Haakon & Mette-Marit's official visit to Malaysia: March 8-10, 2010

[dazzling]

Crown Prince & the Crown Princess will make an official in March 2010 which is part of a business delegation trip.

Information (not in English)
Info credit: Mia on another forum

 

[JessRulz]

The visit will take place between March 8th and 10th:

08.03.2010
Malaysia
Deres Kongelige Høyheter Kronprinsen og Kronprinsessen er på offisielt besøk til Malaysia 8. - 10. mars.

 

[marian]

ITS A GREAT NEWS. PRINCESS METTE MARIT WILL TRAVEL WITH HER HUSBAND TO MALASYA.

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I HOPE THAT SHE IS BETTER.

 

[principessa]

But Mette-Marits program is reduced.

 

[rominet09]

I am very happy to see her again !

 

[Mushroom-Pie]

The royal couple will arrive in Malaysia on 7th March. Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur already had Norwegian flags hung up on the road leading to the Parliament.

Hopefully, there'll be lots of pictures as it'll be a long, long time before any European royal family members will visit Malaysia again...

 

[carlota]

more information on the visit can be found here. it seems it will be focused on energy, notably on oil and gas.

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A Viking convoy headed to Malaysia

 

[Paty]

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette Marit arrives at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on monday.

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Norway's Crown Prince Haakon inspects a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the prime minister's office in Malaysia's administrative capital Putrajaya on March 8, 2010. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak received Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit who are on a three-day official visit to Malaysia

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Belga Gallery
http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/editorial/all/coverage/1731688.html

 

[sofajr]

More galleries:

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KRONPRINSESSE METTE-MARIT - Tilbake på jobb - Side2
På tur for norsk næringsliv

 

[ricarda]

Info and 10 pics from official website
kongehuset.no - Kronprinsparet besøker Malaysia

 

[Her_Majesty]

Malaysia Princess Mette-Marit and Prince Haakon during the first day of their 3 day visit to Malaysia.
- also including pictures of a dinner in the hotel

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Daylife:
http://www.daylife.com/search?q=mette+marit+malaysia

belga:
http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/editorial/all/coverage/1731889.html
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[rominet09]

So nice to see her back more beautiful than ever ! Thanks !

 

[Her_Majesty]

A great picture of the couple: Picture

http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/okonomi/article1455177.ece
http://www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/utland/article3555654.ece
Video: http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.7029416

 

[Paty]

Day 2:Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit with Sigve Brekke, chairman of DiGi telecommunication and vice president of Telenor group, attend a function with at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC) on March 9.

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The Prince and Princess with Malaysian Minister for Women, Family and Community Development Shahrizat Abdul Jalil at a seminar on gender equality.

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[rominet09]

She looks really serene on these pix... so happy and contented....

 

[Paty]

Princess Mette-Marit and Prince Haakon attended the dinner with Norwegian seafood with the winners of the seafood competition

PPE Agency Dinner

Information by Kongehuset.no
Many ways to boost cooperation

 

[rominet09]

Lovely yellow and white outfit I love it !

 

[Her_Majesty]

Pure People: La princesse Mette-Marit de Norvège : Les espoirs de son pays reposent un peu... sur ses cervicales !

Daytime events: http://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=09-03-2010 Malaysia

 

[georgiea]

Princess Mette-Marit and Prince Haakon attended the dinner with Norwegian seafood with the winners of the seafood competition
PPE Agency Dinner

The Princess and Prince look wonderful. I just love te Royal couple's style. Princess Mette-Marit looked beautiful in gold and white. Love the whole outfit and accessories.

 

[JessRulz]

The pictures of Haakon and Mette outside the Petronas Towers are wonderful - it is such a beautiful sight, especially at night. If only they had gone on their trip around the beginning of April/Easter, I would have had the chance to possibly see them!

 

[Her_Majesty]

10-03-2010 Malaysia Princess Mette-Marit on the last day of the 3 day visit to Malaysia.
The royals went to visited the Pavillion with the exhibition of Norwegian Architecture.
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Daylife:
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Belga:
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Norwegian: http://www.kongehuset.no/c27217/nyhet/vis.html?tid=84480
English: http://www.kongehuset.no/c27454/tale/vis.html?tid=84326

 

[dazzling]

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This was from this visit

Visiting Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit walk to their photo session in front of the Malaysia's landmark Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur March 10, 2010.

Cant wait to see the couple inside the mosque.

 

[Her_Majesty]

10-03-2010 Mosque Princess Mette-Marit and Prince Haakon on the last day of the 3 day visit to Malaysia.
The royals pose in front of the Malaysia`s landmark Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur.

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http://lotta.svenskdam.se/2010/03/v...prinsessan-mette-marit-i-kuala-lumpur-lyllos/

 

[wartenberg7]

It looks as CP Haakon didn´t shake hands with these 2 women, as well as CP Mette-Marit didn´t join her husband in this "men-group-photo" - due to "religious" reasons?" Sorry, do not want to hurt anybody, but this is so ridiculous to me!

Daytime events: PPE Agency

They are like being in love for some weeks rather than an almost 10 years married couple! They´re simply lovely

 

[dazzling]

It looks as CP Haakon didn´t shake hands with these 2 women, as well as CP Mette-Marit didn´t join her husband in this "men-group-photo" - due to "religious" reasons?" Sorry, do not want to hurt anybody, but this is so ridiculous to me!

Many men wont shake womens hands and women wont shake mens hands, it is against the religion to have physical contact but many people do shake hands with the other gender.
It is said if one is washed to pray and they shake the hand of the other gender than they have to wash again to pray which is not easy for everyone to do while on duty.
Other reasons some have said it is just respect not to shake hands and a few people have been brought up in not shaking hands.
To some it might seem disrespectful but then to some it is quite normal.
Hope that answers your question.

About the group photo, there is no religioues reason why MM wasnt with the men group photo but in the couples case from pictures, it looks like Haakon was in the mens section of the mosque.
In mosques men and women each have their sections, well in many mosques around the world.

 

[rominet09]

Such a pity this trip is already over. I love to see fresh pix of them everyday !

 

[dazzling]

Will there be pictures of the depature?
Thank you all for the pictures, this was a really nice trip to watch and follow.

 

[fortimo]

Mette-Marit opened the architecture exhibition (video):

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And the photogallery from Scanpix:
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