* Deterrence Singapore’s deterrence policy is based on being prepared for any form of threats while developing diplomatic relationships with as many countries as possible. Deterrence refers to the measures to prevent and protect a country from various threats such as other countries and terrorists. Deterrence is necessary to protect a country and to give people a sense of security. * 7. Means of deterrence: Military Defence Citizen armed force: Singapore cannot afford a large professional army
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jobs. Related to nowadays‚ the world of competition for the jobs are higher. The more ability you have‚ the more you get opportunity to get better job. For example‚ in case of ASEAN; Association of South East Asian Nations‚ Asian people are looking forward to be The ASEAN Economic Community for integration transforming ASEAN into a single
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Progress towards the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) thus far has been rather slow with few tangible results‚ which may have helped explain a correspondingly slow adjustment by the business sector. Even the reduction in import duties to 0% in accordance with the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) took 17 years to materialize‚ while the liberalization in trade and services which started in 1996 is still behind schedule. In particular‚ the endeavor to allow up to 70% equity participation by ASEAN investors in 4
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285-293. Retrieved November 8‚ 2010‚ from Research Library ID: 2076344941). Tan‚ K. (2004). The legal and institutional framework and issues of multiculturalism in Singapore Toh M & Low L. (1993) ed. Regional Cooperation and Growth Triangles in ASEAN‚ Times Academic Press‚ Singapore. Unkown (n.d.). THE SOCIAL SYSTEM. Retrieved November 7‚ 2010‚ from Library of Congress website: http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-11815.html
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countries in the ASEAN bloc‚ and its effect on potential business opportunities. Regional Integration “Regional economic integration refers to agreements between countries in a geographic region to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers to the free flow of goods‚ services‚ and factors of production between each other” (Hill‚ 2009 Ch. 8). Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) “The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established
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March 2013 Asian Development Bank Institute C. Raja Mohan is distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. This paper was prepared as a background paper for the ADBI/ADB study on the Role of Key Emerging Economies—ASEAN‚ the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ and India— for a Balanced‚ Sustainable‚ and Resilient Asia. The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ADBI‚ the ADB‚ its Board of
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Development Gap in the world Development gap is the gulf between rich and poor nations when measured using economic yardsticks‚ such as GDP/GNP per capita. The development gap in the world is stunningly wide and has been worsening over the years. * The bottom 20% of the world’s GDP constitutes to only 1% of the world’s total GDP‚ whereas the top 20% constitutes 86%. (End of 1990s) The development gap in the world can be illustrated using the North-South divide. The North–South divide is broadly
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Answer 1: Law chosen to govern a transactions is clearly state the legal consequences of their contractual activities for example the right‚ obligation‚ and remedies for involve parties‚ and they can choose the law of particular country or international law to govern their contract. International trade law (CISG) includes the appropriate rules and customs for handling trade between states and it forms part of domestic law if the involve parties are from the contracting state of CISG. With assistance
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National Development Policy - Announced in 1991 by Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. - To achieve balanced progress in order to form an integrated and just society - To achieve national unity - Focused on just distribution of resources - To encourage development of all economic sectors by fair division‚ strengthen the national integration by reducing the social and economic differences between the people and build a progressive‚ productive and skillful human resources Evolution
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