1. The Sixth Consultations between the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India (6th AEM-India Consultations) was held in Singapore on 28 August 2008. The Consultations was co-chaired by H.E. Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore and H.E. Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce [...]
1. The Seventh Consultations between the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the Minister of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People’s Republic of China (7th AEM-MOFCOM Consultations) was held in Singapore on 27 August 2008. The Consultations was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore, and H.E. Chen Jian, Vice Minister [...]
As announced by the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) on 22 August 2008, the ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise (code-named ARDEX-08) is now underway in Rayong Province, near Pattaya, Thailand. Based on the exercise scenario, Typhoon “X” with a velocity of 140 km/hour landed at Muang District, Rayong, an industrial and coastal [...]
1. The Fortieth Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) was held on 25-26 August 2008 in Singapore. H.E. Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore, chaired the Meeting. The Meeting was preceded by a Preparatory ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM). The ASEAN Economic Ministers also had respective joint meetings with the [...]
Simulated Exercise: Typhoon Disaster Scenario “In the early morning of 27 August 2008, Typhoon “X” with a velocity of 140 km/hour landed at Muang District, Rayong, an industrial and coastal province in Thailand. The typhoon caused heavy damage to houses, public buildings and facilities, cargo ships and fishing boats. It also damaged electricity poles, triggering [...]
ASEAN celebrates its 41st Anniversary today and to mark the occasion, a flag hoisting ceremony was held in the morning at the ASEAN Secretariat. The 8th of August is observed as ASEAN Day. It was on this day forty-one years ago that ASEAN’s founding fathers signed the ASEAN Declaration in Bangkok, setting up the Association [...]