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ASEAN News, Jan 31, 2012

ASEAN+3 Looking To Double Currency Swap Arrangement -Kyodo
Wall Street Journal (India)
Most countries in the ASEAN-plus-Three group "are considering to double the size of the (Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization scheme)," Wei Benhua, director of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, said in an interview with Kyodo News after ...
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ASEAN +3 May Increase Emergency Fund
Manila Bulletin
By MARTIN VAUGHAN SINGAPORE (Dow Jones) – Southeast Asian countries and Asia's three largest economies will likely agree this May to expand an emergency fund designed to buffer countries in the region against global economic shock, the director of the ...
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Hong Kong continues to foster economic ties with ASEAN countries
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - Hong Kong will continue to make the most of its "China advantage" and global connectivity to foster economic ties with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, including Indonesia, in the year of 2012, the Director ...
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Malaysia Best In Asean Region On Environmental Performance Index
Bernama
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysia was top among Asean countries on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) for 2011 released by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah ...
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Asean members opt for PHL hybrid rice
Business Mirror
This is odd, given the country's perennial problem of rice supply of rice where it has to buy from Thailand and Vietnam to feed its 100 million population. This is diametrically opposed to the enthusiasm that other Aseanmembers have shown for Lim's ...
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ASEAN News: Japan Earnings to Lead
Live Trading News
... to a reading of 48.8, below the 50 mark that separates expansion from contraction. Given the important role manufacturing plays in the Chinese economy, the surveys will likely move shares in Shanghai and Hong Kong, as well as otherAsian exchanges.
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Live Trading News
Shipping industry eyes neighboring countries to save bleak year
Focus Taiwan News Channel
As Southeast Asia has a higher trading volume with China following the latter's admission into the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN) Plus One, while Taiwan is set to enjoy 95 percent tariff reductions with China this year, ...
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Focus Taiwan News Channel
Myanmar says will put stability ahead of economy-report
Reuters
* Myanmar lacks skills, expertise on economy - president * Looks at future trade in currencies, stocks * ASEAN chief says Myanmar needs to work withASEAN * Thein Sein gives rare interview as reforms speed up (Adds comments from ASEAN secretary-general ...
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Singapore MAS Chief: Asian Economies Need IMF To Remain Active In Region
Wall Street Journal (India)
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Asian economies need the International Monetary Fund to continue playing an active role in the region and to complement regional financial arrangements, the chief of Singapore's central bank said Tuesday.
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Lao PDR Roadmap for Faster Customs Clearance Launched
The Online Zamboanga Times
The Vice Minister of Finance of Lao PDR, HE Mr. Santiphab Phomvihane, stated that “Lao PDR is committed to the success of the ASEAN Single Window initiative, which aims to increase trade and ease of doing business among ASEAN countries and with ...
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Bourse seen bullish over growth in earnings
BusinessWorld Online Edition
[with] more international and local investors [expected] to put more money in this market,” Adrian Mowat, JPMorgan chief emerging market and Asianequity strategist, said in a press briefing at the Makati Shangri-la. Last year proved to be a volatile ...
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SMEs advised to embrace, not fight, AEC integration
Bangkok Post
Thai small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are being urged to embrace globalisation and tap cheaper labour and natural resources in neighbouring countries to survive rising competition under the AseanEconomic Community (AEC).
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Patriots, SMB Eye 3rd Wins
Manila Bulletin
By JONAS TERRADO MANILA, Philippines — The AirAsia Philippine Patriots host the Saigon Heat while the San Miguel Beermen battle the Singapore Slingers on the road in Wednesday's AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League hostilities. Coming off a home victory on ...
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Roadmap to sell 300K vehicles by 2015
Malaya
Vicente Mills Jr., president of the Philippine Automotive Federation and theASEAN Automotive Federation, said local assembly should be strengthened amid the declining share of LMVs in the domestic market. Mills said the industry should have access to ...
