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The Hon. JOHN AJAKA 5.35 p.m.: I speak tonight on the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and its gathering of the brilliant accomplishments and exceptional contributions made by neighborhood Lebanese Australian business owners to the Australian business neighborhood in the areas of accommodation, service, sector and fabrication. On 16 November 2007 I needed the wonderful opportunity of going to the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Trade awards evening, by having distinguished guests of honor the Hon. Philip Ruddock, Federal Attorney-General, His Lordship Bishop Abikaram, His Lordship Bishop Saliba, His Lordship Bishop Darwishe, His Lordship Bishop Melki Melki, Reverend Superior Papa Tarabay, His Excellency Mr Nazer, Ambassador of the Saudi Arabian Kingdom, His Excellency Dr Al Shamsi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, as well as His Excellency Mr Naoum, Consul General of Lebanon.

The Australian Lebanese Enclosure of Commerce needs, considering that its creation in 1985, collaborated with both the Australian as well as Lebanese federal governments to forge greater business as well as occupation relations between Australia and Lebanon, as well as happens to be held in the greatest regard by the company neighborhood. The recent Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce board associates, various of whom I am honored to call buddies, are Mr Joe Khattar, Michael Symond, Michael Rizk, Michael Murr, Nadia Obeid, Danny Arraj, Dr Anthony Hasham, Adam Malouf, Salim Nicholas as well as Maurice Doumit. I needed the deference of being a past director of the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce.

The head of the enclosure, Mr Joe Khattar, is a well-recognised leader in the Lebanese community. He happened to be born in Lebanon and migrated having his loved ones to Australia in 1967. Because that time, Joe has actually taken place to attain exceptional prosperity as well as happens to be currently the chief executive officer of the Dyldam Collection, a loved ones owned individual as well as run building company. He happens to be a live associate of the community who has actually generously offered his time to working for on a multitude of panels offering the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, Sydney University, the Australian Lebanese Base, Westmead Healthcare facility, the Millennium Foundation as well as a large number of exclusive providers. Mr Joe Khattar is an exemplary design for Lebanese Australians as well as the broader neighborhood. His commitment to others, coupled by having his concentration and vision, has made him a valued as well as well-respected associate of the community. The exact can be stated of all of the leaders of the Australian Lebanese Enclosure of Commerce, men and women of Australian Lebanese experience that have contributed so much to the Australian community.

The Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce has actually led the way in developing vocation as well as service prospects between Australia, Lebanon as well as the Thick East, and has actually worked in conjunction with Australian State as well as Federal federal governments in recent years to organise numerous high-profile trade missions to Lebanon. It has actually encouraged the participation of delegates from leading Australian companies representing several arenas such as pharmaceuticals, building, water therapy, waste management and money and who have delivered important input throughout these important consultative procedures. The Australian Lebanese Chamber of Business needs more enhanced Australia's trading alliances by liaising with the enclosures of commerce in Beirut and Lebanon. In 1997 the Australian Lebanese Enclosure of Trade organised the first-ever Australia Item Show in Beirut in the course of a ministerial visit by the at that point Premier of New South Wales, the Hon. Bob Carr. Dramatically, the enclosure has even thrown many company, informative as well as authorities delegations from Lebanon, as well as was the 1st to get and recommend to the Australian establishment neighborhood leading personas from the Lebanese world of commerce, such as Dr Marwan Iskandar.

The Australian Lebanese Chamber of Business has actually provided substantial advice over the many years to business owners performing company in Lebanon as well as Australia. It has actually launched a quantity of Lebanese items on the Australian market, as well as has actually happened to be a solid champion of the upgrading as well as treatment of fresh Lebanese produce to fulfill international standards. In addition to its business as well as worldwide vocation relationship initiatives, the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce even supplies import-export information as well as suggestions, as well as certification of export documents, as well as conducts market feasibility studies as well as surveys. Having said that, in the advancement of Australian as well as Lebanese commerce potentially the most significant of the chamber's operations is its educative job. It happens to be a standard array of company workshops, focusing on primary problems such as real property, finance, banking, construction, tax regulations and laborers settlement-- thereby delivering important networking channels for associates and supporters.

The yearly company awards dinner stands major between these programs as a significant forum for the laudation of those who have excelled in the different commercial fields, which all together form the prolific tapestry of our business neighborhood right here in Australia. I place on record my adulations to the champions of the awards on the night-- in no certain purchase as all award champions happen to be of equal standing-- Deicorp Building in the development market, Brick and Block Business in production, and Michel's Dry Washing for quality in service. Mrs Alice Doumani gained the Admiration Award for her astounding work within the community at large. Previous winners have actually featured Mr Joseph Assaf, chairman of Jascom, Mr Khalil Herro of Herro Brothers, Mr John Symond of Aussie Home Loans, Mr Alf Moufarrige of Servcorp Serviced Offices, Mr George Ghossayn of Kari and Ghossayn Group, Mr Joe Khattar of Dyldam as well as Mr Tony Hakim of NTG. I congratulate the Australian Lebanese Enclosure of Commerce on its work in the neighborhood and applaud its energies in developing job links as well as strings between Australia and the Thick East. I wish that its important hard work gets acknowledgment and admiration.