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ASEAN News, Feb 07, 2012

Asean ready to rush aid to quake victims
Inquirer.net
By Ronnel W. Domingo MANILA, Philippines—Neighboring countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are “ready to rush assistance” to the Philippines in the aftermath of the earthquake in the Visayas and with its newly formed disaster ...
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Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General, ASEAN, Myanmar
The Online Zamboanga Times
The Secretary-General is expected to meet with key players responsible forASEAN Community-building and to witness developments in the country. The Minister recalled that the ASEAN Leaders, at 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali last year, had decided to accord ...
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Is Myanmar the new Asian tiger?
Aljazeera.com
In the long run, Myanmar will also need to be compatible with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community playbook, to go into full effect by 2015. Myanmar takes over the chairmanship of ASEAN in 2014.
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Aljazeera.com
Members of US, Asean air forces join 2012 hot air balloon fest in Pampanga
Inquirer.net
By Frances Mangosing MANILA, Philippines—Air forces of some Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members and the United States Air Force will join this year's Philippine Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at Clark Field, Pampanga, a military spokesman ...
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DPO plans big domestic and Asean push
The Nation
... Kingdom's first dairy-product manufacturer, is pressing ahead with an aggressive plan to capture more of the market for lucrative milk products at home and boost overseas sales under the coming Asean Economic Community (AEC) single market in 2015.
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The Nation
Cars, parts makers want all-out local manufacturing
Inquirer.net
Vicente Mills Jr., president of the Philippine Automotive Federation and theAsean Automotive Federation, stressed that the country should focus on being the next manufacturing hub in the region. He said that the two major production hubs in the Asean ...
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Pearls of opportunity in murky waters By Deva Mohd Ridzam
New Straits Times
IN the early part of last year, China and one or two SoutheastAsian countries became more assertive in pursuing their maritime territorial claims in the South China Sea. Even if freedom of navigation has, to date, not been a factor there, ...
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New Straits Times
Go with strengths in AEC: Charoen
The Nation
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, Thailand's leading liquor tycoon, is confident in the country's ability to adjust to the coming Asean Economic Community (AEC), which will be fully implemented in 2015. The country should rely on its strengths in agriculture ...
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Sugar miller eyes railroad project in Negros
Inquirer.net
This was among the measures being mapped out by VMC, whose single biggest stockholder is the Lucio Tan group of companies, to unlock more efficiency in its business ahead of the zero-tariff regime under the Asean[Association of Southeast Asian ...
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Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
And I believe that Cambodia will help us identify clearly the role for the friends of ASEAN countries, like the United States and others, and how we can better support ASEAN unity, development, peace, and prosperity. I look forward to visiting Cambodia ...
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Myanmar to Singapore: Help us become a rich country again
Zimbabwe Metro
Zimmetro — In the 1940-1950s, Myanmar was the wealthiest nation in Southeast Asia, a country who was on its way to become the second developed nation in Asia after Japan. By 1950, Myanmar was the first Asianeconomic tiger, whose economy was on ...
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Indonesia latest country to sign CTBT
The Express Tribune
The 44 countries which must ratify the treaty to bring it into force all have nuclear weapons or atomic programs. Natalegawa also said he hoped a Southeast Asia nuclear arms free zone would come into force this year. The Association of Southeast Asian ...
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The Express Tribune
Mark Symington aims for spot in Australian futsal team
Macarthur Chronicle Campbelltown
Futsalroos head coach Steven Knight has named a 24-man squad to prepare for the ASEAN qualifiers for the Asian Futsal Confederation Futsal Championship 2012 in Bangkok from February 21-26. Symington, 22, also was selected in the Australian squad two ...
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Macarthur Chronicle Campbelltown
Siriraj's private hospital set to open
The Nation
"Our main target is to seek income to develop medical education, not for expansion to serve the Asean market, although this can be an opportunity in the future," he said. Siriraj Hospital is subsidised by the government to the tune of about Bt1.5 ...
