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ASEAN News, Jan 06, 2012

Thailand losing FDI share to neighbouring countries
Bangkok Post
The government should complete its flood management plan in the first quarter in order to restore confidence among foreign investors quickly, as the country has been losing foreign direct investment (FDI) to Asean peers over the past five years, ...
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Mayor launches ASEAN Education Center
Pattaya Mail
4 Principal Somchai Khemkhaeng, raised the ASEAN banner over the Nongyai Temple School Dec. 23 as teachers and guests assembled for the presentations on Thailand's preparations to join the ASEAN Community in 2015. Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and other...
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Kingdom pushes for regional furniture cluster
The Nation
Thailand has proposed the establishment of a regional furniture industry cluster to enhance the efficiency, productivity and competitiveness of Asean manufacturers ahead of the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), said Dhanakorn Kasetrsuwan,...
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Setting The Stage - Nazir Razak, CEO Of Malaysia's CIMB Bank
Forbes
CIMB is currently the fifth-largest bank in the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). But its ambitious group CEO, Nazir Razak, is building a cross-border network at a fast clip and isn't shy about staking his claim to regional ...
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Forbes
DBM Releases P192M To Customs
Manila Bulletin
“The significance of the IT funding is underscored by our standing as 'Pilot Country' for the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) project in 2012. This is clearly a matter not only of national revenues but also of national honor,” Abad said. ...
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Manado, Indonesia hosts ASEAN Tourism Forum
eTravelBlackboard - Asia Edition
The city of Manado located in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province will host hundreds of Government and private sector delegates for the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in January 2012. The first in a series of annual events on the global tourism industry ...
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Malaysia Among Countries Worldwide Posting Double-digit Growth In IP Filings
Bernama
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is one of the four Asean member states to register double-digit growth in intellectual property (IP) filings. The others are Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam. Colombia, Russia and Ukraine also posted ...
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GenSan hosts BIMP-Eaga marathon friendship run
Sun.Star
RUNNERS from all across the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-Eaga) are set to compete in the Marathon Friendship Run set to kick off on January 12 in General Santos City. ...
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12 Asian Trends in 2012
The Atlantic
Developing Asia, including China, India, and the major ASEAN economies, maintained robust growth, in contrast to the advanced economies' collective anemic growth over the same period. But 2012 promises to be more fraught as domestic politics take ...
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The Atlantic
GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 6/1
VietNamNet Bridge
They affirmed to increase exchanges and dialogues to seek strategic cooperative contents in the short-, medium- and long-term, in the interest of the two people and for peace, stability, cooperation and development ofASEAN and the whole region. ...
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Collaboration in Talent Mobility is Key to Job Creation
Exchange Morning Post (press release)
Examples include: Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are collaborating with universities, government ministries and the private sector to break down legal barriers to talent mobility and establish the free flow of ...
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Four new industrial estates planned along borders
Bangkok Post
Construction will begin this year and the new estates should be ready to begin operation within 2015, when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is formed. The potential developers and operators of each project may be the IEAT itself or its partnerships ...
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Ford Bullish on Indonesia's Car Market
Jakarta Globe
“We think Indonesia will be the largest market in Asean. I cannot say exactly when. Thailand is a larger market today, but we believe Indonesia will pass Thailand eventually,” Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of the Asia Pacific and Africa, ...
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Hyundai starts Eon's exports
Livemint
PTI The Indian unit of the Korean car maker, the largest car exporter from India, plans to export the Eon to South America, Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries and South Africa, Park said. Pitted against Maruti Suzuki's A-star and ...
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Changing Geometrics of Asia-Pacific & Containment of China
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Groupings like ASEAN, ASEAN+3, EAS, APEC etc. provide the various contexts in which the politics, economics and security of the region is defined. Importance of this region can be gauged from the fact that the countries in Asia-Pacific account for over ...
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NEDA to pursue 2012 economic growth target
Philippine Information Agency
Further, the government will also strengthen its economic relations with ASEANeconomies and China. Paderanga said that the government recognizes the importance of strengthening our relationship with our neighboring ASEAN countries especially with ...
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Norton Rose Group | New source of funding - ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
The governments of 10 South East Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) have recently collaborated with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in order to establish the ASEAN ...
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Remarks Upon Arrival at Haneda Airport
US Department of State (press release)
We have much to discuss: our regional, our global agenda; issues and developments and Burma; our most recent interactions in international fora such as the ASEANRegional Forum and the East Asia Summit. We will also be discussing a range of bilateral ...
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Power Play - by Patrick M. Cronin
Foreign Policy (blog)
In 2010 and 2011, Vietnam and Indonesia (respectively) chaired the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and focused on countering China's push in the resource-rich and strategically important South China Sea. Now that the chair has passed to ...
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Ringing up sales in 2012
Bangkok Post
However, he warned that Europe's economic woes will continue to affect Thai exporters and urged them to focus more on new markets such as India and within Asean to offset the decline in Europe. "I think the retail sector could grow by 5% in 2012 in the ...
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Social media thriving in crises
Bangkok Post
"You don't need an iPhone or an iPad, just an ordinary phone will do," said Mr Palphol at the Asean Media Forum held in Singapore recently. As people are spurred on by the need to find out and share information, especially in times of crises, ...
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BOT wants section of FIDF decree scrapped
The Nation
Prasarn said the surcharges might not reach 1 per cent, to collect Bt45 billion, but higher costs might affect their competitiveness as the AseanEconomic Community comes into effect in 2015. Without the "overriding" clauses, the BOT sees no problem in ...
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The Nation
DoE commissions power rates study
Manila Bulletin
The study initially assessed average electricity tariffs in four key Asean countries – the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It can be gleaned that the average rate of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) as of 2011 has been highest at ...
