ASEAN success and failures

Jonathan Lim Jun Hong(12)

Ng Hou Shun (16)

Teh Zi Tao (27)

Contents Economic

AFTA AIA ASEAN Framework Agreement on Trade in Services SAM

Cultural SEA write award ASAIHL Heritage Parks ASEAN scholarship AUN

Sports SEA games ASEAN football championship ASEAN ParaGames

ASEAN Video

ECONOMIC

AFTA

ASEAN free trade area common external preferential tariff scheme

to promote the free flow of goods within ASEAN(tariff reduction)

AIA

ASEAN Investment Area Encourage free flow of investment in ASEAN

All industries are to be opened up for investment, with exclusions to be phased out according to schedules

National treatment is granted immediately to ASEAN investors with few exclusions

Elimination of investment impediments Streamlining of investment process and procedures Enhancing transparency Undertaking investment facilitation measures

ASEAN Framework Agreement on Trade in Services

Liberalization of inter-regional services in several sectors, including air transport, business services, construction, financial services, maritime transport, telecommunications and tourism

Single Aviation Market

Fully liberalize air travel between member countries by 2015

Verdict

Cultural

SEA write award

award given annually as recognition of SEA poets and writers' lifetime achievement(poetry, short stories, novel, play, folklore, religious)

Association of SEA Institutions of Higher learning(ASAIHL) NGO that aims to strengthen higher learning

institution(teaching, research, public service), with the intention of cultivating sense of regional identity and interdependence

A clearing-house of information Provides regular opportunities for the discussion of

academic development and general university development

Assists member institutions in the recruitment and placement of faculty and staff

Exchanges of professors and students and in the development of co-operative arrangements on specific projects

Provides advisory services of consultants Strengthens the relationship with regional and

international bodies and keeps member institutions informed about developments in the region

Recognizes and acknowledges distinctive achievements among Southeast Asian institutions of higher education

Association of SEA Institutions of Higher learning(ASAIHL)

Heritage Parks

Nature parks opened to protect region's natural treasure(e.g. Mt Kinabalu)

ASEAN scholarship

Scholarship given by Singapore to other 9 member states for secondary-university education.

ASEAN University Network

Consortium of SEA Universities (21) Strengthen the existing network of cooperation among

universities in ASEAN Promote collaborative studies and research

programmes Promote cooperation and solidarity among scientists

and scholars in the region Develop academic and professional human resources Produce and disseminate scientific knowledge and

information among the universities in the region

Verdict

SPORTS

SEA Games

multi-sport event. Under regulation of SEA games federation, supervised by IOC and Olympic council of Asia

ASEAN Football Championship

Soccer competition organised by ASEAN football federation, accredited by FIFA

SEA Para Games

multi-sport event held after SEA games for disabled athlete

Verdict

Q & A