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ASEAN News, Apr 10, 2012

Asean Countries To Export More Rice
Bernama
At a press conference held recently in Bangkok, the Director General of Thailand 's Trade Negotiations Department Srirat Rastapana, said thatAsean countries will pursue the discussions further, as the subject was brought up at the Asean Summit in ...
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Projects & decision-making in ASEAN
Pakistan Observer
These cooperation frameworks are expected to predict unforeseen political hurdles in member countries and encourage trust when doubts emerge among ASEAN member countries. The findings are still challenging. The EU's CEPA, for instance, ...
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China and ASEAN: Explosive Fertility and Regional Integration
Examiner.com
The forum also wants to provide a platform for debating maritime conflicts, Korean reunification as well as ASEAN integration. Closely preceding the China-Japan-Korea meeting was the lackluster ASEAN summit earlier this month.
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Vijay Eswaran: 'ASEAN Can be Centre of Education and Employment'
Albany Times Union
Vijay Eswaran highlights the importance of education and employment at the 9th ASEAN Leadership Forum in Cambodia. QI Group Executive Chairman, Datuk Dr. Vijay Eswaran, urged ASEAN member States to harness their strengths in education and employment as ...
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Asean summit to appeal to EU first to lift Burma sanctions
eGov monitor
Leaders of the regional Asean grouping have formally called for all international sanctions imposed on Burma to be lifted immediately following the country's historic by-elections. The Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN), a ten-bloc grouping ...
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Cambodia PM defends Asean tirade
Bangkok Post
Hun Sen railed against domestic opponents and "stupid" analysts who misread his country's close ties with regional power China at a news conference following a meeting of leaders of the Association for SoutheastAsian Nations.
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Asean rubs wounds with China
Mizzima News
At last week's Asean summit in Phnom Penh, the Philippines unmistakably emerged as the most critical and loudest voice against China over the maritime territorial disputes. Even the strong territorial claims held by Vietnam, which has fought many wars ...
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Need For Regional Effort To Grasp Emerging Opportunities, Asean Told
Bernama
He said the time was ripe for Asean to send out a signal to investors, who were turning away from the US and European markets, that the region offer alternatives to Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC economies). "Thecountries need to show they are ...
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Asean stocks can compete with China's
FT Adviser
Designed to reduce the threat of naked self-interest and resultant trade warfare, a number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have been inaugurated since the Asianfinancial crisis of 1997, with the most significant of all, the RTA between China and ...
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Thailand expects 'long-term' labor shortage as Asian integration rises
China Post
All ASEAN countries were likely to badly need workers, particularly unskilled labor, as the number of planned investment projects would increase. “These unskilled laborers could flow back to those countries and Thailand could suffer shortages,” Sutapa ...
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Singapore Exchange mulling direct market access
MarketWatch
By Gaurav Raghuvanshi SINGAPORE -(MarketWatch)- Singapore Exchange Ltd. said Monday it plans to change rules to allow investors across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, direct access to its securities market.
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ASEAN + China and Bhutan?
The Diplomat
By Luke Hunt Within the various corridors of power across Southeast Asia, tongues are still wagging over the outburst delivered by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at last week's ASEAN summit. At the heart of the speech was Cambodia's close ...
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ASEAN chief urges for implementation of blueprint on economic community
Philippine Star
JAKARTA (Xinhua) - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan on Monday urged leaders of the organization's member states to quickly implement theASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint to accelerate economic growth and close gap between them.
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Spreading its wings
The Hindu
The 20th summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations last week has not only sought to consolidate ASEAN's gains, but also build a road map for its future. After stabilising itself as a regional cooperation forum for Southeast Asia, ASEAN ...
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'ASEAN needs to boost cooperation beyond politics, economy'
Philippine Star
JAKARTA (Xinhua) - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said on Monday that the region needs to increase cooperation beyond politics and economy, namely sports, drugs issue, environment, education, arts, culture, natural disasters and labor.
