The Honourable Stephen Robertson MP Minister for Natural resources, Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade T RT Trade Mission to Malaysia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates 27 April - 7 May 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAM ................................................................................................................4 TRADE MISSION OVERVIEW ................................................................................14 OFFICIAL DELEGATION MEMBERS .....................................................................16 BUSINESS DELEGATION MEMBERS - MALAYSIA .............................................16 UAE BASED QUEENSLAND COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES ............................17 MEETINGS - MALAYSIA ........................................................................................ 18 MEETING WITH MR RICK WILKINSON, PRESIDENT, GLNG ............................... 19 INFORMAL MEETING WITH QUEENSLAND COMPANIES ...................................20 MEETING WITH DATO' WIRA SYED ABDUL JABBAR BIN SYED HASSAN, CHAIRMAN, MMC CORPORATION BERHAD .......................................................21 MEETING WITH YB DATUK PETER CHIN FAH KUI MINISTER OF ENERGY, GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND WATER ...................................................................22 MEETING WITH YB DATO' SRI ONG TEE KEAT, MINISTER OF TRANSPORT...23 MEETING WITH MR CRAIG CHITTICK, DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MALAYSIA .............................................................................................................. 24 MEETING WITH MR WAN ZUL, VICE PRESIDENT - GAS PETRONAS ................ 25 DINNER WITH MALAYSIAN INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ............................. 26 MEETINGS - SINGAPORE ..................................................................................... 27 LUNCH MEETING WITH AUSTRADE REPRESENTATIVES IN SINGAPORE ....... 28 MEETING WITH SINGAPORE AIR TERMINAL SERVICES (SATS) AND SINGAPORE FOOD INDUSTRIES (SFI) .................................................................29 MEETING WITH MR S ISWARAN, SENIOR MINISTER OF STATE , MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION .................................. 30 BREAKFAST MEETING CHAIRED BY MR BILL FOO , CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ANZ BANK SINGAPORE ...................................................................... 31 MEETINGS - SAUDI ARABIA ................................................................................ 32 MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY, MR KEVIN MAGEE , AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA ......................................................................33 MEETING WITH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE SALMAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD, GOVERNOR OF RIYADH ............................................................................ 34 1 MEETING WITH MR MOHAMMED AL KATHIRI, DEPUTY MINISTER FOR TECHNICAL AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ..................35 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT RECEPTION ........................................................ 38 MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY ABDULLAH AL-HUSSAYEN, MINISTER FOR WATER AND ELECTRICITY ...................................................................................39 MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY AMR ABDULLAH AL DABBAGH, GOVERNOR OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN GENERAL INVESTMENT AUTHORITY.40 SITE VISIT TO MONORAIL PROJECT AND LUNCH MEETING WITH ANSALDO STS PROJECT MANAGER .....................................................................................41 MEETINGS - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ...............................................................42 BREAKFAST WITH AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DUBAI ......................... 43 MEETING WITH MR LAURIE VOYER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR , AL HABTOOR LEIGHTON .............................................44 LUNCH MEETING OF THE JOINT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE HOSTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY MOHAMMED OMAR ABDULLAH ..................................................45 ROUNDTABLE WITH QUEENSLAND COMPANIES ACTIVE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) ........................................................................................47 MEETING WITH BRIGADIER DR RASHID AHMED R AL NUAIMI , COMMANDER OF THE MEDICAL SERVICES CORPS AND GLOBAL MEDICAL SOLUTIONS ...48 MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY DR TAYEB AL KAMALI, VICE CHANCELLOR, HIGHER COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY (HCT) ....................................................49 MEETING WITH DR SALEM AL SAYARI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SUPPORT SERVICES, DR SALEH HASHEM AL HASHEMI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL EDUCATION, YOUSIF AL SHERYANI, EDUCATION ADVISOR, ABU DHABI EDUCATION COUNCIL (ADEC) ................ 