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Ben Simpfendorfer: Servicing Asia’s booming middle class

MELBOURNE, 21 May, 2013 – Asialink’s Next Generation Series hosted Ben Simpfendorfer, Managing Director of Silk Road Associates, for an event exploring the market complexities of Asia’s rising middle-class.

Mr Simpfendorfer identified the critical issues for Australian businesses looking to engage the Asian markets and offered insights into how the rise of household incomes in Asia is effecting spending habits.

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In the Media

For media enquiries, please contact Elise Mallory:
Telephone +61 3 9035 8523 or email elise.mallory@unimelb.edu.au


6 June 2013

Businesses rush to Myanmar as the country transforms, Auskar Surbakti, ABC Newsline. Video featuring interview with Asialink's Chairman Sid Myer.

 

3 June 2013

Human rights barrier to fruitful dialogue, Jim Middleton, ABC Newsline. Video featuring Asialink's Australia Myanmar Business Taskforce.


27 May 2013

Artist Jitish Kallat’s “Circa” at Art Basel in Hong Kong, Rosalyn D'Mello, Blouin Artinfo. Feature article on the launch of Jitish Kallat's book 'Circa', introduced in Hong Kong by Asialink Arts Director Lesley Alway.
6 April 2013

Under the Skin, A Spirit Stirs, Andrew Stephens, The Age. Preview of Asialink's touring exhibition, Shadowlife.
28 March 2013

Emerson dragging chain in Asia, Rowan Callick, The Australian. Features mention of Asialink's response to the White Paper and the Third Way report.
26 March 2013

Lost in Translerpretation, Pepi Ronalds, The Future of Long-Form. Features comment from Nic Low, Manager of the International Writing Program at Asialink.
18 March 2013

Myanmar gold rush creates Australian dig, Greg Earl, Australian Financial Review. Features mention of Asialink's Myanmar Business Taskforce.
17 March 2013

Australia's Asian Century plans on track, Australia Network News. Asialink CEO Jenny McGregor speaks to Business Today's Whitney Fitzsimmons about the status of Australia's engagement with Asia following the release of the White Paper.
14 March 2013

Business plans Myanmar roadmap, Greg Earl, Australian Financial Review. Article regarding Asialink's Myanmar Business Taskforce, featuring quotes from Asialink Chairman Sid Myer.
27 February 2013

Philanthropy in Australia: It's what you do with it that counts, John Fitzgerald, The Conversation. Mentions Asialink's work in setting up Asia literacy programs.
27 February 2013

Libs pick Jakarta for Asia study trial, Bernard Lane, The Australian. Features comment from Asialink CEO Jenny McGregor.
February 2013

A light on the dark side, Martin Potter, Asian Currents. 2012 Asialink Dunlop Fellow Martin Potter writes about his series of participatory media and art projects in Cambodia.
19 January, 2013

Potters Re-caste, Journalist Michael Shirrefs journeys to the outskirts of Delhi to meet   Australian ceramicist Sandra Bowkett, who's been working with potters in India as part of an Asialink arts residency.
7 January, 2013

Vision for the future needs a nod to neighbourly past, Esther Anatolitis, Canberra Times. Includes a reference to the Asialink Arts Residency program.


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