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ASEAN News, May 01, 2012


Exhibition Special: Singapore trade show will connect Asian suppliers to world ...
China Daily
This will be the final opportunity for Singaporean buyers to snag competitively priced goods made in China and Asia and targeted at the growing Southeast Asian markets. The 2012 expo aims to build on the successful experience of last year and is still ...
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China Daily
Cooperation crucial to Asian prosperity and stability
People's Daily Online
By Zhong Sheng (People's Daily) Japan has stepped up Asian diplomacy since last year in a bid to enhance its influence over the political, economic, and security landscape on the continent. Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba has repeatedly called ...
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TAPA 2012 Showcase Thailand's Potential as Leader in the ASEAN Community in ...
PR Web (press release)
The event is organized primarily for the launching of new products, services, technologies and innovations to new buyers from ASEAN member countries, South Asia, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Africa and the EU,” said Mrs. Nuntawan.
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Fruit-snack maker seeks lower costs
The Nation
Greenday Global, a small and medium-sized enterprise producer of Thai fruit snacks, plans to expand its business into other Asean countries next year to boost the company's growth ahead of seamless trade in the region under the Asean Economic Community ...
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Aquino Downplays China Threat
Manila Bulletin
Miriam Defensor Santiago, the Philippines should keep reaching out to its allies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for support against the bullying tactics of China over their territories and not rely heavily US assistance.
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HK should make Malaysia its Asean financial hub: Donald Lim
Malaysia Chronicle
KUALA LUMPUR- Hong Kong should consider making Malaysia its financial hub in the Asean region given its positive attributes, says Deputy Finance Minister Senator Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai. He said Malaysia had created a conducive environment for ...
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Malaysia Chronicle
Southeast Asia turns up heat on smokers
Bangkok Post
The move was engineered by the Asean Focal Points on Tobacco Control, comprising a network of regional experts and representatives from each country. It was organised to ensure that effective measures would be set in place in line with Asean health ...
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South China Sea: Scareborough/Karburo
Manila Bulletin
In ASEAN littoral countries and archipelagos, Coast Guards have evolved as strong partners in civilian law enforcement, particularly in border security. This type of intra-regional cooperation is an emerging global phenomenon – where Coast Guards of ...
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PM promises Bt300 minimum wage nationwide next year
The Nation
In her special speech to mark the Labour Day, Yingluck also promised that her government would support workers to develop the skills so that they would be ready to face tough competitions from workers from other Asean countries when Thailand joins the ...
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Siriraj launches private hospital
Bangkok Post
Thailand's oldest medical school is launching a new private hospital as an alternative for patients and a means for it to cope with the impending free flow of medical personnel after the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2015.
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Bangkok Post
Burma to Relax Visa Rules
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
(Photo: Wikimedia) Tourists and business travelers from the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be the first to benefit from a visa-on-arrival scheme to be introduced by Burma in June, the country's immigration ...
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Time to sack NBTC board
Bangkok Post
Regarding ''Asean's diversity: Asset or liability'' (BP, Opinion, April 24). For the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, it is not only the diversity but also its huge economic disparities that can create more problems than it will solve.
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Tap opportunities outside Jakarta
New Straits Times
Last year, I made three trips to our neighbouring country to attend Asean-ministerial meetings (Indonesia had chaired Asean in 2011) as well as visiting the provinces to promote Malaysian interests. In my second visit to Surabaya in the past year, ...
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New Straits Times
Higher output costs will lead to food price hikes, more investment overseas: NFI
The Nation
Rising costs at home will also encourage more food producers to invest overseas, mainly in Asean, the institute said. "The rising cost of labour, fuel and utilities here will encourage food producers to raise their retail prices in the next few months, ...
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Regional groups to monitor competitiveness to be set up
Inquirer.net (blog)
... (RCC) will be set up in eight different provinces and key cities in the countryincluding Cebu to gather economic data about their communities, which will then be compared to other cities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean).
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South China Sea is not no-rule paradise for adventurers
People's Daily Online
The Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea signed by China andASEAN countries in as early as November 2002 clearly prescribed fundamental rules for treating the South China Sea issue, including keeping the self-control, ...
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Help arrest 'silent crisis,' media urged
Visayan Daily Star
“This forgotten crisis is called biodiversity loss,” Rolando Inciong, head of communication and public affairs of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, who made the pitch yesterday at the ongoing 16th National Press Forum of the Philippine Press Institute ...
