of this project are:
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On March 20th the Chamber held its fi rst BOLD Forum for the Abbotsford 2020 project. A group of Chamber Members met at the Matsqui Central Auditorium for what became a very en-gaging and interactive dialogue about what we would like our community to look like by the year 2020. I was encouraged to see that the mem-bers in attendance really care about our community and have great suggestions for improvements in the eff ort of mak-ing Abbotsford the best place to live, work, play and learn.
From the Bold ideas submitted so far some of the major themes centre on improvements to transportation, increased community participation and new ideas for community activities.
We are hoping to hear input from as much of the community as possible over the next two months. Please take an opportunity to visit www.abbots-ford2020.com and submit your best BOLD idea for Abbotsford’s future.
Our next BOLD forum is open for the non-profi t community and will be held on April 29th at 5:00pm in the Cascade Community Church, 35190 Delair Rd.
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Chamber announces new sales training program As an entrepreneur or executive you already know that sales is the life blood of every business; when sales are good, life is good but, when sales are down then your stress level soars in direct relationship to your cash fl ow going down.
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All events require pre-registration. Visit www.abbotsfordchamber.com to register.
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