Territory Stories

Ministerial Statement NT Expo 1998

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Title

Ministerial Statement NT Expo 1998

Other title

Tabled paper 534

Collection

Tabled Papers for 8th Assembly 1997 - 2001; Tabled Papers; ParliamentNT

Date

1998-08-12

Description

Tabled by Daryl Manzie

Notes

Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

File type

application/pdf

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License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/296021

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/394237

Page content

IN MANY WAYS, NT EXPO HAS COME OF AGE AND HAS GROWN BEYOND ITS ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE OF A THREE-DAY TRADE FAIR. THIS WAS DEMONSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT EXPO '98 WAS A WEEK OF EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS AND TRADE ACTIVITY ACROSS JUST ABOUT EVERY INDUSTRY SECTOR IN THE TERRITORY. INDEED, NT EXPOS REPUTATION AS AUSTRALIA'S LEADING TRADE EXPOSITION IS NOW ACKNOWLEDGED BY OUR INTERNATIONAL TRADING PARTNERS, OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND AUSTRALIA AND THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THE TERRITORY BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS AND INTERSTATE ORGANISATIONS WERE ALL WELL REPRESENTED AT EXPO. EXIT SURVEYS INDICATED EXHIBITORS WERE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS, WITH A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES CLOSING DEALS ON THEIR STANDS. MANY BELIEVED THAT THEY WOULD DO EXCELLENT BUSINESS FROM EXPO IN SUBSEQUENT MONTHS. THEIR EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN LARGELY REALISED. I WILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE FURTHER IN A MOMENT. .. * 2