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By THANGLUONG tech-andcomputerindustriej gen-er- A 23-membcr 23-membcr delegation of Fair- ate.jrop thgrg," the mayor'iaid. fits which this relationship would field -colnsillors, inc'iuding Mayor bring to Fairfield. , He also said becauseHiinchu was Nicklalich and Crphuong-Ngo,ind "I have yet 4leady overcrowde4 somewherp to be briefed on the like Wetherill Park would be ideat local business people rdturieA to matler and at the momeng I have no Sydneylast Wednes-dayafter spend- for setting u-p light industry, lG idea what the exact nature of any ing a week in Hsinchir, Taiwin. to computer soltware manufacturing. futurebusinessdealingsbetweenthl finalise the sister city rclationship. cities could be,* Cr ehapman said. The mayor confirmed that d However, not all the communitv Pre.sidentof Teo Chew(a Chinese number of Hsinchu policc would wa1 in- favour of the project community organisation), Dennis visit Fairfield to liaiie with local Prcsidentof the Cabramina Elec- Duong, w.honied unsuccessfullyto police and Fairfield City Council toral Council for the l:bor parw. f^grgea sister city relationship iith with the aim to tackling crime Ken Chapman'said the sister citiii Shantouin China also felt thai there problems. "Hsinchu issue had divided rhe Chinese would not be 'tnany commercial City had a bad crime community in Cabramaua because benefitsforFairfield Cirv in the short problem l0 years agiobut now the many felt "the choice of Hsinchu term". policc have brought the crime rate City doesnot representthe maioritv down," the mayor said. of Chinese peopte in Cabrainatti _ _Disagreeing with both men, Mayor Lalich was confident of manv wbo cornefrom mainland China not benefits to bc gained from this sis; ,,I .+O-+"qberdelegarion nstrrcnu, rncluclns from Taiwan". thc city mayor -wiU cify fri€ndship. Shen-nrn :tong, "Hsinchu -has amyc next . C.r Chaprnen also expresscd a lot to offcr noilh.to fur$cr &velop thc sistcr doubts about the commercial benc- Fairfield becarrse it is th0 silicoi city fricndshg