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"It's not a good deadline to work towards. Even if it doesn't happen in 2015, it's ok. It's probably not realistic. Apart from having the political will, you must have..."
Prof. Dr. Paul Joseph Lim Huat Chye University Kebangsaan Malaysia
"It's well on the way. It would bring a lot of benefits to ASEAN but even more benefits to businesspeople from many other areas especially Australia..."
Miles Kupa Australian High Commissioner
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Asean and Asia can optimise their strengths
Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Minister in The Prime Minister's Department
Economic Planning Unit
Under the New Transformation Programme, Nor Mohamed Yakcop said the government's role would continue to be significant "but we really want the private sector to be the engine of growth. And our role is to be the facilitator".
The Timeliness of a new ASEAN
By John Pang
ASEAN ratified a Charter in 2008 and put in place a new legal and institutional framework for itself. This marked a change, in principle, from ASEAN being a loosely organised regional body run by consensus to becoming a rules-based inter-governmental organisation with supra-national institutions.
Liberal Banking Regime: Pot Calling the Kettle Black
By Manissa van Geyzel
When Indonesia announced that it will limit foreign ownership of local banks from almost 100 per cent to just 50 per cent in 2011, it took no time at all for ASEAN co-members to cry foul.
PUBLICATIONS
China, Singapore
China, Singapore to build US$16 billion high-tech zone
The Primary of Geo-Economics in Asean Regionalism
The Singapore-Sichuan High-Tech Innovation Park was jointly launched by the provincial government and Singapore’s state-owned Temasek Holdings.
ASEAN was literally formed on a sheet of paper called the Bangkok Declaration in 1967. It would be another nine years before ASEAN added yet another page to its institutional development. The Bali Summit in Indonesia in 1976 affirmed the importance of resolving conflicts peacefully through the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)...