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ASEAN News, Oct 04, 2011

ASEAN news:Greater Cooperation between ASEAN Secretariat and the Special ...
Philippine Information Agency
He pointed out how the presence of international organisations, had brought about significant economic and political benefits to their host country. “We should take a fresh look on how we can accommodate both ASEAN and non-ASEAN citizens who work to ...
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Country should tap work force as 'competitive edge' in ASEAN
BusinessWorld Online
Filipinos can travel anywhere from ASEAN countries and get a job, and we should be more open in accepting workers from other ASEAN countries,” he said. Sandiaga S. Uno, president of Indonesian firm Saratoga Capital, said ASEAN countries should not ...
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Asian Bloc Agrees to Counter China Heft
Wall Street Journal
Attended by representatives of Japan and Asean countries, which include the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand, the seminar this year prominently featured maritime issues. At the meeting,Asean nation officials underlined the need to ...
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Singapore Holds the Key to ASEAN Opportunities Says Company Registration ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. These ten countries together are home to more than 600 million people and a total area of ...
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Abu Dhabi to host GCC '&' ASEAN Countries Economic Forum next October
WAM - Emirates News Agency
WAM ABU DHABI: The Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce '&' Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the UAE, in collaboration with the Federation of the GCC Chambers of commerce '&' Industry, are organizing the GCC '&' ASEAN Countries Economic ...
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2030 World Cup in ASEAN may be possible
TODAYonline
by Low Lin Fhoong SINGAPORE - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have thrown their weight behind ASEAN's desire to bid for the 2030 World Cup, saying it is doable. While acknowledging that it was a challenge because of the number of countries ...
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Malaysia Asserts Position As Asean's Top Exporting Country To Germany
Bernama
While Malaysia continued to be the leading exporting nation to Germany among the Asean states, Singapore remained the biggest importing country from Germany within the Asean group. Singapore's imports from Germany touched 3.072 billion in the same ...
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Over troubled waters
Hindustan Times
It will have to indulge in consummate diplomacy and use its considerable trade leverages with China, besides crafting a credible and deterrent maritime strategy in cooperation with some of the Asean countries in the event that China does not play ball. ...
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Guangxi Special: Entrepreneur pays homage to adopted city
China Daily
He said the city is an ideal place for business as its geographical position gives it convenient access to both China's southwestern provinces and the neighboring ASEAN countries. A hub linking China and ASEAN, the city has seen its government creating...
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China Daily
Sri Lankan entreprenuers invited to vie for new Asian awards scheme
Sunday Times.lk
APEA is a regional recognition programme for outstanding entrepreneurs across Asia – a platform forAsian business leaders and entrepreneurs to network, share information and form lifetime acquaintances and alliances. There are 14 ASEAN countries in ...
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'Asian Century' vs 'Asia Pacific'
Lowy Interpreter
In this, asking the right questions is a good start, and the White Paper has some beauties: The current and likely future course of economic, political and strategic change in Asia, encompassing China, India, the key ASEAN countries as well as Japan ...
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New career paths
Bangkok Post
"There's a lot of software demand in Asean countries, but our local providers need to be competitive enough to fight the expected influx of new foreign rivals with skilled people," said Mr Ronnarong. Tanit Sorat, a vice-chairman of the Federation of ...
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Canadian Minister Mounts Case for Trade
Jakarta Globe
To spur greater business links between the two countries, Fast, together with his Indonesian counterpart, Mari Elka Pangestu, on Monday adopted the Asean-Canada Joint Declaration on Trade and Investment. “One of the key deliverables of my trip was the ...
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Jakarta Globe
Asean Urged To Implement Existing Resolutions Instead Of Creating New Ones
Bernama
"Indeed, the resolution provided by Asean was also endorsed by the United Nations Security Council," Natalegawa said. Similarly, Asean was able to formulate the "guidelines for behaviour" in the South China Sea where China and four Asean countries ...
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Royal Enfield targets LatAm, Asean as part of global strategy
Hindu Business Line
According to Mr Koshy, the company will shortly begin making inroads into the Aseanregion where Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines are top priority for the moment. New Caledonia, further south in the Asia-Pacific region, will follow as also ...
