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ASEAN News, Mar 06, 2012

Can Burma Re-Open Asean Free Trade Talks with EU?
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
The new liberalizing government in Burma, although still viewed with some suspicion both inside and outside the country, is now seen by many of the 10Asean nations as a beacon for its European-style single market ambitions.
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ASEAN-Germany Cooperation Gets a Strategic Review and Fine-Tuning
The Online Zamboanga Times
by ASEAN News Desk Germany is one of ASEAN's most important Development Partners. To date, Germany has contributed 48 million Euros toASEAN projects. "Other than financial assistance, the significance of Germany's contribution comes in the form of ...
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Malaysian Ammunition Co Gunning To Widen Asean Market
Bernama
By Jamaluddin Muhammad BANGKOK, March 6 (Bernama) -- SME Ordnance (SMEO) Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian ammunitions company, is planning to go great guns, in eyeing Indonesia and the Philippines to further penetrate the Aseanmarket.
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Indonesia Accused of Dragging Feet on Asean Terror Pact
Jakarta Globe
Read between the lines, where most asean countries are NOT having an elected leader...plenty of them are pretenders to be moderate and follow rule of law. Indonesia has been doing the right thing delaying ratify it, Indonesia has achieved recently to ...
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Vietnam to become Asian leading motorbike production base?
VietNamNet Bridge
Currently, 30 percent of the total 100000 products churned out every year are exported to ASEAN countries. Meanwhile, Piaggio plans to export to other markets as well, including India and Taiwan. Other motorbike manufacturers, after a long period of ...
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VietNamNet Bridge
A platform to tackle Asean issues
New Straits Times
By Dr Tang Siew Mun | tang@isis.org.my 0 comments ASEAN is steadily but surely moving towards tackling the "hard issues" of security. The adoption of the Asean Political-Security Community (APSC) Blueprint at the 14th AseanSummit in 2009 was a ...
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Singapore to give $50 million to Asean: Shanmugam
Straits Times
Mr Shanmugam said that Singapore remains committed to an integrated Asean, and that member countries remain on the right track to closer integration. -- -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM By Tessa Wong Singapore will be contributing $50 million over the next ...
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Straits Times
Fund Focus: Asia ex-Japan
Money Marketing
Invesco Perpetual Asian equities product director John Pellegry says the poor performance of the last 12 months has been directly linked to many countries' reliance on Europe as a trading partner. Pellegry says: “In sterling terms, Asian markets (MSCI ...
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Why Southeast Asia matters to US startups
VentureBeat
The Asean market has a total population exceeding 600 million people and a combined GDP of US $1.8 trillion. Its per capita income of $3000 is small but represents tremendous growth potential. American exports to Asean countries is around US $86...
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VentureBeat
A challenging year for MFA: says Mr Shanmugam
TODAYonline
Mr Shanmugam added in view of the positive developments in Myanmar, Singapore and the other ASEAN countries supported Myanmar's bid for the 2014 ASEAN Chairmanship. He said the Chairmanship presents an opportunity for Myanmar to build on its current ...
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University of Melbourne's John Hajek wants a global embrace of languages ...
The Australian
The white paper poses the question whether or not Australia is ready to grasp the opportunity represented by the so-called "Asian century,'' and focuses on China, India, Japan, Korea and "the key ASEAN countries''. Start of sidebar.
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China Hopes for Peaceful Solution to Differences with Neighbors
CRIENGLISH.com
The foreign minister called for relevant countries to work with the Chinese side for stability, development and progress in the Asian region. "We believe that progress has already been made in handling these differences between relevant Asian countries ...
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Cambodia to Make Efforts to Bring DPRK to Six-party Talks
CRIENGLISH.com
As the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, Cambodia is committed to lobbying the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK) to return to the six-party talks in order to end the nuclear program, said a Cambodian ...
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Air Asia helps spur traffic in Asia Pacific
Malaya
By GENIVI FACTAO AIR Asia and Air Asia X have helped spur air traffic inAsean and in the Asia-Pacific region and have stir the development of tourism in the regions. Their operations have increased the capacity of the existing destinations served by ...
