Sister Cities of Milpitas, CA

Information, links and videos about our past three sister cities: Dugupan City in the Philippines, Huizhou in China, and Kukizaki, Japan.

Commission

Sister Cities Commission Website
Founded May 21, 1996. Disbanded in 2018. The Milpitas Sister Cities Commission (SCC) serves as an advisory body to the City Council on matters affecting sister cities relationships, programs, and activities.

Former Sister Cities. This page will not be updated any longer.

Dagupan City, Philippines

City Dagupan City Official Site
Dagupan has been and will continue to be an attraction to people from all over the region. This is where education, banking, commerce, healthcare and technology coverage to create the region’s foremost urban economy.

City of Milpitas and Dagupan City MOU
Milpitas Mayor Esteves and Dagupan Vice Mayor Fernandez signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the April 15, 2002 Milpitas City Council session. Debra Garcia, Chair, represented the commission’s review and recommendation.

Dagupan Latest News & Events
The rapid antibody test kits (RATK) that Mayor Brian Lim had donated to the city government have been a big help in containing the spread of Covid-19 virus in this city, according to Dr. Ophelia Rivera, the city’s Covid-19 focal person.

Contact the Mayor of Dagupan
HON. BELEN T. FERNANDEZ
Dagupan City Hall Complex
A.B. Fernandez Ave.
Dagupan City
Philippines 2400
Contact #: +63 75 5297493

The Sunday Punch
Provincial weekly newspaper for Pangasinan. “Mass testing shows COVID-19 contagion stopped” May 25, 2020.

Huizhou, China

Huizhou
A prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, People’s Republic of China. Part of the Pearl River Delta, Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south.

Huizhou Info
Huizhou is one of the major cities to the east of Guangzhou with a long history. It has been called Huizhou since the Ming Dynasty (960-1279 AD) and recognized as a city in 1958.

The Homes of Huizhou: Preserving Chinese Culture
HuizhouÕs ornate and extravagant traditional dwellings-with their southern Chinese architectural stylings such as upturned eaves, elaborate woodcarvings and pillars-were built in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1644Ð1911).

Manufacturers in Huizhou
From air purifies to epoxy resin, many goods are produced at factories in Huizhou.

News from Huizhou, China
Latest news from our sister city.

Tsukuba, Japan

Tsukuba M.O.U.
Memorandum of understanding between our two cities, forming the sister cities relationship.

Tsukuba: City of Science and Nature
Seen from one angle, Tsukuba city, with its streets of traditional stores and houses, has the look of a rural refuge of abundant greenery. Seen from another angle, it is Tsukuba Science City, a superb modern urban landscape seldom seen in Japanese cities.

News from Tsukuba, Japan
News ranges from race cars to super colliders.