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Leaders confirm attendance at Laos ASEM
China Post
VIENTIANE -- Five Asian leaders have said they will attend the ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Vientiane on Nov. 5-6, state media reports said Monday. Prime Ministers Hun Sen of Cambodia, Lee Hsein Hoong of Singapore, Yingluck Shinawatra of ...
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MIFF 2012 Hits Another Record Sales High of US$830 Million
MarketWatch (press release)
Buyers from 140 countries consisted of visitors from the ASEAN region (21.4%), Far East (15.4%), Europe (12.9%), other Asian countries (12.8%), the Middle East (11.1%), Africa (9.4%), Australasia (8.9%), North America (6.1%) and South America (2.1%).
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Manila 2012 seen providing image boost for the country
BusinessWorld Online Edition
“This will allow them to talk about intimate issues, such as the agenda for the region and the individual countries. [Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima] wants this to really be a Board of Governors meeting”. The ASEAN+3 (the Association of Southeast ...
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Western Union cuts fees, eyes outbound growth
Bangkok Post
Western Union, the international money-transfer service provider, is lowering fees in Thailand on an increased demand for outbound payments and in anticipation of new opportunities following the establishment of the AseanEconomic Community (AEC).
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SGX seeks feedback on direct access proposals
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Exchange (SGX) said yesterday that it plans to change rules to allow investors across the Association of South-eastAsian Nations (ASEAN) direct access to its securities market. The move comes before a trading link between ...
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Viet Nam top destination for international investors
Viet Nam News
HA NOI — A recent survey conducted by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC) revealed Viet Nam ranked the second most attractive regional investment destination. Released last week, the survey, the second since 2010, questioned 405 businesspeople ...
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BRICS-a-brac?
Moneyweb.co.za
The EU makes sense –the countries are proximate, they're all liberal democracies, and they share a common economic future. Similarly, NAFTA (a pact between Canada, the US, and Mexico) makes sense, as does theASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian ...
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ASEAN chief urges implementation of blueprint on economic community
The Online Zamboanga Times
JAKARTA — ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan Monday urged leaders of the organization's member states to quickly implement theASEAN Economic Community Blueprint to accelerate economic growth and close gap between them. Pitsuwan said: "Out of ...
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Asean needs to expedite economic integration
Business Times (subscription)
In addition to ratification, the Asean countries must implement the measures in an effective and timely manner. A study done by Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia (Eria) finds that Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs), ...
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RM10.58bn trade surplus in February
Sin Chew Jit Poh
MITI said Malaysia's total imports for February from Asean amounted to RM14.08 billion or 30.4 per cent of the country's total imports. For the Jan-Feb 2012 period, the country posted a trade surplus of RM19.33 billion with total trade expanding by 8.5 ...
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Exports increase in March on strong sales to Southeast Asia
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taiwan's exports to the six ASEAN countries accounted for 18.4 percent of the country's total exports in the first quarter of this year, the highest for the period in history, according to the ministry. Lin explained that the zero-tariff treatment ...
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'Frontier Investing': Big Gains In Vietnam
Seeking Alpha
While all of these countries welcome, nee encourage, foreign investment, there are still a number of restrictions on ownership of property and stock for foreigners. The term foreign room is something to get acquainted with when looking at Asian stocks.
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Big Potential For M'sia-East Java Entrepreneurs To Develop Halal Industry
Bernama
The HDC Chairman said Malaysia should focus on making more business visits to Asean countries such as Indonesia as the country not only has a huge market but its entrepreneurs want to collaborate with Malaysian businesses.
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Singapore Stocks-May open up; ST Engineering in focus
Reuters
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LTD - Singapore Exchange said on Monday it is consulting the public on proposed rule changes to improve the regulatory framework for direct access to its securities market, in preparation for theASEAN Trading Link.
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ASEAN divided on whether to lift sanctions in Burma « Karen News
By Karen News
ASEAN map. ASEAN leaders and members disagree on the question of easing economic and politics restrictions in strife riven country. Easing economic restrictions in Burma could see a business bonanza for foreign corporations at the cost ...
