50 Booths For Trade And Tourism Expo
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Some 50 booths representing 70 local and international exhibitors are set to showcase their products and services at The Mall, Gadong commencing today (Sept. 19) until Sept. 23 in their bid to widen their trade networks.

The BIMP-EAGA Trade and Tourism Expo will have its official opening ceremony at 2.30 pm today.

Supported and endorsed by the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, the event is expected to be attended by some 500 of the region's trade and business leaders from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and other countries.

Another event which will be held side by side with the trade expo, the East Asean Business Summit, is also set to commence today and ends tomorrow at the same venue.

Minister of Education, Pehin Dato Hj Abdul Rahman, will be delivering a keynote address as well as officiate the official opening of the 2005 BIMP-EAGA Trade and Tourism Expo and East Asean Business Summit.

Some five sessions will be featured at the business summit including keynote addresses by Jesus G Dureza, Presidential Assistant for Mindanao and Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCo) chairman; Aburizal Bakrie, Indonesian Coordinating

Minister for Economy; Clare Martin, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia; and Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia.

Meanwhile, organiser Transpower Group executive chairman Hj Ismail Hj Damit said a buyer and seller session, live face-to-face interactions towards recognising and realising their prospective partners in products' supply and demand, will be held on September 22 at the 41 Floor of The Mall, Gadong.

Amongst prominent exhibitors at the expo are Brunei's Ministry of Industry and Primary

Resources, MEDCo, the Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry, Tourism Malaysia and Indonesian Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs.

The private sector is represented by various ICT vendors showcasing the latest ICT developments while Abacus will lead several travel agents offering various holiday packages while a number of exhibitors from the Middle East have confirmed their participation.

Sabah exhibitors will also be occupying several booths to display various developments in resorts and tourism.

Some of the exhibitors have expressed their interest in visiting various authorities here like Brunei Industry Development Authority, and local chambers of commerce and industry.

Both events, which are held in line with the BIMP-EAGA-Senior Officials and Ministers Meeting, are seen as platforms for identifying business opportunities and for discussing key trade and business issues in the region. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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