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The Hon. JOHN AJAKA 5.35 p.m.: I speak tonight on the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Business as well as its gathering of the renowned accomplishments as well as outstanding contributions made by regional Lebanese Australian entrepreneurs to the Australian establishment community in the areas of hospitality, service, business and construction. On 16 November 2007 I had the fabulous opportunity of attending the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Trade awards night, with recognized 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 Manager Father 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 has, considering that its inception in 1985, associated with both the Australian as well as Lebanese federal governments to create greater commercial as well as trade connections between Australia and Lebanon, and happens to be held in the highest regard by the establishment community. The current Australian Lebanese Enclosure of Business board members, various of whom I happen to be honored to call friends, are Mr Joe Khattar, Michael Symond, Michael Rizk, Michael Murr, Nadia Obeid, Danny Arraj, Dr Anthony Hasham, Adam Malouf, Salim Nicholas and Maurice Doumit. I had the adoration of happening to be a past principal of the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Trade.

The president of the chamber, Mr Joe Khattar, happens to be a well-recognised leader in the Lebanese community. He happened to be born in Lebanon as well as migrated by having his family to Australia in 1967. Since that time, Joe has gone on to achieve remarkable prosperity and happens to be currently the chief executive officer of the Dyldam Group, a family members very owned and operated development establishment. He is a lively member of the community that has actually generously provided his time to offering on a large number of panels consisting of the Australian Lebanese Enclosure of Trade, Sydney University, the Australian Lebanese Foundation, Westmead Hospice, the Millennium Base as well as a multitude of individual businesses. Mr Joe Khattar is an exemplary model for Lebanese Australians and the broader community. His dedication to others, coupled having his focus as well as vision, has actually made him a valued as well as well-respected associate of the community. The exact can be expressed of all of the executive officers of the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, men and women of Australian Lebanese experience that have actually contributed so much to the Australian neighborhood.

The Australian Lebanese Chamber of Business has led the way in creating job as well as service opportunities between Australia, Lebanon as well as the Thick East, as well as has worked in conjunction by having Australian State as well as Federal governments in recent years to set up a number of high-profile job objectives to Lebanon. It has promoted the involvement of delegates from leading Australian providers expressing different arenas such as pharmaceuticals, fabrication, water treatment, waste control as well as finance and who have actually offered invaluable input throughout these crucial consultative procedures. The Australian Lebanese Chamber of Business has additional enhanced Australia's investing alliances by liaising having the enclosures of business in Beirut as well as Lebanon. In 1997 the Australian Lebanese Enclosure of Commerce arranged the first-ever Australia Item Exhibition in Beirut throughout a ministerial appointment by the then Premier of New South Wales, the Hon. Bob Carr. Considerably, the chamber has additionally hosted many business, instructional as well as government delegations from Lebanon, as well as was the initial to obtain as well as offer to the Australian business neighborhood leading personalities from the Lebanese planet of commerce, such as Dr Marwan Iskandar.

The Australian Lebanese Enclosure of Business has actually provided significant guidance over the years to small business owners managing business in Lebanon and Australia. It has actually launched a quantity of Lebanese items on the Australian market, and has been a strong supporter of the upgrading and therapy of fresh Lebanese produce to fit global standards. In addition to its business and intercontinental job alliance projects, the Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce also offers import-export details and advice, as well as accreditation of export records, as well as conducts market expediency researches as well as inspections. Having said that, in the advancement of Australian as well as Lebanese commerce perhaps the most significant of the chamber's operations is its educative job. It happens to be a regular multitude of establishment workshops, prioritizing core concerns such as property, money, financial, building, tax laws and workers recompense-- thereby supplying important networking channels for associates as well as supporters.

The yearly establishment awards dinner stands primary between these occasions as a significant forum for the laudation of those who have actually excelled in the different business specialities, which together develop the prolific tapestry of our business neighborhood here in Australia. I place on record my adulations to the champions of the awards on the evening-- in no certain purchase as all award champions happen to be of equal waiting-- Deicorp Building in the development business, Brick as well as Block Provider in manufacturing, and Michel's Dry Cleaning for superiority in service. Mrs Alice Doumani gained the Recognition Award for her astounding hard work within the neighborhood. Previous champions have included Mr Joseph Assaf, chairman of Jascom, Mr Khalil Herro of Herro Brothers, Mr John Symond of Aussie House 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 Chamber of Business on its work in the neighborhood as well as praise its energies in creating vocation links and ties between Australia and the Middle East. I wish that its important work receives acknowledgment as well as appreciation.