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The Nation
MCR to list on MAI, partner with Sixt
Bangkok Post
Master Car Rental (MCR), a top-five player in the car rental industry by asset size, plans to raise funds through listing on the Market for Alternative Investment to support its ambitious plans to penetrate the Asean market in the fourth quarter.
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Indonesia: Myanmar must deliver on reforms
Straits Times
Myanmar was forced to skip its turn as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2006 because of intense criticism of its human rights record. But the country was chosen to leadAsean in 2014 following its first elections in 20 years, ...
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Straits Times
Matthew Fisher: What would Canada-China trade look like? Ask Australia
Montreal Gazette
When imports are included, trade between the countries is $80 billion a year, compared with a relatively piddling $30 billion a year of trade between Canada and China. Moreover, Australia enjoys a three-to-one trade imbalance with China, ...
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Commerce Ministry targets Thai exports to grow 15% this year
Thai News Agency MCOT
Exports of these products in three categories to the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations market were valued at more than Bt240 billion in 2011. The DEP will instruct the SMEs to expand their markets to serve the integration of the ASEAN Community in ...
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Vietnam to host three international chess tournaments this year
The Online Zamboanga Times
HANOI — Vietnam will host three international chess tournaments this year, including the HDBank Cup Open Chess Tournament in March, the AsianContinental Chess Championships in May, and the ASEAN and Age Groups Chess Championships in June, ...
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Govt urged to promote regional trade
Pakistan Observer
They said growth in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region that housed 22 percent of the world population, had been projected to surpass 50 percent of the world's GDP by 2030, and that called for immediate steps by the ...
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VN looks to bolster Thailand relations
Viet Nam News
The two sides also agreed that they would foster close co-operation in a joint effort with other ASEAN countries to build a strong and cohesive ASEANcommunity toward 2015. They voiced their support to keep their co-ordination to improve the ...
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Rising to the challenge
BusinessWorld Online Edition
The lack of it is turning off new investments that are finding their way to stable and predictable environments in ASEAN and elsewhere. Arangkada means accelerate but at the rate we're sputtering, HSBC may be right that it will take us until 2050 to ...
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TEXT-S&P asgns 'B+' rtgs to PCPL, and MMI International's nts
Reuters
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it had assigned its 'B+' long-term corporate credit rating and its 'axBB' ASEAN scale rating to Singapore-based mechanical and electro-mechanical hard disk drive (HDD) component manufacturer Precision ...
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Vietnamese Foreign Minister visits Thailand
VietNamNet Bridge
Mrs Shinawatra said that both countries should discuss ways to boost bilateral cooperation in specific areas as well as international and regional issues of mutual concern. The Vietnamese FM affirmed Vietnam's unswerving policy of attaching importance ...
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VietNamNet Bridge
Happy 52nd Birth Anniversary Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III
Manila Bulletin
He visited the United States for his official trip abroad, followed by trips to several other countries, seeking to strengthen bilateral and diplomatic relationships with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ...
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Of superpowers and the small boat S'pore
TODAYonline
The United States went through a flurry of diplomatic activity over the last three months - the East Asian Summit, ASEAN, the proposal for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and a kind of military cooperation arrangement that could be described as a ...
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Opportunities in Malaysia for Indonesian Firms Willing to Reach Out
Jakarta Globe
But away from the headlines, Malaysian Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamed has been working to bring the two countries closer together. Rather than only visiting Jakarta on each trip to Indonesia, he has instead spent a considerable amount of time and ...
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LCCI urges government to focus on promoting regional trade
Business Recorder (blog)
The LCCI President said, "The growth in South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc) region that houses 22 percent of the world population has been projected to surpass 50 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 and ...
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The Ancien Régime of Foreign Affairs and Trade
ABC Online
Their mandate covers security, intelligence, counter-terrorism, foreign policy and practice and embraces the operation of embassies and smaller presences in more than 150 countries. DFAT participates in all the major international forums (ASEAN, APEC, ...
