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wxraawo CHRONICLE - mam”. November za. 2012 . a U C O I O C 1 City ofWaterloo and CTT developing strong economw partnerships m Indra Mlmlmon ly, but there are a lot of chalâ€" C'I'Dm'df W Ienges.‘ Halloran said. “They don't have a lot of the same social infra- nation once known as the structure that we have and their Abrightest jewel in the ting ~ physical infrastructure is in dire lish crown is quickly ’ . straits becoming the apple of Waterloo's " . . "There is a lot of garbage and 3 eye. a... ,, W. . I. W ,3} his a lot of their roads and sewers are From Oct. 29 to Nov. 9. a small I; it" 'T*‘""f«*;-’3‘ at an mim‘ cmmbling" group of representatives from 4 W L” - mm"; . Halloran has ample experience (Lanada's Technology “jungle and f0 1 or“ £11155 1% = a M _ travelling around the world on Mayor Brenda lIaIIoran were in ’ 33’2“ ‘ , .2 .. , 3' . ’ 4... - behalf of Waterloo. In lune. she India for economic talks with ' ism?“ ~ ' «as. W“ became known as “the auntie . . . I. r 1-. W. mum . . some oi the country s highest- :1; j. ‘ y. "'" ~m...» mayor” in China when she logged ranked officials and dignitaries. I it, . ,.~ w in on with the social networking site and the early returns look promis- » , 1" )rr'“ " Sina Weibo, which boasts more mg. . ‘_,_. ' $1 '1 than 300 million registered users. "I have to tell you. I was over i” ‘ " ‘ e ' ’ ‘3',“ She has visited China on several whelmed by the response," said ' ' K ‘4 H I 5 occasions to promote Waterloo lohn lung. the (ilit) of (III. “We 1 1 t ; ’ “I ‘ . and its business community. have had numerous emails hack fl i y, , .. TE . i In 2009, Waterloo signed a and iorth talking to partners in the ’ i j a 1' , , _ ‘ t friendship agreement with the ‘ region and over the next few 5‘. , “ 5: ' municipal government of months we will see pieces of this , . _ ti ,4 .3 J Chongqing. in Sichuan province, coming to fruition.“ 9" ~. . - ‘ a: ‘t home to 33 million people and one While in India. the delegation is; ;‘ I of China's biggest cities. Since that noted some of the country's ‘ A . agreement was signed, numerous largest cities. including Delhi and ' . w ;- . Chinese delegations have travelled Mumbai. H ”‘55., to the region to explore further “‘0 m" was part Of a globetrot- City of Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halioran met Savita Gupta (left. South Delhi Mayor) Arti Mehra (former Delhi economic partnerships. lung said. ting economic development lan DENT m! ' CIT has tar eted several secâ€" by (711‘. Kitchener Mayor ( larl 3cm Mayor) and Meena Aggarwal (Mayor 0‘ North during her as trip to ”'3' mm tors in which stsrong partnerships ietted off to (iermany with the Goldman Sachs chair lim tion to Waterloo. The country is cials and participate in closed- could be forged with India. lung group last lune and was in Brazil O'Neill coined the concept of the one of Research In Motion's door meetings arranged by the said. including information and last year. Cambridge Mayor Doug BRICs more than a decade ago and fastest<growing markets and in federal and provincial govern~ communication technology. food (Lraig was in China in April. some analysts predict the four 20” the Waterloo tech company merits while they were there. and good processing including In March the mayors hosted countries (along with South Africa) sold II million devices while reol- "Normally that happens over agri-research and f0 security. as their first summit to discuss the will account for almost 40 per cent ing in 87 per cent year-over-year many years of relationship~build- well as clean technology and high- value of sending local politicians of global gross domestic product revenue growth. ing." lung said. tech manufacturing. on trade missions to burgeoning by 2050. The region is also home to a The mayor was particularly CTT and the city are in the markets. Their combined efforts A recent trade mission by Prime burgeoning Indian community. struck e generosity and wel- process of arranging a public have brought 60 major companies Minister Stephen Harper to India Between 200] and 2006. more than “33%|? of tndta’s‘poome. meeting next month to fully to the region. translating into an reflects the federal government's 2.000 immigrants came to Water- She said strong parallels exist explain the trip and the potential economic boost of about sl biI~ determination to open doors in loo Region from India. the most of between the City ofWaterloo and benefits for both the city and the . lion. (TI‘I' said. the country as well. India was any country. India. particularly in the technolo- region. lung acknowledged his firm's Canada's l5th-Iargest trading part- China was second over the gy sector where incubators similar While lung is excited about the decision to target the so-called ner in 20“) and. according to same period with more than 1.800 to Communitechareprevalent. long-term possibilities ofWaterloo HRH: nations (Brazil. Russia. India. Industry (hnada, in 20l I Canada new immigrants. Yet she also saw the developing Region partnering with Indiaâ€" he China) as part of their economic traded more than $5 billion worth lung said those ties are so side of India â€" the second-most said the recent trip was among the plans for Waterloo. The company of goods with India. Exports alone strong one Indian company could- populous country in the world best of his 30-plus years in the has identified more than 240 ior- increased 31 per cent compared to n't wait for the delegation to arrive with 1.2 billion people â€" and that business and more than 100 dele- eign companies operating in the 20m. in October and sent representa- experience served to reinforce In gations abroad â€"â€" he also tem- region and the emerging ERIC lung and Halloran said India tivestoWaterloo twomonths early. her mind why the Region and the pered some ofhis enthusiasm with nations are poised to be the new has been high on the list of priori‘ The ties also meant CIT and City of Waterloo need to help in onekeypolnt. economic powers in the coming ties for the city and local business» Halloran had the opportunity to anyway possible. 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