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Hindu Business Line
Visits Among Asean Nations' Military Top Guns Can Boost Cooperation - Zahid
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 (Bernama) -- The Defence Ministry has proposed more mutual visits among Asean countries' armed forces top guns to boost cooperation and military diplomacy. Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said such frequent visits ...
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ASEAN Infrastructure Fund Formed
Tempo Interaktif
“The AIF was established at the right time because ASEAN countries are exploring funding sources and mechanisms,” said Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo yesterday. Collaborating with the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB), the institution will be dedicated ...
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China warns neighbours over US backing
Financial Times
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing China has warned Asian countries against provoking it under the cover of US military power, highlighting Beijing's concern over moves from its neighbours and the US to contain its rise. “Certain countries think as long as ...
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Baby Steps Towards an Asian NATO
The American (blog)
Attended by representatives of Japan and Asean countries … the seminar this year prominently featured maritime issues… Bolstering the possibility of establishing a wider multilateral strategic framework, Mr. Nakae said resolving the maritime problem ...
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The American (blog)
Will Indo-Pak trade route lead to peace?
The Asian Age
He observed that Safta would enter into negotiations with Asean to create a bigger block, thus havingAsean as a partner on the east and Ecota (Economic Cooperation Organisation Trade Agreement), which has Turkey and Central Asia, on the west. ...
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India and Indonesia to begin talks on CECA today
The Hindu
The country has also implemented a comprehensive pact with other ASEAN members — Malaysia and Singapore. Bilateral trade between India and Indonesia stood at $13.2 billion in 2010 but it is highly skewed in favour of the South East Asian country. ...
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Mayor: Hang plants on lampposts
Inquirer.net
After being purchased at over P80,000 each to light up Metro Cebu streets for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in 2007, the decorative lampposts, many of them idle and vandalized, may be used for hanging plants. ...
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Thai Opposition Leader Visits Philippines For Asean Talks
Bernama
BANGKOK, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- Thailand's opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva left for the Philippines this morning to attend an Asean summit for political, private and academic sectors, a forum organised as part of member countries of the Association ...
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ASEAN's leading IT directors in ASEAN honoured
VietNamNet Bridge
“Vietnamese CIOs are considered to be on par with those in other countries in terms of project implementation efficiency. They have great potential and capacity to develop IT,” he stated. For six consecutive years since 2005, CIO ASEAN Awards have been ...
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Local Toshiba eyes bigger share of electronics market in RP
Manila Bulletin
The growth projections in the country was also in tandem with the growth in the ASEAN 5 where Toshiba has a strong presence being the number three in the region in its field. Based on its projection, the Philippine market in the upcoming years will ...
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Vietnam in air services talks with dialogue partners
VietNamNet Bridge
Last week, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh passed the MAFLPAS and relevant protocols as a testament to the country's commitment to joining the ASEAN open skies market in 2015 in order to help bolster regional economic integration, ...
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4 simple steps to cut power costs
Inquirer.net
Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia were supportive of this BIMP-EAGA portion of the AseanConnectivity Strategic Projects last time we talked about this in the Eminent Persons Group meeting that drew up the Connectivity Master Plan. ...
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PNoy emphasizes good governance and policy-making
Asianjournal.com
MANILA - At the Asean 100 Leadership Forum, which was held at Shangri-La Makati on September 29, Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III affirmed to the delegates that he would not stop implementing policies to get the nation to his promised “straight path. ...
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Winning in losing
Asianjournal.com
With the 3.3 million tourists visits that the Philippines gained last year, the country ranked 6th among the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the tourism industry. The Philippines has moved past Brunei Darussalam, ...
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'Government needs to admit there are political prisoners'
Mizzima News
Q: AIPA is an Asean-related organization and Burma has become its permanent member. Can that support Burma to be appointed as the chair of Asean? A: No, it cannot. All Asean countries are democratic countries. Burma is a member of Asean. So Asean could ...
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Terror threat persists, analyst warns
Manila Standard Today
The integration of these two structures almost complete and they are still active at the Sulu archipelago,” Gunarathna told reporters during an informal meeting of Asean defense chiefs. “They work very closely with each other in the Sulu archipelago. ...
