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Welcome to the Sixth Edition of World Expositions Snapshot - by Foundation Expo '88 - Your Australian World Expositions Gateway.

 

 

 

Royal Flora Ratchaphruek has now closed, hosting a special visit by the Secretary-General of the BIE, Sr Vicente Gonzales Loscertales, as well as a fun and festive steet theatre procession advertising Zaragoza's 2008 Exposition. The Expo was attended by nearly double the number of visitors targetted, with Pavilion/Gardens from 32 nations, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan (+Japan’s Hyogo Province), Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam and Yemen.

 

The lucky 2 millionth visitor to the Expo - forty days ahead of schedule - received a special holiday package at Chiangmai - the site of the Exposition - including food, beverages, and especially escorted VIP access to the Expo.

 

Read the Press Release here:
http://www.bie-paris.org/main/popup.php?a=185

 

We hope the Kingdom of Thailand may consider an International/Universal Class Exposition soon.

 

Preparations for a travelling World Expositions Museum - that carries further the work of the BIE and its member nations - chronicling past, present, and promoting future expositions have advanced. Scheduled for a late 2007 launch, already 12 cities around the world are listed to host the display.

 

Read the BIE Press Release here:
http://www.bie-paris.org/main/popup.php?a=195

 

Already over 100 nations and organisations have agreed to participate in Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Read the BIE Official List here (also notes date of agreement to participate)
http://www.bie-paris.org/main/popup.php?a=191

 

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the establishment of the BIE, a special music concert was held in Paris remembering the music scores that became famous at World Expositions. The music of the 1889 and 1937 Paris Exhibitions, as well as the BIE Hymn/Anthem, Dvorák's New World Symphony, featured at the performance, which was held on 18th December. http://www.bie-paris.org/main/popup.php?a=181

 

Noting the importance of music in shaping our opinions and ideas, Foundation Expo '88 follows this theme, where, for the 20th Anniversary of World Expo '88 in 2008 - shall include a special digital copy of the Expo's Theme Song 'Together, We'll Show the World!' (Frank Millward/Caroll Lloyd) - recognising the popular role of the theme song in the lead-up to the Expo. Keep tuned!

 

Bid for the 2012 World Exposition Intensifies
Yeosu, Korea; Tangier, Morrocco; and Wroclaw, Poland have been accepted by the BIE as official bidding states for the 2012 Exposition, with an official information session on the three candidates held in Paris on 18 December. The decision for the winning candidate will be made at the December 2007 General Assembly. The three cities will be lobbying the BIE all throughout 2007.

 

Read here for further information
http://www.bie-paris.org/main/popup.php?a=183

 

World's Fair Symposium held in London, U.K.
With the financial and organisation assistance of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, the BIE, the London Science Museum and the Japanese Embassy in London, a World's Fair Symposium was held in London on December 5, 2006.

 

Read the BIE Press Release, and the official Symposium summary here:
http://www.bie-paris.org/main/popup.php?a=170

 

A.V.E. Continues to Grow

The BIE established Assembly of Expo Cities and Regions continues to grow, with its Fourth Report, noting  the achievements of World Expo 2005 Aichi Japan in creating a heritage centre for the popular legacy of the Expo. Read the Report, and its interesting news here:
http://www.bie-paris.org/main/popup.php?a=172

 

 

As Royal Flora Ratchaphruek closes its doors, the World Expositions torch flies onto Zaragoza, Capital of the Autonomous Region of Aragon, Spain, for the 2008 World Exposition. Now only 15 months away, the Zaragoza Expo website has seen a complete revamp, with several new and exciting features including a gift shop of a wide variety of merchandise featuring the Expo's mascot 'Fluvi', an updated Contact page with detailed notes of the Expo Authority departments and personnel, a dedicated Tourism page noting the City's tourist infrastructure and how to get there, new mobile phone content, an Expo Channel page featuring multi-media downloads including an aerial and vehicular view of the site (particularly spectacular - allows one a bird's eye view of this unique river islet in the heart of Zaragoza), a Blog page and more. Visit the site today!

 

 

1182 days to Go to Shanghai World Expo 2010 - and now 113 nations have pledged their participation, and 14 international organisations including the World Tourism Organisation, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, the OECD, and League of Arab States. Amongst Oceania, the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Kingdom of Tonga, amongst others, have pledged their participation.

