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Chinese delegates visit Lithgow organzied by Australia International Trade Association
Chinese delegates visit Lithgow organzied by Australia International Trade Association
Lithgow Mayor Stephen Lesslie welcomed over 40 Chinese student delegates to Lithgow on Friday, August 31.
The delegation that has come under the organisation of Australia International Trade Association and Associates (AITA) visited the council chambers and learnt about the town of Lithgow.
General Manager, Graeme Faulkner played a tourism video to the students to show different events that take place around Lithgow.
“It is good to see Chinese students here in Lithgow,” he said.
An 11-year-old Chinese student said she would like to come back to Australia to study because she “likes Australia very much.”
The students enjoyed being in Lithgow so they could see the kangaroos which they described as “very cute”.
AITA CEO Michael Guo said that he had been thinking about Lithgow for a long time and is hoping for a friendship city between Lithgow and China.
CEO of AITA Michael Guo and Lithgow Mayor Stephen Lesslie.
“We could start with student exchange and build the foundations between the cities before working on business partnerships,” Mr Guo said.
“Visiting regionally thinking globally.”
Mr Guo has been working on a sister city with Bathurst which he is hoping will pass in Bathurst’s next council meeting.
General Manager Graeme Faulkner said that Lithgow needs to start reinventing itself and not just relying on the mining trades.
“We need to up skill people and China has a lot it could offer us,” he said.
“If we develop our student base and grow student exchanges then that would be helpful in building our future.”
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Corporate strategy and communications officer Deborah McGrath said the children were very happy and cheerful.
“The kids got out their phones and put on a translator so they could understand and talk to me,” she said.
Ms McGrath spoke to the kids about Australian snacks and how Tic Tacs are made right here in Lithgow.
“I can’t imagine sending my 13-year-old daughter on a trip by herself to another country, they are all very brave,” she said.
Mr Lesslie said he was pleased with how the meeting went and saw it as a positive for our country.
“I am so happy I can welcome them in the office of mayor to our great city, they were really cheerful kids and I hope they will have good memories of Lithgow,” he said.
Mayor Lesslie with CEO Michael Guo and the teachers of the students.
The students also visited La Salle Academy where teacher Ms Joyce Smith welcomed the delegates.
“We took them into the hall and told them all about our school through an interpreter and they asked some questions before we went on a tour of the school,” Ms Smith said.
The Chinese students also got the opportunity to take photos with La Salle Academy students.
“I think they had a great time, they were all very excited and our students thought they were very charming,” she said.
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The students arrived only days after La Salle said goodbye to their Japanese exchange students.
“We think it is good to have different cultures with us because it to gives our students perspective from other places in the world,” she said.
“It is a good opportunity for cultural knowledge and to realise that kids are just kids and the similarities are actually astounding.” https://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/5619743/chinese-delegates-visit-lithgow-in-hopes-of-creating-sister-city-photos/
Lithgow Mayor Stephen Lesslie welcomed over 40 Chinese student delegates to Lithgow on Friday, August 31.
The delegation that has come under the organisation of Australia International Trade Association and Associates (AITA) visited the council chambers and learnt about the town of Lithgow.
General Manager, Graeme Faulkner played a tourism video to the students to show different events that take place around Lithgow.
“It is good to see Chinese students here in Lithgow,” he said.
An 11-year-old Chinese student said she would like to come back to Australia to study because she “likes Australia very much.”
The students enjoyed being in Lithgow so they could see the kangaroos which they described as “very cute”.
AITA CEO Michael Guo said that he had been thinking about Lithgow for a long time and is hoping for a friendship city between Lithgow and China.
CEO of AITA Michael Guo and Lithgow Mayor Stephen Lesslie.
“We could start with student exchange and build the foundations between the cities before working on business partnerships,” Mr Guo said.
“Visiting regionally thinking globally.”
Mr Guo has been working on a sister city with Bathurst which he is hoping will pass in Bathurst’s next council meeting.
General Manager Graeme Faulkner said that Lithgow needs to start reinventing itself and not just relying on the mining trades.
“We need to up skill people and China has a lot it could offer us,” he said.
“If we develop our student base and grow student exchanges then that would be helpful in building our future.”
Read more:
Corporate strategy and communications officer Deborah McGrath said the children were very happy and cheerful.
“The kids got out their phones and put on a translator so they could understand and talk to me,” she said.
Ms McGrath spoke to the kids about Australian snacks and how Tic Tacs are made right here in Lithgow.
“I can’t imagine sending my 13-year-old daughter on a trip by herself to another country, they are all very brave,” she said.
Mr Lesslie said he was pleased with how the meeting went and saw it as a positive for our country.
“I am so happy I can welcome them in the office of mayor to our great city, they were really cheerful kids and I hope they will have good memories of Lithgow,” he said.
Mayor Lesslie with CEO Michael Guo and the teachers of the students.
The students also visited La Salle Academy where teacher Ms Joyce Smith welcomed the delegates.
“We took them into the hall and told them all about our school through an interpreter and they asked some questions before we went on a tour of the school,” Ms Smith said.
The Chinese students also got the opportunity to take photos with La Salle Academy students.
“I think they had a great time, they were all very excited and our students thought they were very charming,” she said.
The students arrived only days after La Salle said goodbye to their Japanese exchange students.
“We think it is good to have different cultures with us because it to gives our students perspective from other places in the world,” she said.
“It is a good opportunity for cultural knowledge and to realise that kids are just kids and the similarities are actually astounding.” https://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/5619743/chinese-delegates-visit-lithgow-in-hopes-of-creating-sister-city-photos/
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