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SYMPOSIUM ON ASEAN
FREE TRADE AREA AND BEYOND
Peninsula Manila Hotel, Philippines
30 May 2002, Thursday
The ASEAN Secretariat, Makati Business Club, and the US-ASEAN Business Council are pleased to organize this half-day symposium, "The ASEAN Free Trade Area and Beyond".
This important event is the second in a series of conference being held to mark the establishment of the ASEAN Free Trade Area. This achievement in ASEAN Economic Cooperation is a major step toward turning the ASEAN Region into an integrated production base and a market of 500 million people
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9:00 am |
Registration |
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10:00 |
Arrival of the President |
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10:05 - 10:10 |
Welcome Remarks
RICARDO J. ROMULO
Chairman, Makati Business Club |
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10:10 - 10:30 |
"Globalization's Challenge to Regional Economic Integration"
Hon. RODOLFO C. SEVERINO, JR.
Secretary-General, ASEAN |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Keynote Address
Her Excellency
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Republic of the Philippines |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break (Departure of the President) |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
" A Look Back at a Decade of AFTA"
Peter D. Garrucho
Former Secretary, Department of Trade & Industry
Managing Director for Energy,
First Philippine Holdings Corporation |
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| 11:30 - 12:45 pm |
Panel Discussion and Open Forum:
The Impact of AFTA
NOORDIN AZHARI
Director for Economic Cooperation
ASEAN
Claus Sudhoff
Former President, European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines
President, C.S. Garment, Inc.
Shoichi Kameyama
President, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Phils)
General Manager, Mitsui & Co.
Meneleo Carlos
Chairman, Federation of Philippine Industries
President, RI Chemical Corporation
Moderator
GUILLERMO M. LUZ
Executive Director, Makati Business Club |
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