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Progressing the World Expo '88 Vision
- A non-government not-for-profit entity celebrating Brisbane's World Expo '88 -
Academic Forum
Opening and Closing Ceremony Speeches
"Opening Ceremony Speeches, National Day Speeches, Closing Ceremony Speeches"
Office of the Commissioner-General, World Expo '88
Opening Ceremony
Monsieur Jacques Sol-Rolland
President
Bureau International des Expositions (B.I.E.)
PRES D'UN SIECLE S'EST ECOULE ET L'AUSTRALIE RENOUE AVEC LA GRANDE TRADITION DES EXPOSITIONS INTERNATIONALES. ELLE APPELLE LE MONDE ENTIER A PRESENTER CE QUE CHACUN FAIT DE MIEUX POUR ENRICHIR LE DERNIER DOMAINE CONQUIS PAR L'HOMME...LES LOISIRS.
AMOST A CENTURY HAS PASSED AND AUSTRALIA IS CONTINUING THE GREAT TRADITION OF INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS. THE ENTIRE WORLD IS INVITED TO PRESENT ITS BEST INVENTIONS IN THIS NEWLY CONQUERED FIELD ... OF LEISURE.
AUTREFOIS PRIVILEGE D'UNE MINORITE, L'ACCESSION A DES ACTIVITES SANS BUT LUCRATIF DEVIENT UN DROIT POUR UN NOMBRE CROISSANT D'HABITANTS DE LA PLANETE.
LEISURE HAD BEEN THE PRIVILEGE OF THE MINORITY BUT THE CONCEPT OF A NON-MONEY-MAKING ACTIVITY HAS BECOME A RIGHT FOR AN INCREASING NUMBER OF THIS PLANET'S POPULATION.
CHAQUE PAYS A SES TRADITIONS, SON ORIGINALITE, SES RESSOURCES PARTICULIERES. LEUR RAPPROCHEMENT SUR UN MEME SITE VA OFFRIR AUX VISITEURS L'OCCASION DE DECOUVRIR LES AUTRES PAYS ET LEUR POSSIBILITES.
EVERY COUNTRY HAS ITS TRADITIONS, ITS UNIQUENESS, AND ITS OWN RESOURCES. THE GATHERING OF ALL THESE COUNTRIES ON ONE SITE GIVES EXPO VISITORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER OTHER COUNTRIES AND THEIR POSSIBILITIES.
L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE BRISBANE EST CONSACREE A CETTE DECOUVERTE. AU NOM DU BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES EXPOSITIONS QUE JE REPRESENTE ET DONT L'AUSTRALIE EST UN MEMBRE EMINENT, EN MON NOM PROPRE JE SOUHAITE A L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE BRISBANE LE PLUS GRAND SUCCES.
BRISBANE'S INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IS CONSECRATED TO THIS DICOVERY. IN THE NAME OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS WHICH I REPRESENT AND OF WHICH AUSTRALIA IS A DISTINGUISHED MEMBER, AND IN MY OWN NAME, I WISH EXPO 88 THE GREATEST SUCCESS.
AMOST A CENTURY HAS PASSED AND AUSTRALIA IS CONTINUING THE GREAT TRADITION OF INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS. THE ENTIRE WORLD IS INVITED TO PRESENT ITS BEST INVENTIONS IN THIS NEWLY CONQUERED FIELD ... OF LEISURE.
AUTREFOIS PRIVILEGE D'UNE MINORITE, L'ACCESSION A DES ACTIVITES SANS BUT LUCRATIF DEVIENT UN DROIT POUR UN NOMBRE CROISSANT D'HABITANTS DE LA PLANETE.
LEISURE HAD BEEN THE PRIVILEGE OF THE MINORITY BUT THE CONCEPT OF A NON-MONEY-MAKING ACTIVITY HAS BECOME A RIGHT FOR AN INCREASING NUMBER OF THIS PLANET'S POPULATION.
CHAQUE PAYS A SES TRADITIONS, SON ORIGINALITE, SES RESSOURCES PARTICULIERES. LEUR RAPPROCHEMENT SUR UN MEME SITE VA OFFRIR AUX VISITEURS L'OCCASION DE DECOUVRIR LES AUTRES PAYS ET LEUR POSSIBILITES.
EVERY COUNTRY HAS ITS TRADITIONS, ITS UNIQUENESS, AND ITS OWN RESOURCES. THE GATHERING OF ALL THESE COUNTRIES ON ONE SITE GIVES EXPO VISITORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER OTHER COUNTRIES AND THEIR POSSIBILITIES.
L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE BRISBANE EST CONSACREE A CETTE DECOUVERTE. AU NOM DU BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES EXPOSITIONS QUE JE REPRESENTE ET DONT L'AUSTRALIE EST UN MEMBRE EMINENT, EN MON NOM PROPRE JE SOUHAITE A L'EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE BRISBANE LE PLUS GRAND SUCCES.
BRISBANE'S INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IS CONSECRATED TO THIS DICOVERY. IN THE NAME OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS WHICH I REPRESENT AND OF WHICH AUSTRALIA IS A DISTINGUISHED MEMBER, AND IN MY OWN NAME, I WISH EXPO 88 THE GREATEST SUCCESS.