Asean Economic Ministers Meeting Kicks Off In Bangkok

[george]

ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting kicks off in Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- The 41st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) and related meetings starts Thursday in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok under tight security.

The meeting is hosted by Thai government as chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from August 13-16 at the Millennium Hilton Bangkok Hotel under the theme “Walk Together, Work Together towards AEC.”

High level officials from the 10 ASEAN-member countries on Wednesday have begun discussing and setting up economic policies and topics before submitting to the ministers.

Meanwhile, ASEAN economic ministers will meet Thursday and Friday.

The ministerial meeting is expected to establish economic policies both in the region and with its dialogue partners and to enhance the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

The ASEAN ministers also is scheduled to meet with their six dialogue partners, including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and India from August 14-16 to boost economic and trade investment between ASEAN and other countries.

The meeting will focus on looking into directions for the grouping to achieve the establishment of AEC in 2015.

The results of the meeting will boost confidence among investors and facilitate investment and production plans.

The cooperation of the ASEAN will promote regional single market and production base and remove obstacles in trade and investment.

-- TNA 2009-08-13

[dale8]

Hello, I hope these countries will know what to do as Ms. Clinton from the US is not there to tell them.

[brahmburgers]

How about one currency for SE Asia. ha ha chuckle chortle, .....just kidding.

SE Asian leaders couldn't agree on that, any more than they could agree on forming a EU type confederation. Reason: SE Asia is and will remain balkanized with all its little fiefdoms. No one regime trusting another, yet not being able to stand up in meaningful ways against tyranny (Khmer Rouge, Burma's junta, Sukarno, Suharto, Marcos, etc).

[bobright]

seriously, how could they achieve anything, given all the fiefdoms as mentioned by brahmsbureger. and with mssrs. clinton, i.e. the u.s.a. - as mentioned here also - not around, hey might as well continue clucking away like a chicken without its head.

if anything at all,notice the meeting is held just in time for the great big sales at big c, robinson or maboonkron for the asean ministers wives and children for sure. free flights, free hotels, free almost everything too all at the expense of the poor of the asean countries.

its like saying when cronies meet, there is no cronyism to discuss about.

so, the agenda might as well be where is the best restaurant to dine and wine, where can best durian be found, which is the best thai delicacy in season, where is the best thai silk store, and where are the freebies of thailand, where can the ministers wives get the best thai massages compliment of their thai hosts.

need we build the lists further?

welcome to thailand, anyway. please shop till you drop....... but please don't drop dead while shopping, the poor of asean need your patronages.

Edited August 13, 2009 by bobright

[CHAIYENYEN]

wonder what the asean minsters are selling to each other now? is daw aung sung su kyi's head on the agenda? will the asean poor still be continually be ripped off with hollow rhetorics? why, will they ever elevate their own self-respects? will the act of God like another tsunami be sent to them to remind them to tow line before the final apocalpyse? i wonder,i wonder....i wonder why they have so many meetings???????pray tell before the wrath of GOD finally descend on all of us. Edited August 13, 2009 by CHAIYENYEN