 

Already a competition has been launched for the official mascot of the Expo, with details of participation and other World Expositions mascots featuring at the page. Read here for further information: http://www.expo2010china.com/expo/expoenglish/Design/index.html. The competition runs until 31 May 2007 - put your entry in now!

 

Read the Expo 2010 Timeline here:
http://www.expo2010china.com/expo/expoenglish/oe/ep/index.html

 

New updated Site and Pavilions Plans are now visitable at the Expo 2010 website at:
http://www.expo2010china.com/expo/expoenglish/ps/sapp/index.html.

 

With options to enlarge and download images of the Expo site. Highly recommended!

 

 

 

Join with millions of other voters world-wide in choosing the position for Australian venues for the Monopoly Australia 'Here and Now' Edition Boardgame, by casting your vote at

http://www.monopoly.com.au. The Australian venue with the highest number of votes received will occupy the prestigious Mayfair position on the Board. Competition closes 10 February 2007. South Bank Parklands - the former site of Brisbane's World Expo '88 - vies with other Australian Icons for a Mayfair lane position at the new edition of this popular boardgame.

 

Read this Press Release excerpt from the Premier and Minister for Trade of Queensland, the Honourable Mr Peter Beattie MP.

 

PREMIER NOMINATES FIVE ICONIC QUEENSLAND SITES FOR MONOPOLY
Premier Peter Beattie said today he had nominated five Smart State icons for possible inclusion in the new 'Monopoly Australia Here & Now' edition of the ever popular board game.  

 

"I want to thank everyone who took the time to email, write or just chat to me in the street about which Queensland icons should be included in the new version of Monopoly," Mr Beattie said. "It's been a tough decision but after reading the submissions and talking to a lot of Queenslanders I have decided to nominate, in no particular order:

 

o The Stockman's Hall of Fame at Longreach
o Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast
o Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast,
o the Great Barrier Reef; and
o Brisbane's South Bank cultural precinct

 

"The company behind Monopoly, Hasbro, set a hard task in allowing me to nominate just five iconic sites for a State as beautiful and diverse as Queensland. I believe the five icons I have chosen represent Queensland in all of its diversity, along the four points of the compass. Dozens and dozens of locations, towns and buildings were suggested by Queenslanders over the past few weeks. Hundreds of people have taken the time to let me know their favourite Queensland icon and I want to thank everyone for making a contribution. Support came in for an amazing variety of icons including highways, trees, sporting venues and even public toilets. Truly the sublime to the ridiculous," Mr Beattie said.

 

All State Premiers have been able to nominate five iconic places to be part of an online promotion where voters will decide on the top three from each Australian State and Territory.

 

Sunday November 5, 2006

 

Media Contact: Premier's Office - 3224 4500

 

For further information on South Bank Parklands and South Bank Corporation, visit:
http://www.visitsouthbank.com
http://www.southbankcorporation.com

 

To cast your vote and for further information on the Australian 'Here and Now' Edition, visit http://www.monopoly.com.au. Your vote can help put South Bank - Brisbane - at Mayfair! Vote Today!

 

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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20706935-29277,00.html?from=public_rss
Bird droppings possible cause of tower fire

 

November 05, 2006 10:12pm
 
BIRD droppings may have caused a fire that partially destroyed Brisbane's 88m landmark tower, Stefan Sky Needle.

 

The Sky Needle's owner, Queensland celebrity hairdresser Stefan Ackerie, said he had been told by investigators that droppings may have short circuited its electrical system. The fire began about 4pm (AEST) yesterday in the 18-year-old heritage listed tower in Manning Street, South Brisbane and could be seen more than 1km away. But firefighters could only look on after they found it was too difficult to organise aerial equipment to reach the blaze at the top of the tower. It burned itself out in about half an hour.

 

Mr Ackerie today vowed he would restore the tower and make it “better than it was originally”. “With today's technology it will be better than it ever was. It will be made state-of-the-art in every possible way,” he told ABC Radio.Queensland Fire and Rescue spokesman Tom James said the tower had not suffered any structural damage. “It's still intact, the sheeting around the outside's still intact,” he told ABC Radio. “(There) doesn't appear to be any structural problems with it at all.”

 

Mr Ackerie spent $1 million re-erecting the rainbow-coloured structure after Expo 88 when it was due to be sent to Tokyo Disneyland.