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India ramps up ties with Myanmar, Thailand
Business Standard
Take the stream of visitors making their way to Delhi recently, in the run-up to India's commemoration in December 2012 of its “Look-East policy” and its 20-year-old partnership with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean).
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How to prevent a power contest in Southeast Asia
The Nation
In the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis in 1997, Asian countriesrealised that they were easily exposed to shocks and crises because of the free flow of capital and unregulated markets that were the fundamental policies of the so-called ...
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OSK Investment Bank To Attract More Business From Japanese Investors
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 (Bernama) -- OSK Investment Bank Bhd is expected to attract more Japanese investors into the ASEAN market with the announcement of a strategic alliance with SBI Holdings Inc, a leading internet-based financial conglomerate based in ...
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Four-year govt-private tourism plan eyed
The Nation
The government will work with the private sector on forging a four-year tourism strategy to restore confidence in Thailand and prepare the country for the Asean Economic Community in 2015. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday that although ...
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The Nation
Transitions: Who's to blame for Burma's economic misery
Foreign Policy (blog)
These facts suggest that Burma's exposure to trade and FDI is higher today than ever before, and even higher than that of some comparable ASEAN countries. In this light it becomes extremely hard to argue that sanctions have deprived Burma of FDI and ...
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Full speed ahead for Continental as AEC approaches
Bangkok Post
German auto-parts maker Continental AG has confirmed plans for a 5-billion-baht investment in Thailand despite last year's flooding, aiming to capitalise on an expected surge in intra-regional trade once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) emerges in ...
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Bangkok Post
CIMB-Principal Pays Out RM43.74 Million In Distributions For 12 Funds
Bernama
However, he said the Asian markets had proven to be somewhat resilient. "These markets will continue to adjust to challenges as well as opportunities for this year. "We are in 2012, looking at leveraging on our regional presence in ASEAN as well as ...
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Phuket Call for 'Hub' Action Plan; Yingluck Backs Tourism; Villas Drain ...
Phuketwan
The premier stated that clear strategies to develop the industry are needed to prepare Thailand to usher in the Asean Economic Community in 2015 and to respond to volatile international circumstances. nationmultimedia.com Surapong Techaruvichit, ...
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Mafta to boost M'sia-Australia trade, investment ties
New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA) will elevate the bilateral trade and investment relations of both nations to a new level, and build further on the achievements of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade ...
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Should we let car manufacturing die?
Philippine Star
For instance, the ASEAN Free Trade Zone offers such opportunities and risks. We can expand the production of local cars and car components to take advantage of an expanded market. Or we can just sit back and let Thailand manufacture the cars we will ...
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India's Military Adventure against China
Kashmir Watch
In this regard, in November, 2011, The Chinese media hit back at India's proposed military build-up on the border and its recent relationship with EastAsian nations such as Japan and Vietnam at the cost of Beijing. In this respect, China's official ...
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Hurdles to EA Political Federation-One East Africa
AllAfrica.com
Of all the known regional integration models in the world including European Union and Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), only the EAC has solemnly bound itself in a treaty to move into a political federation.
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BRIEF-Honda to resume Thai production by end of March
Reuters
These vehicles will be delivered to customers from the end of February, it said * The production of parts for export to Honda's plants in other ASEAN countries will also resume, it said, expecting these plants, which suspended production due to a ...
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Asia needs active IMF, says Ravi Menon
Straits Times
... one another,' Mr Menon said at the official opening of Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) at the MAS building. 'Well-designed, they can operate as a package, offering a comprehensive suite of financial options to countries in need.
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Software parks combine to share technology, skills
Bangkok Post
Operators of four software parks have allied to form the Thailand Software Park Alliance in a bid to strengthen the local sector ahead of the advent of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. More than 100 ICT companies plus 500 IT resources have ...
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ASEAN News: Japan Earnings to Lead | Live Stock Trading News ...