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ABC Online
Thailand to boost ties with neighbours: Foreign Minister
Thai News Agency MCOT
BANGKOK, Feb 7 - Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul on Tuesday reaffirmed that Thailand will focus on strengthening relations and cooperation with its neighbouring countries as stated as the government's urgent policy.
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Asean countries may soon rush aid to quake victims
The Asean is composed of countries including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam.
www.sunstar.com.ph/.../asean-countries-may-soon-rush-aid-qu...
News & Resources | News | ASEAN News
E-news; Press Release; Media Coverage; Speech; ASEAN News ...Southeast Asian countries and Asia's three largest economies will likely agree this May to ...
www.aseankorea.org/.../detail.jsp?...
Thai-ASEAN News Network - Govt Urged to Set an Effective Flood ...
He also revealed that investment rates in Thailand have dropped by 7 percent, contrary to other ASEAN nations that have experienced a 6 percent average ...
www.tannetwork.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1052223
Hong Kong To Foster Ties With ASEAN Countries - Tax-news.com
Hong Kong To Foster Ties With ASEAN Countries. by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com , Hong Kong. 06 February 2012. According to the Director of the Hong Kong ...
www.tax-news.com/.../_Hong_Kong_To_Foster_Ties_With_A...
Thai-ASEAN News Network - Foreign Ministry Clarify New Warning ...
The Foreign Ministry invites diplomats who are representing their countriesin Thailand to inform the Thai Prime Minister's conference in India and Davos, ...
www.thailandoutlook.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1052285
ASEAN COUNTRIES URGED TO CUT ... - Yahoo! Malaysia News
Discover news, videos and much more based on what your friends are reading and ... He noted that Asean countries spent a hefty US$25 billion annually to ...
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Asean Countries Urged To Cut Expenditure On Foreign Defence ...
You are here : General › News. News Who's Who. February 03, 2012 17:41 PM. Asean Countries Urged To Cut Expenditure On Foreign Defence Assets - Zahid ...
www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsgeneral.php?id=643836
Asean countries may soon rush aid to quake - Sun Star
MEMBERS of the Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) may rush aid to victims of strong earthquake that struck provinces in Central Philippines even as the ...
www.sunstar.com.ph/.../asean-countries-may-soon-rush-aid-qu...
Malaysia top among Asean nations on Environmental Performance ...
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia was top among Asean countries on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) for 2011 released by the World Economic Forum in ...
www.nst.com.my/.../malaysia-top-among-asean-nations-on-en...
PHL joins 1st ASEAN concert in Laos
Dubbed "Samakhee ASEAN" (solidarity among ASEAN countries), ...countries that performed in a concert held last year in Bangkok, Thailand. - VVP, GMA News.
www.gmanetwork.com/.../phl-joins-1st-asean-concert-in-laos?...
All ASEAN countries to be represented in entourage Secretary ...
The Secretary General of ASEAN (Association of the South East Asia Nations), H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, has confirmed that he will personally attend the Indian ...
www.eturbonews.com/.../secretary-general-asean-attend-carniv...
ASEAN News: Japan Earnings to Lead | Live Stock Trading News ...
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.
www.livetradingnews.com/asean-news-japan-earnings-to-lead-...
Laos-Culture: ASEAN Attempts to Build on a Shared Language ...
A landmark ASEAN concert in Laos on Jan. 21 2012 featured performers from eight of the bloc's ten member countries - Kalinga ... Browse relatednews topics: ...
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MOST BEAUTIFUL Woman, Model, Actress, Feb 07, 2012


Vergara, Upton top 'most desirable' list
CNN
By Ashley Strickland, Special to CNN (CNN) -- Looking at the world's most beautiful women, from actresses to musicians to models, AskMen.com wanted its users to consider one thing above all else: Would you date them? AskMen released its list of the...
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