 

 

'Pagoda on Sundays' - every Sunday 10am to 2pm at the Nepal Peace Pagoda, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane - the former World Expo '88 site. Join John McGregor, Founder of Foundation Expo '88 and The Friends of the Pagoda Association, in exploring the rich World Expo '88 and Nepalese heritage of the Nepal Peace Pagoda, as well as promoting the Pagoda's Second Level as venue for the World Expo '88 Museum. Now in its thirtieth week....Guided Tours of the Pagoda - by gold coin donation to start April 2007, and the Nepalese Tea House to start July 2007 - during Pagoda on Sundays. And don't forget - ask for your copy of the World Expo '88 Network Guide - launched at the Pagoda end of December 2006 - at your next visit to the Pagoda on Sundays program. Numbers run out quickly so ask for one early in the day! To be progressively launched at Brisbane cultural and tourism venues over the next few months.

 

Tenth General Meeting - The Friends of the Pagoda Association: Sunday 2pm to 4pm Sunday 25th February 2007, Café San Marco, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane. All welcome. R.S.V.P. to John McGregor, Secretary, at friendsofthepagoda@foundationexpo88.org, or tel 04937 34018.  

 

 

***** The Foundation Expo '88 globe logo - now settles at Australia. The familiar revolving globe logo of the Foundation website has now settled on the Asia-Pacific - recognising the popular inflatable globe that sat atop the Expo's popular River Stage for the six-month of the Expo.

 

***** NET - Net Earth Time - now features for Foundation Expo '88 online meetings and chat. NET - Net Earth Time - the new global earth time clock for the world-wide-web now features next to the Foundation's AOL 'online' running man. Check to see if the running man is bold, and start chatting with Foundation Expo '88. This feature requires AOL Instant Messenger - download AIM at http://www.aim.com.

 

***** Read  the Foundation Expo '88 website in Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Spanish, German, Italian, French, or Portuguese. Notice the Altavista Babel Fish translation and world flags at the Foundation website? Make use of the latest in translation technologies to visit the website in your own language!

 

***** Exposé Interview Series - 2007 Edition. Read the 2007 Edition of the Exposé Interview Series - focussing on the stars, people, and personalities behind World Expo '88 - this year's focus - the beautiful majolica ceramic Peacock of the Victorian Pavilion at World Expo '88 - it's journey and story. Also features the original 35 minute audio transcript recorded at the home of the Peacock, the Warrnambool Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. Highly recommended. Exclusive interview for the Foundation Expo '88 website.

 

***** New World Expo '88 Heritage photographs and official Brisbane City Council panorama photographs - now feature as customizable merchandise at the Foundation Expo '88 website Gift Shop at http://www.foundationexpo88.org/giftshop/. As a special 20th Anniversary of World Expo '88 project, create your own customizable 20th Anniversary of World Expo '88 merchandise from the Foundation Expo '88 Brisbane City Council World Expo '88 collection - and - of Brisbane's contemporary World Expo '88 heritage! Simply choose the image of your choice, download, and then click on the link provided at the Gift Shop page to Tshirt Studio - choose your memorabilia, customize, and order. Secure processing by Tshirt Studio England and free worldwide postage!

 

***** ONLY 450 DAYS TO GO TILL THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD EXPO '88! NEW HIGHLIGHT - View the digital markup for the South Bank Flag Forecourt for the 20th Anniversary in 2008, re-uniting some of the Expo's most significant cultural heritage items - the several metre high AUSTRALIA Pavilion letters, the colossal thematic work - the 38-metre high 'Paradigm', and the World Expo '88 wireframe globe, to be re-dedicated at a rejuvenated Flag Forecourt fountain, featuring 36 stream jets celebrating the 36 national Pavilions at the Expo. View the 20th Anniversary page here: http://www.foundationexpo88.org/20th/.

 

***** expo2020lympiad uluru - the march is on for expo2020lympiad uluru. New cards, posters and customizable merchandise can be found at the Foundation Expo '88 website Gift Shop, at http://www.foundationexpo88.org/giftshop/. Be the first to have a Tshirt, mug, or keyring for the expo2020lympiad uluru - wear it on every occasion to your next party, meeting, or visit to the local park! Do some work for Foundation Expo '88 in your spare time! Direct people to the Foundation Expo '88 website for further information! Visit the dedicated page at Foundation Expo '88, at http://www.foundationexpo88.org/expo2020lympiaduluru/. 4, 835 Days to Go!

 

That's all for the moment!

 

With many thanks for your ongoing support,

 

Best regards

 

 

 

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