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January 29, 2010

... neighbours, especially Cambodia, Burma and Laos.It s a collection of articles by historians and other scholars, including Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, along with interviews with Southeast Asian experts Thongchai Winichakul and Charnvit Kasetsiri, who founded Thailand s first studies programme on the subject...

January 5, 2010

... and the US.Afta does not have to be a zero-sum game if industries and farmers learn how to benefit from the agreement. As Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan has said, the business community should stand to gain: The lower cost of inputs will allow businesses a wider choice of goods, and in the process they...

December 31, 2009

... from 1983-86. He was also personal secretary to Chuan Leekpai during his first term as prime minister and secretary to former foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan during Chuan s second term as PM.Prior to the Abhisit administration, Ong-art was party spokesman and a shadow PM s Office minister with responsibility for...

December 15, 2009

I personally feel this is a grave omission bordering on dereliction, and shows once again that Asean is a feeble, impotent sham. Whilst the secretary-general, being a Thai, should not take a leading role, he has a perfectly able deputy with the title deputy secretary-general for Asean political security...

December 9, 2009

Surin, a former Thai foreign minister, said he hoped the two neighbours will exercise restraint and end their conflict as soon as possible.A Cambodian court on Tuesday sentenced Thai national Sivarak Chutipong to seven years in jail and fined him Bt100,000 for stealing flight plans of ousted former Thai premier...

December 3, 2009

... of Asean and could affect the organisation s plan to become an economic community in the near future, the concerned Asean secretary-general, Surin Pitsuwan, said recently.But the Asean principle of non-interference is tricky. The Asean secretariat has to be careful. One of the fundamental principles of the Asean...

December 2, 2009

... businesses to tap into the potential of the Asean market was addressed at the Thai Chamber of Commerce meeting last week. Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan suggested local and regional businesses should take advantage of the grouping s trade and investment privileges after finding that the major investors in...

November 29, 2009

Unfortunately, very few Thai firms have become multinational companies and are able to invest in other Asean countries, Surin said.Asean offers many special incentives for promoting investment, he told the Thai Chamber of Commerce s annual convention.Foreign direct investment in Asean was US$60 billion...

November 28, 2009

Chiang Mai - Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan urged Thai and Asean businesses Saturday to take advantages more from the Asean s trade and investment privileges after finding that major investors among Asean are the third countries multinational enterprises.Speaking at the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) s annual...

November 23, 2009

... good neighbourliness. Despite the appeal of maximum restraint to the conflicting parties and mediation efforts from Asean Secretary General, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, very few Asean members were ready to do so. As Surin put it, the appeal is part of what he described as effective dynamics inside Asean as a rule-based organisation...