Flashback: Trade Mission to Singapore & Indonesia

Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde presided a trade visit to Indonesia and Singapore from 21 November 2008 to 28 november 2008. It was Mathilde's first working trip abroad since the birth of Eléonore, 7 months earlier.

23 November 2008

Arrival at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta.

Reception for the Belgian delegation at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jakarta.

24 November 2008

Princess Mathilde visits an elementary school in Jakarta.

Meeting with Mufidah Jusuf Kalla, the wife of Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

Working luncheon related to the Indonesian fight against HIV/AIDS with Dr Nafsiah Mboi, Secretary of Indonesia's National AIDS Commission, at the residence of the Belgian Ambassador in Jakarta.

25 November 2008

Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde of Belgium and Belgian Minister for Economy and Reform, Vincent Van Quickenborne visit the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. 

West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan & his wife Netty Heryawan welcome Prince Philippe &  Princess Mathilde in Bandung.

Gala dinner at a hotel in Jakarta.

26 November 2008

Working luncheon with Belgian and Indonesian business women at the Residence of the Belgian Ambassador in Jakarta.

Flemish Tea Time organized by FIT, Unizo & Voka at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jakarta.

27 November 2008

With President Nathan and his wife during a visit to the Istana in Singapore.

Visit to the La Salle College of the Arts.

Visit to the National Orchid Garden.

Mathilde attended a ceremony where an orchid was named in her honour: Spathoglottis Philippe 'Mathilde'.

Belgian Gala Night at The Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.