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GE Signs Agreement for Locomotive Service Center with PT Kereta Api Indonesia
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
The MOU creates a framework by which GE Transportation and PTKAI will create a Locomotive Service Center for the ASEAN region whose members include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Asia shows austerity works wonders
Bangkok Post
With the exception of the Japanese participant, all had first-hand experience with the devastating Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. I couldn't resist the temptation to draw Asia into the debate between Europe and the US.
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Use of RMB in foreign trade on the rise
China Daily
By Gao Qihui (chinadaily.com.cn) Increased use of RMB in cross-border trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) depends on foreign central banks and merchants, a People's Bank of China official said on Saturday.
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2 foreign oil firms eye new refineries
Manila Standard Today
Almendras said the Philippines could be a hub for oil in the Asean market, similar to Singapore, with the construction of the two additional oil refineries. He said the proposed refinery of the investor groups would serve both the domestic and Asean ...
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India, Indonesia Agree To Fast Track FTA Talks To Enhance Bilateral Economic Ties
Bernama
Both the sides also deliberated on the widening the scope of free trade agreement between India-Asean, which would include services and investments. Indonesia is a member of Asean. India and the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) ...
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Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying Attends the 18th ASEAN-China Senior Officials ...
MFA China (press release)
From March 1 to 2, 2012, the 18th ASEAN-China Senior Officials' Consultations were held in Da Nang, Vietnam. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying led a delegation to attend the consultations. Fu also co-chaired the meeting with Vietnamese Deputy ...
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MFA China (press release)
Greenpeace marks 1st anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster
eco-business.com
Greenpeace also launched a 'Call to Action' for Asean nations to divert from the nuclear path it laid down in the Treaty of Bangkok and repeal the nuclear development provision in the Asean Energy Cooperation Plan 2010-2015. “We invite all citizens of ...
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Singapore PM eyes more trade with VN
Viet Nam News
Minh reaffirmed Viet Nam's consistent policy to foster fruitful relationships between Viet Nam and all ASEAN member countries, including Singapore. During the meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers, both sides provided updates on the ...
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Maybank Launches Regional Programme For High Net-worth Individuals
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) -- Maybank has launched its first regional Diamante Private Client programme, aimed to provide high net-worth (HNW) individuals with a suite of personalised services across ASEAN. The programme, strictly by invitation ...
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Jakarta to host Iranian cultural festival
Tehran Times
An Iranian night program will also be held at the headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that will be attended by cultural figures and officials from the two countries, he mentioned. Several Iranian films including “Prophet ...
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Finding solutions to Achilles' heel of renewable energy: intermittency
PhysOrg.com
One of the more ambitious articles in the issue describes a giant power grid, to be called the Pan-Asian Energy Infrastructure, that would encompass China, Japan, South Korean, the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) states and Australia.
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PhysOrg.com
Carr's appointment welcomed in Jakarta
Business Spectator
Mr Siagian suggests in the Jakarta Post newspaper that Mr Carr's "more stable personality, compared to his predecessor, Kevin Rudd, and a personal modesty that is genuine" would be welcomed in Asian diplomatic circles. "Although he cannot claim ...
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ETRONAS and BASF move ahead with expansion of partnership in Malaysia
Reuters
The chemicals to be produced at the new facilities will directly contribute to the sustainable development of the Asia Pacific region, especially in ASEAN. For example, nonionic surfactants are used in almost all cleaning applications, particularly in ...
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DIARY - Global Environment
Reuters
MONDAY, APRIL 2 JAKARTA - ASEAN Regional Environmental Security Conference (to April 5). SUNDAY, APRIL 15 LAS VEGAS, CA - ISRI - Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Annual Convention & Expo 2012 (to April 19). TUESDAY, APRIL 17 HELSINKI - World ...
