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economist sunlsuntribune business saturday jan 29 2005 publication mail agreement 40007673 chinese business groups forming mission to china wakeup call for nadian business bymikeadler staff writer new chinese business groups are forming in vaughan and newmarket to serve growing chinese populations and help them reach the mainstream the new associations and an umbrella group for all of york region were announced thursday at a meet ing of the richmond holmarkham chinese business association this is exciting and we are happy this is coming together said the asso ciations president daisy wai with a different town they need a different association to work with them so we do this to be more focused for them cs leung founding president of the richmond hill and markham group is the first president of the york region chinese business association the vaughan associations president will be kit wong a richmond hill past president while vicepresident bene dict leung is president of the newmar ket group members of all groups will meet every fourth tuesday evening at times dynasty restaurant in richmond hill for networking and mutual support the chinese business associations want to help businesses reach beyond the chinese market by working closer with groups such as the markham board of trade the richmond hill and vaughan chambers of commerce and the regions economic development office this year chinese businesses will go mainstream ms wai said around 750 guests are expected at markhams hilton suites hotel as the richmond hill and markham group hosts the annual confederation gala of greater toronto chinese business associations on feb 19 tickets are nearly sold out mr wong said meanwhile a youth career forum with the ymca at markham civic cen tre is planned for june helping our nexf generation in career development is also our priori ty ms wai said 2004 liberty sport rrpw ius jsi arrfff lli ftwsi fgasgfijagx ssagteogl 8s3 r g h 6900 fully loaded with abs tow package plus much 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manufacturers who ignore the size and dynamic of china may regret it were waking up canadi an companies we really should be there before its too late she added several business deals were consummated during the trip including partner ships with yorkbased organ izations the markham campus of kingston college a private college will open its doors for a more free flowing canada- china student exchange said ms wai who helped organize this months trip she was joined by rich mond hill councillor david cohen markham regional councillor frank scarpitti and markham mpp tony wong it was mr cohens second david cohen trade with china a long process due to need for government approval councillor says trip to china but it continues to be an eyeopening experi ence he said trade with china is dif ferent from anywhere else you cant just go in heres my money 1 want to do business here it requires government approval its a long process mr cohen said but organizers say the div idends will be well worth the effort the creation of a middle class in china more than 500 million strong can translate into new trade opportunities here mr cohen added if not canada other countries are going to tap into that he said manu facturers who ignore the size and dynamic of china may regret it the york region trip coin cided with a federal govern ment trade mission that was attended by richmond hill mpbryonwilfert meanwhile the conclu sion of this months trade mission comes on the heels of concerns raised by prime minister paul martin over chinese ownership in cana das nonrenewable resources chineseowned compa nies have expressed interest in albertas oil sands and canadas mining and energy sectors province responds to police board concerns premier dalton mcguinty has answered the police serv ices board letter urging the government to pull violent video games off shelves the board began a letter- writing campaign after read ing about ultraviolent video games in a feature in york region newspaper group newspapers and viewing a few minutes of the game grand theft auto san andreas in november at the time york regional police chief armand la barge called the game anti social antiestablishment and antiorder premier mcguinty said the issue was a vital one in a letter dated jan 21 as a responsible govern ment we have taken steps to ensure that video game man ufacturers and distributors develop games that are appropriate for our chil dren he said the provincial govern ment has passed reforms ensuring video games for sale or rent contain information on ageappropriate viewing