FBI delegates gather for Gold Coast conference Concerns about increased terrorist activity in south-east Asia are not expected to deter delegates from an FBI conference, which opens on Queensland's Gold Coast this weekend. Four-hundred delegates from throughout Australia, south-east Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom are expected to attend the five-day conference to discuss the latest strategies in dealing with terrorism and international crime. The Department of Foreign Affairs has has issued reviewed travel advice for Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, East Timor and Indonesia. However, Superintendent Paul Stewart of the conference organising committee says that is not expected to impact on delegate numbers. "We still have delegates from south-east Asia that are attending the conference," he said. "Certainly no one has pulled out of the conference or anything like that ... it's still going ahead." http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-17may2003-22.htm