Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australia Philippines Incorporated

This article contains the 2nd part of Ranked Exports Report for Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australia Philippines Incorporated

This article contains Ranked Exports Report for Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australia Philippines Incorporated

This article contains the marketing research presentation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australia Philippines Incorporated

The Australian Filipino Chamber of Commerce (Qld) hosted a dinner for Ms Atkinson on June 8, 2007 at Kingston Room, Brisbane Polo Club, Brisbane. The dinner event was our way of expressing our wholehearted gratitude for her support - then, now and in the future.

On June 1, 2007, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman - together with the Multicultural Round Table hosted a black tie business networking dinner at City Hall.

The first Monday in April again saw another successful networking event. The evening was sponsored by QPHIL Recruiting , with our very own Nick Kirke –Vice president of CCIAP, as managing director.

QPHIL Recruiting is a company which aims at providing opportunities for Filipinos wishing to gain employment in Australia. It will be working with the Australian Government in the new skilled migrations program and help make it easier for skilled overseas workers to come to Australia for short term or permanent work. The opportunities are there – so just contact Nick if you are interested.

Nicholas Louis Kirke, CCIAP Vice President visited Binalonan, Pangasinan upon the invitation of Mayor Ramon & Mrs Arlyn Guico in March 2007. He was also the guest of honor and crowned the Queen of Binalonan during their Town Fiesta. His visit coincidentally was the election campaign period for senatorial, congressman and local officials of the Philippines. He was able to talk personally and had a five minute one-on-one meeting with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The President arrived in Binalonan on the same weekend with some of her cabinet officials and Team Unity candidates as part of their election campaign tour.

Early this month, the State Department - headed by Ms.Sallyanne Atkinson, Special Trade Representative of the Queensland Government to Far East Asia – sponsored a mining trade mission to Manila, composed of Australian businesses interested in supplying, assisting, and investing in the fast-growing mining sector in the Philippines.

The Chamber’s business for 2007 kicked off when it held its “First Mondays” Networking Event on 5 February 2007. Some interesting topics were discussed however, what captured the audience’s interest was the story of a nurse and a metallurgist about their journey as new migrants under the skilled workers visa. Their respective stories shed some interesting perspective in directly finding employers to sponsor them as well as offered some learning for others. Sharing of information, learning, being aware and an opportunity to meet new people to expand one's business and community contacts are being offered at the First Mondays Networking Event, an initiative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australia Philippines Incorporated

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australia Philippines Incorporated held its last function of the the year last Friday, Dec. 8, at the Brazilian Touch Restaurant. We decided to veer from our usual Filipino inspired evenings and add a bit of Brazilian flavour to our party and enjoy the evening with good food, dancing, and the show with Brazilian dancers moving to the rhythmic beat of the pulsating Samba music.