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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
PRESS RELEASE
(for immediate release – Thursday, October 4, 2007)
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Gov. Togiola to travel to Guam
and Korea tonight
(UTULEI) - Governor Togiola Tulafono departs the Territory tonight for a two-week trip that will take him to Guam and Korea.
In Guam, Governor Togiola will attend the Conference on Business Opportunities in the Islands that begins on Monday, October 8th.
The two-day conference is the fourth meeting organized and sponsored by the Department of the Interior (DOI) to stimulate business opportunities in the U.S. territories. The previous three conferences were held in Los Angeles, American Samoa and Honolulu.
“The DOI conference is a great opportunity to meet and forge partnerships with business and investment companies to set up business in American Samoa and other U.S. territories,” said Governor Togiola. “As we’ve done in other business opportunities conferences, we continue to promote the Territory as a great place to invest, set up and do business, and at the same time it allows us to see and learn ways on how to improve the marketing of American Samoa to potential investors.”
In Seoul, South Korea, Governor Togiola and First Lady Mary Ann will visit with sons and daughters of American Samoa in the Armed Forces that are stationed there.
Governor Togiola said he continues to receive emails and letters from American Samoan military personnel on tour of duty in Korea telling him of the great things they continue to do as a Samoan family unit away from home and their organization, Republic of Korea Samoan Association, or ROKSA.
“It’s an honor to have this opportunity to travel to the northwestern part of the Pacific to the business opportunities conference because it also allows me to continue on to Korea to meet and visit our Samoan soldiers and their families who are stationed there,” said Governor Togiola. “I truly enjoy hearing and reading about the wonderful work that our soldiers and ROKSA continue to do to promote unity and harmony and especially our Samoan culture in Korea. We are very excited that we will be meeting and visiting with our soldiers and we really look forward to it. While we have the opportunity, our trip there is to say thank you for your commitment to service.”
Governor Togiola will return to the Territory on October 21st.
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