Riordan to Announce Plans for 12-Day Asia Trade Mission
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Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan will announce plans Wednesday for a trip to the Far East, his first overseas trade mission since taking office in 1993.
Riordan is scheduled to visit China, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong in a 12-day trip starting Sept. 29, according to a statement released by his office Monday. He will announce the objectives of the mission and discuss the importance of tourism to the Los Angeles economy at a Wednesday breakfast meeting of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Consul Generals Feng Shusen of China, Seiichiro Noboru of Japan and Tae-Hee Park of Korea, as well as representatives of the city’s airport, harbor and sister cities programs and leaders of the Chamber of Commerce and the Asian Business League will join Riordan at the breakfast meeting.
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