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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

MORE THAN 260 BOOTHS WERE BOOKED FOR NT EXPO AT ITS TRADITIONAL SITE AT DARWIN HIGH SCHOOL. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 160 BUSINESSES EXHIBITED AT THE NORTHERN TERRITORY INDUSTRY SHOWCASE TO DEFENCE AT ROBERTSON BARRACKS. MORE THAN 400 INTERNATIONAL AND INTERSTATE DELEGATES ATTENDED BUSINESS MATCHING SESSIONS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS DURING EXPO WEEK. EXHIBITORS FROM EVERY AUSTRALIAN STATE AND TERRITORY ATTENDED. OUR MOU PARTNERS WERE WELL REPRESENTED WITH 20 EXHIBITORS FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND THE ACT AND FIVE FROM TASMANIA. VICTORIA HAD 6 EXHIBITS, NEW SOUTH WALES 5, WESTERN AUSTRALIA 4 AND QUEENSLAND 3. ALTHOUGH EXHIBITOR NUMBERS FROM OVERSEAS WERE SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM LAST YEAR, COMPANIES AND OFFICIALS FROM CHINA, NEW ZEALAND, BRUNEI, INDONESIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND MALAYSIA ATTENDED. VIETNAM HAD 2 EXHIBITORS, CHINA HAD 4, SARAWAK 1, INDONESIA 10, THE PHILIPPINES 2, BRUNEI 2 AND SABAH 6.