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Singapore to contribute S$50m to IAI from 2012-2015: Shanmugam
Business Times (subscription)
By JASMINE NG Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam said on Tuesday Singapore will contribute S$50 million from 2012 to 2015 to the Initiative for ASEANIntegration (IAI) for the next three years, bringing her total contribution to $170 million.
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Nomura Announces Organizational Changes
Here Is The City
To fully support the firm's expansion in the key growth region of Asia, Nomura also announced the establishment of a China Committee, India Office, andASEAN Office within Nomura Holdings. The China Committee will be chaired by Noriyasu Yoshizawa, ...
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Press Releases 06/03/2012 Remarks by Minister for Foreign Affairs ...
In view of the positive developments in Myanmar, Singapore and the otherASEAN countries supported Myanmar's bid for the 2014 ASEAN Chairmanship at the ASEAN Summit in Bali in November 2011. As ASEAN Chair, Myanmar will be the ...
MFA Website News
News & Resources | News | ASEAN News
E-news; Press Release; Media Coverage; Speech; ASEAN News ... the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member countries yesterday converged ...
www.aseankorea.org/.../detail.jsp?...
20 projects in the pipeline for Asean countries
KUALA LUMPUR: There are 20 information projects in the pipeline for Aseancountries together with partners in South Korea, Japan and China.
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/3/2/nation/...
ASEAN News : Inequality must be corrected-Suu Kyi
When asked by a Singaporean journalist to elaborate on her earlier statement that she would like to see Burma surpassing every other Asean country, Suu Kyi's ...
www.aseanbusinessforum.com/news/allDetail.php?id...
Vietnam hosts ASEAN Television Melodies Festival - Home » Other ...
The annual ASEAN Television Melodies Festival opened in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi ... City on Monday, attracting singers from ten ASEAN membercountries to perform traditional folk and pop songs, according to local VietnamNews daily.
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=784316...200
Thai-ASEAN News Network - Creative Design That's 'Somewhat ...
Among the 67 designers whose work is included in the exhibition, 47 are German , while the remainder are based in other European countries, including Austria, ...
www.thailandoutlook.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1053188
Asean chief says Thailand must change | Bangkok Post: news
... for the country's development should be a wake-up call for Thailand, Aseansecretary-general ... Asean chief says Thailand must change | Bangkok Post:news ...
www.bangkokpost.com/.../asean-chief-says-thailand-must-cha...
ASEAN NEEDS TO INCREASE EXCHANGE OF NEWS AND ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- Asean member countries need to increaseexchange of news and information through various platforms, such as visitsof ...
my.news.yahoo.com/asean-needs-increase-exchange-news-inf...
Asean To Leverage Popularity Of Social Media - Rais
News Who's Who. March 01, 2012 16:48 PM. Asean To Leverage Popularity Of ... Rais said AMRI had called for active discussion among Asean countriesto ...
www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsindex.php?id=649193
Thai-ASEAN News Network - PTT Limits Selling Oil to Iran
He said other oil-producing countries in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries or OPEC group, in particular Israel, announced to increase its ...
www.tannetwork.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1052979
There must be free-flow of information within ASEAN countries, says ...
"We must also encourage the release of periodical publications on the dynamics of Asean member states's political development, culture and history for ...
www.nst.com.my/.../there-must-be-free-flow-of-information-...
Asean MPs on migrant labourer inspection tour - Mizzima News
Members of parliament from Asean countries will conduct a fact-find tour in Thailand to highlight issues ... Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:19 MizzimaNews ...
www.mizzima.com/.../6629-asean-mps-on-migrant-labourer-i...
SHOWBIZ: The best of Asean
Musicians from the Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) membercountries — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, ...
www.nst.com.my/life.../showbiz-the-best-of-asean-1.55056
ASEAN, China review relations - Politics & Laws - VietNam News
The ASEAN countries and China reaffirmed their commitment to implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea, maintain dialogue at all ...
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/.../asean-china-review-relation...
Can Burma Re-Open Asean Free Trade Talks with EU?
“Asean countries should strongly link together to complement the needs of their ... the Europeans back, she told the Philippines' Business Mirrornewspaper.
www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=23152

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