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India-ASEAN FTA impact mixed
China Post
At the same time, there has been some negative impact of duty reduction on imports from ASEAN countries in India's domestic market. These are the broad findings of a Ficci survey on the “Impact of India-ASEAN FTA on Indian Industry. ...
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Agents' group wants barriers to restrict foreign operators
Bangkok Post
The move is aimed at helping small tourism businesses to survive, as they may be unprepared for the heavy competition from foreign operators entering the Thai market once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is formed in 2015. ...
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Kittiratt: Policies will boost economy
Bangkok Post
In his speech on “Direction of Thai Economy in 2012”, Mr Kittiratt said the economic crisis in the US and Europe will not have a direct effect on Thailand, but it will have an indirect impact on thecountry's exports to countries in Asia and Asean. ...
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Police Nab Over 800 Suspects in Transnational Telecom Fraud Bust
CRIENGLISH.com
A total of 828 suspects have been apprehended, including 532 mainlanders, 284 residents of Taiwan, and 12 others from ASEAN countries, including Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore. ...
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Crisis thinkers or thinkers in crisis?
Asia Times Online
"Senior Myanmar diplomats involved in negotiations" on the generals' bid to chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014 simply doesn't cut any ice in Burmese politics. Not even the foreign minister dares to issue important ...
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Asean meeting focuses on closing wealth gap
The Borneo Post
“In the Asean region, the huge gap between the rich and poor nations is quite obvious especially the economic strength of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia to the other Asean countries,” said Wan Junaidi, who has represented the country at the assembly ...
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French firms adjust wage
The Nation
Thailand was invited to start bilateral trade talks with the EU a couple of years ago after negotiations on an Asean-EU FTA collapsed over differences of opinion among Asean members. The EU then sought bilateral talks with certain countries in Asean, ...
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On Palestine, spineless Thai diplomacy
The Nation
At an informal meeting between Asean and the Gulf States Council last week, burgeoning relations between Asean and key Arab countries also suffered because they had a high expectations of Asean backing the move as a group. As a result, the scheduled ...
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The Nation
China adheres to peaceful development
People's Daily Online
At the ASEAN Regional Forum in Bali, Indonesia, China's foreign minister worked with his counterparts of the ASEAN countries to develop a set of guidelines for implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, ...
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Contest launched for 35th year of ASEAN-Canada relations
GMANews.TV
A logo-design contest has been launched for the 35th year of ASEAN-Canada relations. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the competition is open to youths from ASEAN Member States and Canada who are 16-21 years old by December 31, ...
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Gov`t to suggest currency swap network at G-20 summit
동아일보
The government wants to make a currency swap deal network into something like the Chiang Mai Initiative, a multilateral currency swap arrangement worth 120 billion dollars among 14 Asian countries including the ASEAN Plus Three countries — the 10 ...
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Najib May Slash Corporate Tax In Budget 2012, Says UHY
Bernama
... both for domestic and international businesses investing in the country. "In view of the uncertainties in the US and Europe, Najib may announce tax proposals that would further spur inter-Asean trade and trade with China to counter the slow growth ...
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Ulterior motives lie behind 'Asia-minus-one' concept
People's Daily Online
Third, the United States wants to keep the ASEAN from establishing too close ties with China, while marginalizing it. Fourth, it has indirectly provided small countries around China with moderate support or tacit consent to compete for rights and ...
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Judge Burma's rulers by actions not words
Sydney Morning Herald
ASEAN nations should not endorse Burma's bid to chair their organisation until all political prisoners are released and there is a solid timetable for genuine human rights reforms. Any easing of international economic sanctions should be tied to ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Burma dam disruption concerns China
Financial Times
China has made prioritised foreign infrastructure participation in its 12th five-year plan, allocating about $15bn for infrastructure projects in Burma and other member countriesin the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). ...
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Financial Times
Indonesia encourages ASEAN cooperation in ... - Siam Daily News
By XinhuaNET.COM
Indonesia on Tuesday encouraged cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asia Nations(ASEAN) in politic and human right, the country's largest news portal detik.com quoted an official as saying here. “We encourage the ASEAN ...
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