During the keynote panel discussion, Idris Jala, Minister in the Malaysian Prime Minister's Department and Chief Executive Officer of the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU),
expressed how South-East Asia was moving from a loose neighbourhood of
states to a connected regional community, through greater political,
economic and social integration and the growing importance of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in the lead up to the
ASEAN Economic Community 2015. However, Jala remarked on how ASEAN still
faced many challenges.
"The first challenge is that ASEAN countries are at very different levels of development…There has to be a self-assessment of where each country is in terms of achieving goals set down by ASEAN. A consolidated assessment of where we are. We will then know where the gaps are…ASEAN was never intended to be like the European Union, nonetheless though, if we really believe in greater ASEAN integration, we need to move to greater compliance with ASEAN Economic Community obligations and commitments.
"If you want ASEAN to progress, we need to define the obligations for collaboration and then define the rules for competition. The private sector wants clear rules….There is tremendous opportunities for companies laying a footprint across ASEAN, but we need to lay down clearer frameworks for them."
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"The first challenge is that ASEAN countries are at very different levels of development…There has to be a self-assessment of where each country is in terms of achieving goals set down by ASEAN. A consolidated assessment of where we are. We will then know where the gaps are…ASEAN was never intended to be like the European Union, nonetheless though, if we really believe in greater ASEAN integration, we need to move to greater compliance with ASEAN Economic Community obligations and commitments.
"If you want ASEAN to progress, we need to define the obligations for collaboration and then define the rules for competition. The private sector wants clear rules….There is tremendous opportunities for companies laying a footprint across ASEAN, but we need to lay down clearer frameworks for them."
Visit the South-East Asia Summit website here, which includes the full programme and speaker details.
To select and download photos from the event, please click here: https://edelmanftp.box.com/s/btgy6la9vh378iyt8opj
Supporters of The Economist Events' South-East Asia Summit include HSBC as the Lead Sponsor. Asian Institute of Finance and Deloitte are the Supporting Sponsors. Melbourne Business School is the Academic Sponsor. Edelman is the Official PR agency.
Media Contact
Edward Parker
Email: Edward.Parker@edelman.com
Phone: +62-21-721-59000
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