Economy (Myanmar) As the second largest country in terms of land size in Southeast Asia‚ Myanmar borders five nations and is endowed with rich natural resources----minerals‚ oil and gas‚ forestry‚ water and marine resources. With its accession to ASEAN in 1997‚ Myanmar has achieved remarkable economic and political progresses ever since‚ and it is now facing new development opportunities due to the establishment of its new government in 2011. 1. National Objectives The national objectives of Myanmar
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YET they still form up as a region of countries (ASEAN) Singapore’s expulsion from Malaya 1965 -> Malaysia’s press for an ethnic nationalism of Malays as the main citizens‚ Singapore did not share that vision but instead wanted civic nationalism of equal citizenship. It was not expected‚ nobody thought Singapore could survive without Malaysia 3) Regionalism in a Global Context Manila Pact -> regional organization to contain communism‚ 1954. ASEAN countries that were colonized before like Thailand
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a regional power. India-ASEAN Relations India’s attitude towards ASEAN during its early years was ambivalent but not hostile. The Indian leadership viewed ASEAN as an American “imperialist surrogate” while ASEAN dubbed India as the “surrogate of the Soviet Union”. The signing of the Friendship Treaty with the Soviets‚ India’s stand on Afghanistan and India’s recognition of the Hang Samarin Government in 1981—all these led to estrangement between India and ASEAN India’s decision not participate
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Asian Nations‚ or ASEAN‚ was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok‚ Thailand. The association was signed as ASEAN Declaration by the so called Founding Fathers of ASEAN which are Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Philippines‚ Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam‚ Viet Nam‚ Lao PDR‚ Myanmar‚ and Cambodia all later joined ASEAN on January‚ 7 1984‚ July‚ 28 1995‚ July‚ 23 1997 and April‚ 30 1999 respectively. As stated in the overview section of the webpage‚ the primary aims and purpose of ASEAN is to accelerate
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Introduction The following report examines the need for Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association (HKEIA) to provide assistance for local electrical small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to enter the Southeast Asian Market. Background of the project In the past few years‚ Hong Kong’s electronic industry has been facing intense competition from nearby countries‚ such as China‚ Taiwan‚ Singapore and South Korea. Many local SMEs failed to stand in this highly competitive business environment
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AEC BAD FOR THAI FARMERS‚ WORKERS: NGOS Poor farmers and unskilled labourers would feel a negative impact and no benefits from the 2015 launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC)‚ a forum of non-governmental organisations said yesterday. Thailand was set to open its borders to almost all farming products from Asean members‚ meaning its major products such as rice would no longer be competitive‚ said Witoon Lianchamroon‚ director of BioThai. Thailand’s standing as a regional powerhouse in
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PESTEL analysis of Indonesia | October 3 2009 | SUBMITTED TO: MR. SUNDERASAN SUBMITTED BY: Hitesh GoyalNirupan ChakravarthiSainath.V MBA 12 and PGPRM-9 | | Introduction: Indonesia is one of the largest countries in South-east Asia‚ between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean which contain mainly mountainous and covered with rain forests‚ swamps and consists over 13000 islands. Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia. Indonesia declared its independence on 17th August 1945 from Japan but
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FRASER AND NEAVE EXPANDS IN ASEAN Question 1 What external forces would affect the growth of food and beverage industry in Malaysia and ASEAN region in future? There are many external forces would affect the growth of food and beverage industry in Malaysia and ASEAN region in the future which are economic forces‚ social‚ culture‚ demographic and environmental forces‚ political‚ legal and governmental forces‚ and competitive forces. The first external forces is economic forces‚ economic force
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Theme 1 Student A Part I: Interview with teacher. When meeting someone for the first time‚ 1. What should you avoid doing to make a good impression? 2. What questions are inappropriate to ask someone? Why? Part II: Role play this situation. You are the Marketing Director of a sunglasses manufacturer. Role play a telephone call to talk about a focus group for the company’s new range of sunglasses. You want to do the following during the phone call 1.
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the doubt and fear of rejection when Danille Fritzgerald Soria and Lutfiya Al-Qarani knocked every door of the participants of a youth summit to express their excitement of the then upcoming integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The initial concept is simple which was to generally promote awareness of the integration in the online sphere. Their initial invitation was not well received but they were never discouraged and they pushed to convince. Alas‚ hope began to rise when
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