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Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies

The Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies is the centrepiece initiative of Investing in Victoria's Future, the Bracks Government's action plan to further develop the financial services sector in Victoria.

Knowledge Intensive SMEs

DIIRD is seeking input from investors, universities, small-to-medium enterprises (SME) managers and others to assist its investigation of Victorian-based knowledge-intensive SMEs.

Major Projects Victoria (www.majorprojects.vic.gov.au)

Current projects include Biosciences Research Centre, Hepburn Springs Bathhouse redevelopment, Kew Residential Services redevelopment, Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre project, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. Melbourne Wholesale Markets Relocation, Southbank Cultural Precinct redevelopment, State Sports Facilities project.

Shanghai World Expo 2010

In 2010 Shanghai will host the biggest World Expo in the history of world expositions.  Over 200 nations and international organisations are expected to take part. The Expo will run from 1 May to 31 October 2010. More than 70 million people are expected to visit the expo site, which covers 5.28 square kilometres on the banks of the Huangpu River in central Shanghai.