Karen News
'ASEAN needs to boost cooperation beyond politics, economy ...
ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said on Monday that the region needs to increase cooperation beyond politics and economy, namely sports, drugs issue, environment, education, arts, culture, natural disasters and labor. ... READ OTHER NEWS. SHARE ... a post-20th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings briefing at the ASEAN Secretariat on Monday. Therefore, he urged officials to be transparent on things that happened in their countriesso that help can come immediately.
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ASEAN growth pole LED enterprises export to another | supplier blog
By 19890410
At a time when the ASEAN market, more like an undeveloped virgin land. According to the news released by the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction, drafted by the Ministry of Construction 2011-2020 countries urban development plan draft ...
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BBC NEWS - Asean single currency unlikely after eurozone 'lesson'
The 10 countries that make up Asean reiterated commitment to a common... has been described as a "talking shop" by at least one international newsservice.
m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17595960
Asean countries sign dispute settlement pact - Yahoo! News ...
Read 'Asean countries sign dispute settlement pact' on Yahoo! NewsPhilippines. Phnom Penh (The Brunei Times/ANN) - Asean countriesanother step towards ...
ph.news.yahoo.com/asean-countries-sign-dispute-settlement-p...
ASEAN hits troubled waters | National news | The Phnom Penh Post ...
“Even though this goal has not been fully achieved, indeed, the exchange of labour among ASEAN countries has already been robust. This highlights the need ...
www.phnompenhpost.com/.../asean-hits-troubled-waters.html
Philippine President Urges ASEAN Unity on South China Sea
Inside VOA | Contact VOA News ... ASEAN countries and non-member China hold conflicting claims to potential mineral and energy deposits in the vast South ...
www.voanews.com/.../Philippine-President-Urges-ASEAN-Uni...
ASEAN instrumental in driving economic growth and political ...
7 Day News ... KUALA LUMPUR: Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and ... Najib said that over the past four decades,Asean has been widely credited with helping its member nations boost trade, investment and ...
www.nst.com.my/.../asean-instrumental-in-driving-economic-...
ASEAN Leaders Open Summit in Cambodia | News | Khmer-English
"Within the region, although the development gap among ASEAN members has ... in his opening remarks Tuesday, urging the participating countries to work to ...
www.voanews.com/.../ASEAN-Leaders-Open-Summit-in-Cam...
Asean leaders urge end to West's Myanmar sanctions | Bangkok ...
Asean leaders urge end to West's Myanmar sanctions | Bangkok Post:news ... Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asked other Asean countriesto work together ...
www.bangkokpost.com/.../asean-leaders-urge-end-to-west-my...
Southeast Asian Leaders: Lift Myanmar Sanctions - ABC News
Southeast Asian leaders called for Western countries to immediately lift punitive sanctions imposed on Myanmar now that the once-pariah nation has embraced ...
abcnews.go.com/.../southeast-asian-leaders-lift-myanmar-sanct...
AirAsia zooming in on two more Asean countries
PETALING JAYA: After yesterday's first flight out of the Philippines and later this year out of Tokyo, AirAsia is now zooming on South Korea and two otherAsean ...
biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/3/29/...sec...
AirAsia zooming in on two more Asean countries - Asia News Network
After yesterday's first flight out of the Philippines and later this year out of Tokyo, AirAsia is now zooming on South Korea and two other Asean countries to set up ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=29121
News & Resources | News | ASEAN News
E-news; Press Release; Media Coverage; Speech; ASEAN News ... forward with efforts to eliminate development gaps among ASEAN member statesduring its ...
www.aseankorea.org/.../detail.jsp?...
ASEAN countries divided on how to tackle South China Sea ...
Economic officials from ASEAN member countries pose for a photo in Phnom Penh. (Photo/Xinhua). Southeast Asian countries are divided over China's ...
www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid...
ASEAN Host Blasts Crazy Media
ASEAN countries' foreign ministers pose together during the ASEANForeign Ministers' Retreat in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../asean-host-blasts-crazy-m_n_140...

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