Premier Gladys Berejiklian praised the contribution of migrants from South East Asian nations as she welcomed business and political leaders attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney.
Around 3000 delegates from 10 ASEAN nations have arrived for this weekend’s special summit to discuss business and counter-terrorism.
Delivering the keynote speech at an official welcome event at Government House on Friday night, Ms Berejiklian said migrants from ASEAN nations have made an outstanding contribution to NSW.
“Our friendships with ASEAN nations run especially deep and we know these important relationships will only get stronger in the years ahead,” the Premier said.
“Generations of South East Asian migrants have make an incredible contribution to the success, prosperity and harmony of NSW.”
Ms Berejiklian held meetings with the Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Singapore on Friday and will meet other ASEAN leaders this weekend.
“It is an honour for Sydney to host this very special event and we welcome the opportunity to showcase our State to influential decision makers from the region.
“We already share deep friendships and thriving trade with ASEAN nations but I believe there is so much more to come and great untapped potential for the future.”
ASEAN is NSW’s second largest source of international students with nearly 54,000 studying here. Almost 300,000 NSW residents were born in ASEAN.
NSW had 284,000 visitors from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore in 2016-17, injecting $655 million into our economy.
Link to photos of Premier with groups attending ASEAN: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aj32vcn9g11fs9w/AACx1-MOQH6Q_RVj-mnJLEcla?dl=0
Media: Miles Godfrey | Premier | 0447 183 692
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