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US wants China to resolve sea dispute through peaceful dialogue
Philippine Star
Victoria Nuland, US State Department spokesperson, said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made it clear in her meetings with her Chinese counterparts that issues involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should be tackled with...
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Poor Laos gears up for first golf event
Bangkok Post
The small, poverty-stricken southeast Asian state will hold the Asean PGA Tour event in the world heritage city of Luang Prabang, known for its idyllic temples. Centre-stage for the hosts will be the multi-talented Daliya Saidara, 22, Laos's first ...
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The Significance of Ozawa's Acquittal
Huffington Post
Ichiro Ozawa has for almost two decades been considered the one Japanese politician with the organizational skills, the understanding of the career officials who in practice run the country, the political network building capacity and, above all, ...
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Malaysian travellers log on
Malaysia Star
A recent survey by AsiaRooms.com, an online travel agency, which launched its Malaysian site last week, showed that more than 50% of Malaysians booked their travels online, which is lower than the Asianregion's average of 61%.
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Malaysia Star
Air travel soars on back of budget airlines despite increased fuel costs
China Post
At the Brunei-Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Summit held in Davao last week, Cebu Pacific Vice President for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog said 96 percent of the industry's growth could be traced ...
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PNoy GOVT RATING DROPS - SURVEY / AQUINO SAYS CHINA WON'T GO TO WAR
Philippine Headline News
Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Sunday said that the country should not count on the help of the United States (US) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in its territorial dispute with China. Santiago, an international law expert, ...
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Philippine Headline News
Coke to appeal premix ruling
Visayan Daily Star
Under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, all companies, including Coca-Cola, are able to competitively source raw materials, she said, "which ultimately benefits the consumers as product prices remain reasonable and competitive. We will be forwarding our ...
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'Food valley' project to emulate Dutch example of efficiency
Bangkok Post
The four-year project starting this year is an attempt to provide a network of food and agriculture operators in clusters to boost productivity, Industry Minister MR Pongsvas Svasti told a seminar on preparing Thailand's food sector for the Asean ...
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US-Philippine military exercises directed against China
World Socialist Web Site
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asserted at an Association of South East AsianNations (ASEAN) summit in 2010 that the US had “a national interest” in ensuring “freedom of navigation” in the South China Sea. Clinton's comments signalled US ...
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China morning round-up: Hu's South Sudan plea
BBC News
A People's Daily commentary criticises Manila for sabotaging the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, which was signed between China and the Asean countries in 2002, saying the South China Sea is not a "rule-less adventure ...
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BBC News
Tourist Police to Target Phuket Scams; City Beat United; Phuket Pay Worry ...
Phuketwan
... forced out of business, according to a survey. bangkokpost.com The government has said that once daily minimum wages are raised to 300 baht nationwide, no further increase will be made until after the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2015.
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Technology must complement banking services: FIS
The Nation
In light of the growing use of smart phones among Asian populations, which is pushing up mobile banking activities, technology is needed to let these banks make better use of electronic data. Technology should be based on the environment - customers ...
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The Nation
PH urged to hit China with trade tariffs; overseas Filipinos set May 11 rallies
Inquirer.net (blog)
At the same time, Lewis cited the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for its diplomatic offensive in Asean and currently in the US. “The DFA is on the right track, doing it diplomatically. That is the correct way of solving the dispute at this point,” ...
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Japanese steel players want import duty review
The Edge Malaysia
“Th is situation has a negative impact on the manufacturing industry … manufacturers may choose to purchase the fi nished parts from Asean countries with no or lower import duty,” Jactim said in a letter to the Ministry of International Trade and ...
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The Edge Malaysia
Dam project jeopardises tiger revival
Bangkok Post
Mae Wong is one of the few national parks in the country with no people living inside it. "It is a part of one of the best forest complexes in Asean," Mr Pisit said. We have videos of daily news summaries & media reports coupled with commenary and ...
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How to respond to China? Keep US out
Rappler
Since fish protein represents 22% of the average Asian dietary needs (much higher to the global average of 16%), fish demands from littoral states in the South China Sea grow. China has already demonstrated its increased demand for fish.
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High Tide: From Leaving Boards To A Suspect $2.5 Million Payment
Wall Street Journal (blog)
(Reuters, Sofia News Agency) Asean nations welcomed the EU suspension of sanctions on Myanmar. Canada also followed suit, suspending sanctions. More here and here. (AFP, Reuters, Xinhua, McCarthy Tretault) The SEC blew the cover of a whistleblower.
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