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EXPANDING B.C.-CHINA CONNECTIONS


November 30, 2007
Premier Gordon Campbell announced that China Southern Airlines would launch the first direct flights between Guangzhou, China, and Vancouver beginning July, 2009, during his mission to Asia. November 30, 2007

Premier Gordon Campbell announced that China Southern Airlines would launch the first direct flights between Guangzhou, China, and Vancouver beginning July, 2009, during his mission to Asia. November 30, 2007

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November 2007 Photos
2007-11-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced that China Southern Airlines would launch the first direct flights between Guangzhou, China, and Vancouver beginning July, 2009, during his mission to Asia. November 30, 2007
2007-11-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell discusses Hong Kong-B.C. relations with Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang during his mission to Asia. November 30, 2007.
2007-11-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell meets with Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang during his mission to Asia, giving him a 2010 Olympics scarf and inviting him to visit B.C. November 30, 2007.
2007-11-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell joined Royal Roads president Allan Cahoon and Canadian Counsul General Gerry Campbell to officially open the Asia Operations office for Royal Roads University in Hong Kong. November 30, 2007
2007-11-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell promoted B.C.'s expertise in green technology and Pacific Gateway opportunities at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. November 30, 2007
2007-11-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell addresses members of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong about opportunities for trade, investment and exchange of green technology between Hong Kong and B.C. November 30, 2007.
2007-11-30 - Cathay Pacific Airways announces the addition of four new weekly flights between Hong and Vancouver during Premier Gordon Campbell's mission to Asia. The new flights put Vancouver on par with service between Hong Kong and large U.S. cities like Los Angeles and New York. November 30, 2007
2007-11-30 - Premier Gordon Campbell officially launches the B.C. Alumni Network while in Hong Kong. The network connects alumni of B.C. post-secondary institutions living and working overseas with British Columbia. November 30, 2007.
2007-11-29 - Premier Gordon Campbell tours the site of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China, with Xu Bo, director of Expo's International Participation Department and Richard T. Lee, Parliamentary Secretary for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and MLA for Burnaby North. Expo 2010 is expected to attract 71 million visitors from around the world. November 29, 2007
2007-11-29 - Premier Gordon Campbell during a tour of the site of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China, with Xu Bo, director of Expo's International Participation Department. Expo 2010 is expected to attract 71 million visitors from around the world. November 29, 2007
2007-11-29 - Premier Gordon Campbell speaks about opportunities for trade and investment, and promotes B.C.'s 'green' technology expertise during a Shanghai Business Community luncheon. November 29, 2007
2007-11-26 - Premier Campbell addresses the Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships in Toronto. November 26, 2007
2007-11-21 - Premier Gordon Campbell, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Michael de Jong and leaders of the five Maa-Nulth First Nations celebrate the introduction of B.C.'s first multi-nation treaty in the House.
2007-11-21 - Premier Gordon Campbell congratulates the leaders of the five Maa-nulth First Nations on bringing the treaty negotiation process to a successful conclusion. In the summer and fall of 2007, nearly 80 per cent of Maa-nulth First Nations voters said yes to a treaty.
2007-11-20 - Premier Campbell with some of the 22 members of the Premier's Climate Action Team. The Team will help determine the most credible, aggressive and economically viable greenhouse gas reduction targets possible as the province works towards the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in B.C. by 33 per cent by 2020.
2007-11-19 - Premier Gordon Campbell turns on the lights at the BC Legislature in Victoria. The 3,300 lights have been upgraded with new, high-tech bulbs that use 68 per cent less energy and last 17 times longer. The Province also became the largest PowerSmart partner, committing to reduce electricity use in provincial buildings by 20 per cent by 2020.
2007-11-16 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Province will invest $23 million in a new Centre for Learning at the Okanagan College Kelowna campus. The new centre will have 22 classrooms and 685 instructional seats.
2007-11-15 - Premier Gordon Campbell was joined by Surrey MLAs and community leaders to announce that the entrance to a new state-of-the-art emergency and urgent care facility at Surrey Memorial Hospital will be named in honour of the founder of Sikhism to honour the contributions of the South Asian community.
2007-11-13 - Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Province is investing $49.3 million in a new campus for the School for the Contemporary Arts for Simon Fraser University that will anchor the Woodward's redevelopment project and help revitalize Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
2007-11-06 - Premier Gordon Campbell and Prime Minister Stephen Harper were in Golden, B.C., to announce B.C.'s signing of an agreement that will bring $2.2 billion in long-term federal infrastructure funding to British Columbia.