By Shayne Heffernan
Asia looks to Japan's earning's this week SNE, PC, TOSYY, HMC, HIT, SHCAF Japanese earnings may dominate the coming week in Asia, with.
Live Trading News
IS CHINA STILL A DEVELOPING COUNTRY? | Other News
By site admin
South Africa and the wealthier or bigger Asean countries are also mentioned in this regard. So the question is crucial: is China a developed country? The answer depends on what criteria are used. In absolute terms, China is indeed a major ...
Other News
Thai-ASEAN News Network - Thailand Ranked 3rd in Asia When It ...
Today, we're met with even more shocking news. It turns out that Thailand is among several Asian countries which have a taste for rat meat. We're sure many of ...
www.tannetwork.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1051930
China encourages companies to invest in ASEAN countries CCTV ...
Since the opening of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area in 2010, two-way trade has ... Chinese companies are building up their reputation in ASEAN countries, ... in the northeast of Iran, the semi- official Mehr news agency reported Friday.
english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20120118/106832.shtml
Thai-ASEAN News Network - Who to Trust in Terrorist Threat Issue
... 2 other countries to ask why they didn't confer with the Thai government before ... local media and do not reflect the views of the Thai-ASEAN NewsNetwork.
www.thailandoutlook.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1051775
News & Resources | News | ASEAN News
E-news; Press Release; Media Coverage; Speech; ASEAN News ... Merrill Lynch (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Expects inflation in ASEAN countries to ease this year on ...
www.aseankorea.org/.../detail.jsp?...
[PIA News] ASEAN news: First Argentinean Ambassador Presents ...
ASEAN news: First Argentinean Ambassador Presents Credentials toASEAN ... States for accepting him as the first Ambassador of Argentina toASEAN.
www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=74036
Antara News : Asean wants no confrontation in the region: Surin
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - ASEAN countries want to continue the strong growth without confrontation and instability in the region, Surin ...
www.antaranews.com/.../asean-wants-no-confrontation-in-the-...
Cambodia asks 5 states to sign SE Asian nuclear free zone by 2012 ...
English.news.cn 2012-01-20 13:47:20 ... ASEAN persuades countries to commit on non-nuclear weapon. JAKARTA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Association of ...
news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012.../c_131370546.htm
ASEAN+3 Looking To Double Currency Swap Arrangement -Kyodo
Most countries in the ASEAN-plus-Three group "are considering to double the ... said in an interview with Kyodo News after an opening ceremony of the AMRO ...
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120131-709772.html
ASEAN News
Policy and Business News · Indonesia Country Reports · Economic Master Plan ... Officials and business representatives from the 10 Asean Member States and ... on Asean and the European Union (EU) trade policies, as well as on new and ...
www.eurocham.or.id/joomla/index.php?option...
'ASEAN needs to be promoted within, outside region' - Home ...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to be promoted within ... these could be spread throughout the country through cooperation with local ... working together, broadcasting ASEAN news, juts like in Indonesia," he said.
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=770227...200
Thailand, Philippines to expand trade and cooperation - Asean ...
At a joint news conference, the Thai premier thanked the Philippines for their... Both countries are determined to successfully create the ASEANCommunity in ...
thailand-business-news.com/.../34559-thailand-philippines-to-...
ASEAN offers market for wood product exports ... - VietNam News
ASEAN offers market for wood product exports. HCM City Handicraft and Wood Industry Association vice chairman Tran Quoc Manh spoke to Viet Nam News ...
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/.../asean-offers-market-for-wo...
ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office opens in ... - News - MSN
ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office opens in S'pore. ASEAN flag and flags of ASEAN member countries. SINGAPORE: The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic ...
news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid...
Asean Is Our Key Partner: Lavrov | Local News
You are here: Home · Local News Asean Is Our Key Partner: Lavrov ...Among the countries that are interested to bank in on the potentials of the region includes ...
www.brudirect.com/.../asean-is-our-key-partner-lavrov.html

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