Australasia and larger Asia guests in Bremen

Friday, 22 February 2019, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen: For the 118th occasion, the Eastern Asia Association Bremen (OAV) arranged its traditional foundation feast held at Bremen City Hall under the patronage of the President and Governing Mayor of Bremen, Dr. Carsten Sieling, and in the attendance of the ambassadors of Australia, Lynette Wood, New Zealand, Rupert Holborow, Mongolia,  Ganbat Bontoi Damba, Singapore, Laurence Bay, the Philippines’ Chargée d’affaires, Lillibeth Pono as well as the Nipponese Honorary Consul in Bremen.

They were flanked by the guests of honour Lucy Hugues Turnbull, 79th Mayor of Sidney accompanied by her spouse, The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia, and Dr. Holger Bingmann, President of the Federal Association of Wholesale and Foreign Trade. 

This year’s chief foreign guest was Lucy Hugues Turnbull, Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commision and formerly Lord Mayor of Sidney. She held an allocution as an expert on the technological development of urbane regions. ´The German speaker was Dr. Holger Bingmann and Mayor Dr. Sieling who highlighted the the relevance for Bremen-Bremerhaven to constantly exchange trade and views with partners of the Asia-Pacific region to promote the well-being of peoples and companies. 

The soirée’s organiser is the Ostasiatischer Verein Bremen (Eastern Asian Association Bremen) which was founded in 1901 to serve as a meeting point for merchants, captains and lay people with ties to Asia. Since 1951 the gala is held in Upper Hall of Bremen’s City Hall. 

For further information Greater Sydney Commission: https://www.greater.sydney

Eastern Asian Association Bremen: https://www.oav-bremen.de

Image by Bremen Senats presse stelle.