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Blair to deliver address at BOI's confidence-boosting CEO forum
The Nation
... CEO of Western Digital Corp (disruption of the firm's output during the floods badly affected global computer production); Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary-general of Unctad; and Dr Surin Pitsuwan, secretary-general of Asean. ...
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The Nation
Burma returns to market
Le Monde Diplomatique
Capital from China, Korea, India, and many Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries flooded in and Burma's resources flowed out. But if investment is the word of the day, then courting it from all corners of the globe has driven recent, ...
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DAZZLING beauties wow world's 2nd largest auto show
Rediff
Other scooters on display are from the ASEAN market and include the Mio, Fino and Xeon. The bikes that are on display comprise of YZR M1, YZF R15 Version 2.0, FZ1, legendary VMAX and FZ-S, Fazer, SZ Series, YBR 125 and Crux. ...
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Safety (and security) first
Asianjournal.com
The foreign affairs secretary also met with the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Damascus to discuss how they can protect the welfare of their citizens in terror-stricken countries. Del Rosario also met with the leaders ...
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Eng Hong Lim Earns Membership With Stanford Who's Who
International Business Times (press release)
Mr. Lim, who has 25 years of experience in the banking and consulting industries in Asia, serves as the holder of the balance sheet for Ernst & Young LLP's ASEANpractice, with 69 consultants reporting directly to him. He was responsible for growing ...
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PICTURES: Photo of the Day
National Journal
18: President Obama poses for a photograph with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, and his wife, Kristiani, upon his arrival for a gala diner at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia,...
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Kelantan confident of AFC Cup run
The Official Home of Asian Football
"The AFC Cup is a new competition for Kelantan but despite the inexperience, we expect our team to make an immediate impact," Annuar was quoted as saying on the ASEAN Football Federation's official website. We have signed four import players just to be ...
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The Official Home of Asian Football
India Travel News - Traveltechie.com - Pre-TRAVEX Registration ...
Latest Travel News. Email your Company News to pressreleases [at] traveltechie.com ...The exhibitor delegation will feature some 438 booths represented by 390 companies and properties across the 10 ASEAN countries. By Traveltechie ...
Traveltechie.com
Healthy Gift Sets @ Ban Rai Tubtim - Thai-ASEAN News Network
Panjamal The presentation of a gift basket filled with expensive imported fruits, chicken essence drinks, or fruit extract drinks may be warmly received with a ...
www.thailandoutlook.tv/tan/viewdata.aspx?DataID=1051141
Thai-ASEAN News Network - Pub Stabbling Suspects Charged with ...
Phuket police have charged all six suspects in a pub stabbing case with attempted murder as they have all allegedly confessed to assaulting the victim with ...
tannetwork.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1051296
News & Resources | News | ASEAN News
Political & Security Affairs. ASEAN expresses readiness to help Sendong-hit PHL ㅣGMA Newsㅣ2011.12.23. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...
www.aseankorea.org/.../detail.jsp?...
Asian Fusion, the Latest Chapter
It's been a long time since Asian fusion cooking has promised thrills of this sort. When it makes eyes roll these days, nobody smiles. ...
www.nytimes.com/.../wong-greenwich-village-restaurants.html
12 Asian Trends in 2012
By Evan A. Feigenbaum US relations with China and other Asian states will play a major rule in the continent's coming year. It's been a fascinating year for ...
www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/.../250881/
UK-Asean relations for the 21st century
The 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are already more populous than the European Union or the Arab world, have a larger economy ...
www.bangkokpost.com/.../uk-asean-relations-for-the-21st-cent...
Antara News : "ASEAN today" to be distributed on sunday
The January 2012 edition of TV Program "ASEAN Today" will be distributed on December 25, the ASEAN Secretariat said in a statement here on Saturday.
www.antaranews.com/.../asean-today-to-be-distributed-on-sun...
Cambodian PM pledges to chair ASEAN with responsibilities ...
Source: VNA - Cambodian PM pledges to chair ASEAN with responsibilities - Báo ĐCS English - - Related news - 1/6/2012 - BAOMOI.COM.
en.baomoi.com/Info/Cambodian-PM-pledges.../220590.epi
Guest Post: New Asian Union Means The Fall Of The Dollar ...
Submitted by Brandon Smith from Alt MarketNew Asian Union Means The Fall Of The DollarOne of the most frustrating issues to haunt the halls of alternative ...
www.zerohedge.com/.../guest-post-new-asian-union-means-fal...
2011 China – ASEAN Free Trade Area Ten News | Finance online ...
China - ASEAN Free Trade Area is the world's largest free trade area consumers, concern. 2011 completion of the FTA is the second. China - ASEAN.
www.finance-ol.com/.../2011-china-asean-free-trade-area-ten-...
New Asian Union Means The Fall Of The Dollar - BlackListedNews ...
The Best in Uncensored News Information and Analysis.
www.blacklistednews.com/New_Asian...Of.../M.html
Malaysian National News Agency ~ BERNAMA
Features Main · News List · WORLD · World Main · NAM News ... December 28, 2011 16:11 PM. Asean Economic Community To Make Further Headway In 2012 ...
www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=636806
Winners Announcement of the 35th ASEAN-Canada Logo ...
The ASEAN Secretariat and the Embassy of Canada in Jakarta, in cooperation with the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN announced the ...
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/news7.asp?...
Beggars, prostitutes rounded up ahead of ASEAN summit | National ...
The Phnom Penh Department of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has cleared the city's streets of 477 beggars and 440 street-based sex ...
www.phnompenhpost.com/.../beggars-prostitutes-rounded-up-...
  
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