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ASEAN News, Apr 17, 2012


China's ASEAN role wins praise
China Daily
By Zhou Wa (China Daily) Thailand is keen to play a coordinating role between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said. Calling China "a responsible and constructive partner of ASEAN", ...
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China Daily
Exclusive: Thai PM hopes to boost Thai-China ties
China Daily
How do you comment on China's peaceful development and China's ties with ASEAN countries? Is there any area you think that China should improve to boost the ties with these countries? For the past 20 years, ASEAN and China have been partners in ...
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Asean peacekeepers for Myanmar?
Bangkok Post
The government has declared war on opium production and is welcoming Aseanobservers to monitor the by-elections. But ethnic conflict continues to be a serious problem as the country seeks international acceptance. An open letter to Asean ...
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Seeing the larger picture
China Daily
By Chen Xiangyang (China Daily) This year marks the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and Cambodia, the current rotating chair, hosted the association's 20th summit earlier this month.
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Prasarn outlines fourfold test for AEC
Bangkok Post
A key challenge for financial integration among Asean countries is developing the capital market in which Asean economies can tap their collective savings to fund the growing need for investment, says Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul.
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Burma: The Biggest Emerging Market Story Since China in 2001
Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
Improved rule of law led to an investment boom, fuelled by capital mainly supplied from other Asian countries. The result was high-octane Chinese economic growth and rapid industrialisation due to competitive labour and land costs and proactive local ...
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Burma: The Biggest Emerging Market Story Since China in 2001
International Business Times AU
Our fellow passengers offered us miniature wooden stools placed in the middle of the aisle to sit down on. And we stared out the window at the strange country that rushed past. Burma is entering the era of the Asianworld economy.
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International Business Times AU
CP makes case for regional export collaboration
Bangkok Post
Thailand should join forces with other Asean countries to supply raw materials to global food businesses and to push for an increase in the supply of Asean farm products in world markets. Ajva Taulananda, vice-chairman of the CP Group, said cooperation ...
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Hidden depths in South China Sea tensions
Asia Times Online
As the crisis reached its third day on Thursday, diplomats from both countries were still scrambling to defuse tensions. As anticipated by some observers, the South China Sea issue was not on the agenda during the ASEAN summit held in Cambodia's ...
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Gearing up for AEC benefits, challenges
Bangkok Post
However, there is also a real danger that in the face of competition from other Asean countries, Thailand will not be able to maintain its competitive effectiveness even within its domestic market. It would not be impossible, after all, ...
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ACL aside, Brisbane Roar still have a chance for Asian silverware
The Roar
Enter the ASEAN Club Championship – an international club competition that has not been held since before Australia joined the Asian Football Confederation. As a ASEANinvitee member, Australia has the right to have one club compete in the 2012 edition ...
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More border estates to support AEC
Bangkok Post
Industry Minister MR Pongsvas Svasti has reassured the US ambassador to Thailand that Thailand is ready for the Asean Economic Community due to take shape in 2015. "The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand already has plans to set up four industrial ...
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Not for the faint-hearted
Inquirer.net
Gloria Estenzo Ramos The empowering behind-the-scenes story which led to the inferred admission by the board of Asian Development Bank's multiple violations of its own policies in funding the coal plants in Naga City, needs to be retold to as many ...
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ADB sees Myanmar adding 6%
Bangkok Post
Economic growth in Myanmar is expected to jump sharply thanks to higher investment following the political and economic developments in thecountry over the past several months, says Asian Development Bank. Craig Steffensen, ADB country director for ...
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Bangkok Post
Philippines asks China: Stop all incursions in West Philippine Sea now
Inquirer.net (blog)
But he has yet to comment on Senator Gregorio Honasan's call for the Philippines to enlist the help of the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to stop Chinese incursions on Philippine territory.
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Yingluck off to China
Bangkok Post
High on the agenda is promotion of national development - in particular a high-speed train project, water management system development, renewable energy, human resources development, education and cultural cooperation as well as cooperation withAsean ...
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Coast Guard moves in
Philippine Star
“There'll be a lot of posturing and this is one of those, ordering the Philippine authorities to leave the contested islands,” Lacson said. “We can't go up against them but we always have the ASEAN. We will always lean on the stronger countries.
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Thai food in China has high potential
Bangkok Post
Thai goods imported into China are given special treatment under the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement. Although value-added tax and other local charges are still levied on the goods, Chinese-made products are subject to the same taxes, ...