50 MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY ALI AL KETBI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE, GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ABU DHABI EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ...............................52 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT RECEPTION ........................................................ 54 MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY ABDULLAH RASHID AL-OTAIBA, CHAIRMAN, ABU DHABI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT .................................56 MEETING WITH THE ABU DHABI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY DR SULTAN AL JABER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MASDAR ............................................................................................... 59 MEETING WITH MS HELENE PELOSSE , INTERIM DIRECTOR-GENERAL, INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (IRENA) .............................. 60 2 MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY HUSSAIN J AL NOWAIS, CHAIRMAN, ETIHAD (UNION) RAILWAYS ................................................................................. 62 MEDIA RELEASES ................................................................................................. 63 APPENDIX 1 : PRESS CLIPPINGS .........................................................................75 3 Tuesday 27 April 2010 - Brisbane/Kuala Lumpur 9:15am Check in at airport 10:15am Depart Brisbane for Sydney on Qantas Flight QF 517 Travel time: 1 h 35mins 11:50am Arrive Sydney 2:00pm Depart Sydney for Kuala Lumpur on Malaysian Airlines MH122 Travel time: 8h 30mins 8:30pm Arrive Kuala Lumpur 10:30pm Met on arrival by Mr Russ Mackie, Business Manager, South East Asia, Trade Queensland 9:00pm- 9:30pm Travel to the hotel by car 11:00pm - 11:30pm Travel time: 30mins 9:30pm Check in at hotel 11:30pm Overnight Kuala Lumpur Mandarin Oriental Wednesday 28 April 2010 - Kuala Lumpur 7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast meeting with Mr Rick Wilkinson, 9:30am - 10:30am President, GLNG and Queensland Venue: Mandarin Oriental Hotel 8:30am - 9:10am Informal meeting with Queensland companies 10:30am - 11:10am Venue: Business Lounge Mandarin Oriental Hotel 9:15am - 9:30am Travel to the next meeting by car 11:15am - 11:30am Travel time: 15mins 9:30am - 11:00am Meeting with Dato' Wira Syed Abdul Jabbar 11:30am - 1:00pm bin Syed Hassan , Chairman, MMC Corporation Berhad 4 Venue: MMC Offices 11:00am - 11:15am Return to the hotel by car 1:00pm - 1:15pm Travel time: 15mins 11:45am - 12:15pm Media interview 1:45pm - 2:15pm 12:15pm - 1:15pm Travel to Putrajaya 2:15pm - 3:15pm Travel time: 1 h 1:30pm - 2:30pm Meeting with YB Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui , Minister 3:30pm - 4:30pm of Energy, Green Technology and Water Venue: Putrajaya 2:30pm - 2:40pm Depart for KeTTHA for lunch 4:30pm - 4:40pm Travel time: 10mins 2:40pm - 3:30pm Light lunch with Senior Executive team, Ministry for 4:40pm - 5:50pm Energy, Green Technology and Water Venue: Taman Botani Restaurant 3:30pm Depart for next meeting 5:30pm Travel time: 20mins 3:45pm - 4:30pm Meeting with YB Dato' Sri Ong Tee Keat, Minister of 5:45pm - 6:30pm Transport Venue: Ministry of Transport 4:40pm - 4:50pm Depart for next meeting 6:40pm 6:50pm Travel time: 10mins 6:00pm - 6:30pm Meeting with Mr Craig Chittick AM, Deputy High 8:00pm - 8:30pm Commissioner to Malaysia Venue: Secret Recipe 6:30pm - 7:30pm Travel to the hotel by car 8:30pm - 9:30pm Travel time: 1 h 7:00pm Arrive at hotel 9:00pm 5 7:20pm Meet Ms Juliana Nam, Australian High Commission's Political/Economic Counsellor in the hotel lobby and walk to Tower 1 Travel time: 5min walk 7:30pm - 8:15pm Meeting with Mr Wan Zul, Vice President - Gas 9:30pm - 10:15pm Petronas Venue: Petronas Towers 8:15pm Walk to the Mandarin Oriental 10:15pm Travel time: 5min walk 8:30pm - 10:30pm Dinner with Malaysian industry representatives 10:30pm - 12:30am (Thurs 29 Apr) Venue Pacifica Room Mandarin Oriental overnight Kuala Lumpur Mandarin Oriental Thursday 29 April 2010 - Kuala Lumpur/Singapore 7:00am Check out of the hotel 9:00am 7:15am - 8:15am Travel to the airport by car 9:15am - 10:15am Travel time: 1h 8:25am Check in at the airport 10:25am 10:25am Depart Kuala Lumpur for Singapore on Singapore 12:25pm Airlines SQ107 Travel time: 55mins 11:20am Arrive Singapore 1:20pm 11:45am Travel to the hotel by car 1:45pm Travel time: 45mins 12:30pm Check into hotel 2:30pm The Regent Singapore 1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch meeting with Austrade representatives in 3:00pm - 4:00pm Singapore 6 Venue: Regent Hotel 2:15pm - 3:00pm Travel to next meeting 4:15pm - 5:00pm Travel time: 45mins 3:00pm - 4:00pm Meeting with Singapore Air Terminal Services 5:00pm - 6:00pm (SATS) Venue: SATS Board Room, 3rd Floor SATS Inflight Catering Centre 1 :00pm - 4:45pm Travel to the next meeting by car 6:00pm - 6:45pm Travel time: 45mins 4:45pm - 5:45pm Meeting with Minister S Iswaran , Senior Minister of 6:45pm - 7:45pm State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education Venue: Ministry of Trade and Industry 5:45pm - 6:15pm Travel to hotel by car 7:45pm - 8:15pm Travel time: