Korean councillor hopes to woo immigrants to Saint John
Last Updated: Monday, January 8, 2007 | 10:21 AM AT
CBC News
A Saint John city councillor to be featured in a half-hour television documentary broadcast in South Korea is hoping the show will entice more Koreans to move to the city.
Coun. Jay-Young Chang, a Korean-Canadian, is the subject of a show for Korea's Global Television Station. The show is filming 10 episodes focused on young Korean politicians living around the world.
The film crew is spending three days with Chang. They rode all-terrain vehicles with him and will shoot his lunch date with Mayor Norm McFarlane on Monday afternoon.
Chang said he plans to show off city landmarks and introduce the crew to other Korean immigrants living in the city. He's hoping the show will encourage more Koreans to move to Saint John.
"This television show will play well in Korea and it will display Saint John as a great place to live and a great place to do business," he said.
During the last year, more than 200 Koreans have immigrated to the Saint John area. Chang said the documentary will encourage even more to consider making the city their new home.
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