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Phl version of 'no-fly zone'
Philippine Star
The report reached President Aquino while he was in Cambodia last week attending the annual Leaders' summit of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Nonetheless, President Aquino at the summit meeting renewed his call for North ...
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Indonesia: another giant awakes
New Zealand Listener
There are signs that is slowly starting to change, with New Zealand industry groups increasingly taking notice of Indonesia's growing wealth, and thecountry's recent inclusion in the Asean-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement. (See story below.) ...
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New Zealand Listener
SOS sees AEC as spur to growth
Bangkok Post
"This concern is also shared by many large Thai corporations _ such as PTT Plc _ that are now building up investment in the region to capitalise on the emergence of theAsean Economic Community." International SOS first opened its office in Bangkok in ...
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E-commerce firms warned to get tax affairs in order
Bangkok Post
Authorities in fact want to encourage the growth of e-commerce as trade barriers fall with the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2015. Many businesses will no longer need a physical presence in a given market, and instead can rely on their ...
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Phuket Aftershocks; Pole-dancing Nuns for Italy's PM: Phuket Events
Phuketwan
Asean and the Asia-Pacific region produce 73.2 percent of all Bali's tourist visitors with Australia the biggest market share at 26.04 percent. jhunewsletter.com The next morning we flew to Phuket, the famous beach area in southern Thailand.
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Huge pyramid scheme cracked in Guangxi
China Daily
Police said on Wednesday that they cracked the largest pyramid scheme in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, according to a report in People's Daily. Pyramid schemes are an illegal type of network marketing in which recruits pay an ...
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Forwarders weigh in on new AirAsia X Sydney A330 flights
Aircargo - Asia Pacific
"Fortunately, we are located in the booming economic region of the world - ASEAN and Asia-Pacific. Demand has fallen in Europe but that drop has been broadly compensated by robust demand in ASEAN and Asia-Pacific in general.
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Thaksin 'Songkran Tour' in Vientiane today
Bangkok Post
We'll still go about our daily lives. His visit to Laos means very little to us us," company director Soukhakhone Bouangboubphar said. Mr Bouangboubphar believes Thaksin's visit has less to do with politics, than with celebrating Songkran with his ...
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Weaving a success story
Bangkok Post
The company plans to open a showroom in Singapore to showcase its products and act as springboard for sales to other Asean countries. The company may have high-end international clients, such as the Caesars Palace Hotel and the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas ...
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Bangkok Post
English school doubling size
Bangkok Post
"Widespread social networks and the formation of the Asean Economic Community in 2015 have demanded that Thais communicate in English," said Mr Le Quellec. "The language school business is growing not only in Thailand, but elsewhere in Asean.
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Bangkok Post
Motorcycle gunmen target bus in Songkran shooting
Bangkok Post
The issue was raised in talks between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak on the sidelines of the Asean Summit meeting in Cambodia last week. Both countries agreed to closely cooperate on monitoring people...
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Making Sense of China's Bo Xilai Earthquake
Forbes
The ultimate affront was Bo's announcement during the November ASEAN conference that he was holding a military exercise in Chongqing, sending Chinese delegates scurrying home from Honolulu. Back in Beijing, China's leaders decided they had enough of Bo ...
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N. Korea fails to intimidate
Bangkok Post
The country has sold nuclear technology, and still attempts to sell its powerful missiles. Thailand was silent through the rocket launch crisis. The recent Asean summit refused to face the North Korean threat. Indonesia on Friday called for "diplomacy ...
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Rumble in the jungle
Business Mirror
The Asean media is one of the first groups of media in the world to test and evaluate the Colorado in off-road conditions.” She added, “It was difficult to find a natural location that would test the Colorado's capabilities and yet be near Bangkok.
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Business Mirror
Thaksin eyes a third way home
Bangkok Post
"Thailand really needs to free itself from the shackles of political disputes to be able to regain a leading role in Asean." Over the past seven months, the Yingluck Shinawatra administration has driven its political reconciliation efforts via ...
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Thai-ASEAN News Network - CP Group Welcomes Wage Hike
However, he stated the daily minimum wage increase would adversely affect ... In addition, he suggested manufacturers from ASEAN countries to gather under ...
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Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily | China has ASEAN arguing ...
Those who expected a formal code of conduct aimed at easing maritime disputes between China and Southeast Asian countries to be hammered out this year ...
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