Monthly Archives: September 2019

MANILA, 27 September 2019 – Officials from competition and intellectual property authorities from all ASEAN Member States gathered to discuss the interfacing issues between competition law and intellectual property rights in Manila, the Philippines today. Both competition and intellectual property laws share the common purpose of promoting innovation and enhancing consumer welfare. Dr Arsenio Balisacan, [...]

SINGAPORE, 26 September 2019 – Thirty participants representing ASEAN Food Safety regulators participated in a workshop on the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Implementation of the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) on prepared Foodstuff products (PF) held in Singapore on 25 - 27 September. The participants made progress in finalising the draft SOPs, [...]

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 19 September 2019 – Twenty aspiring ASEAN youths gathered in a 4-day training on social journalism at the Perpustakaan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam on 16-19 September. This training was part of the ASEAN Youth Social Journalism Contest and joined by finalists from ASEAN Member States [...]

MANILA, 23 September 2019 - The  ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality - Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements Product Working Group in collaboration with ASEAN – USAID Inclusive Growth in ASEAN through Innovation, Trade and E-Commerce and the ASEAN Secretariat organised a regional training on “ASEAN Guidelines on Claims and Claims Substantiation for Traditional [...]

JAKARTA, 23 September 2019 - The September 2019 edition of "ASEAN Today" looks at the recurring problem of air pollution caused by forest fires in Indonesia. Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from the new ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. She also reports on why Malaysia's major car company is revving up sales, [...]

TOKYO, 20 September 2019 - The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, met with several newly-appointed Japanese Cabinet Ministers during his recent trip to Tokyo on 19-20 September. This was the Secretary-General’s third visit to Tokyo this year. In the two-day working visit, Dato Lim met the Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Toshimitsu Motegi; Minister [...]