HAGÅTÑA — Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero departed Guam Wednesday morning at the head of a trade and investment delegation bound for Taiwan, with meetings on airlines, hydroponic farming, culture, trade, investment, and agritourism on the agenda.
The delegation includes key personnel from the Guam Visitors Bureau, Guam Economic Development Authority, and Guam International Airport Authority. Within an hour of landing at Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei, the group was scheduled to meet with leadership from China Airlines.
Also on the first day’s agenda was a meeting with representatives of Moss Creek Hydroponics, a company that has previously sent officials to Guam to explore opportunities for expanding its operations on island. Hydroponic and vertical farming are among Taiwan’s fastest growing industries and are classified as high-tech sectors due to their heavy reliance on STEM careers. The Leon Guerrero-Tenorio Administration has made STEM workforce development a centerpiece of its 21st-century economic blueprint for Guam.
The delegation will also travel to Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second largest city with a population of 2.7 million and its largest industrial port. The Kaohsiung leg of the trip coincides with a three-day program on island cultures explored through music, markets, and international exchanges, with Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines among the other countries represented.
