The evening was a fairly informal affair with Hanifah and Susan from JPL. Held at the COTAH training restaurant at Southbank Institute of Technology, we all had a three course meal including some delicious desserts. It was lovely company and I think we all really enjoyed the conversation as well - plenty about life in Malaysia and Australia, the rainy weather!, things to see and people to meet in Brisbane, and the Socceroos!
It is always a pleasure for the AMBCQ to host visitors from Malaysia. We were especially pleased to host visitors from Johor - the southern most state in peninsular Malaysia. Much like Australia or Queensland, the political and business environment in Malaysia tends to be very centralised on the capital. We feel that this is something that Queensland suffers from as well - there is so much business being done in the regions, yet their input and significance is often overshadowed by what is happening in Brisbane.
Johor has the distinction of being cheek-to-cheek with Singapore, so much so that our guests came via Singapore rather than KLIA. And Singapore being the largest regional port and very well planned infrastructure to support logistics, certainly is tough to compete against. But cost savings and the abundance of space for the industry in Johor are competitve advantages. It was very interesting to have a different perspective on business in Malaysia and I think we all enjoyed the opportunity to get to know Susan and Hanifah and JPL.
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