SIEM REAP (Xinhua) -- The 10th dialogues between ASEAN Economic
Ministers and ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC) was held here on Sunday
afternoon to discuss and find ways to boost public-private sector partnerships
in order to achieve the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015.
Addressing the forum, Cambodian
Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh, chair of ASEAN in 2012, said that the
consultations were important to listen to the preparations for the upcoming
2012 ASEN Business and Investment Summit slated for Nov. 16-18 in Phnom Penh,
the capital of Cambodia.
Cambodia's influential tycoon
Kith Meng, president of the Royal Group of Companies, who chaired the ABAC in
2012, said that the consultations were very useful for the private sector to
raise opinions and recommendations to the heads of the governments in order to
positively contribute to achieve an ASEAN Economic Community.
The meeting was also attended by
Lim Hong Hin, deputy secretary- general for the ASEAN Economic Community.
Speaking to reporters after the
meeting, Nguon Meng Tech, director general of Cambodia's Chamber of Commerce,
said that the ASEAN business leaders had asked the ASEAN economic ministers to
consider issuing business cards for ASEAN businesspeople in order to facilitate
them in traveling among ASEAN member states.
"The card is similar in
style to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation business traveler cards. The
cardholders will enjoy visa-free entry and expedited immigration clearance through
designated special lanes at airports among ASEAN countries," he said.
According to Nguon Meng Tech,
Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh has promised to ratify the request in the 2012
ASEN Business and Investment Summit in November.
The ABAC was established by the
ASEAN leaders at the 7th ASEAN Summit in November 2001 in Brunei. Inaugurated
at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, in April 2003, ABAC acts as the
primary vehicle for private sector feedback and guidance to boost ASEAN's
efforts towards creating an integrated and competitive ASEAN economy.
The ABAC consists of three
business leaders from each member country.
The meeting was held a day ahead
of the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting and related meetings, which will
run through Aug. 31.
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