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APEC to tackle new socio-economic growth
Monday, 1 November 2010, 11:39 am | APEC
Okinawa, Japan, 29 October, 2010 – APEC Ministers will focus on development of broadband infrastructure and advancing information and communications technology (ICT) in critical areas such as education, health, energy and the environment when ... More >>
APEC Issues Declaration On Food Security
Sunday, 17 October 2010, 4:57 pm | APEC
Niigata, Japan, 17 October 2010 – At the conclusion of the 1st APEC Ministerial Meeting on Food Security, APEC ministers adopted the Niigata Declaration on APEC Food Security. More >>
APEC Ministers To Hold First Meet On Food Security
Friday, 15 October 2010, 4:19 pm | APEC
APEC Ministers will tackle key issues involving the sustainable development of agriculture and increased investment and trade in the sector when they gather here this week for the first-ever APEC Ministerial Meeting on Food Security. More >>
APEC Ministers Target Growth Of SMEs
Tuesday, 5 October 2010, 4:08 pm | APEC
In a joint statement issued today, APEC Ministers responsible for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) target the challenges of fostering long-term growth following the global economic crisis. More >>
APEC Ministers target growth of SMEs
Monday, 4 October 2010, 4:00 pm | APEC
Gifu, Japan, 3 October, 2010 - In a joint statement issued today, APEC Ministers responsible for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) target the challenges of fostering long-term growth following the global economic crisis. More >>
APEC Senior Officials assess progress
Monday, 27 September 2010, 4:37 pm | APEC
Sendai, Japan, 26 September, 2010 - Senior Officials discussed key reports and recommendations on enhancing trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region that will be submitted to Ministers and Leaders of member economies when they meet in November. More >>
SRI LANKA: What Upsets Colombo's Middle Class?
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:31 pm | APEC
"We in Colombo also now have to become like people living in the North and East in our outlook. We no longer know what is what, which is which, whether we are coming or going", a lawyer friend of mine living in Colombo, a told me today. More >>
ASIA: Women's Views On Prevention Of Torture
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:30 pm | APEC
SRI LANKA: Mrs. RMAR a retired police sergeant talks about policing in Sri Lanka. What do you think of the policing system of your country? Is it good? Or do you think it should be different? More >>
APEC Acts On Forging Interconnected Asia Pacific
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:27 pm | APEC
Businesses, academics and APEC officials gathered on Monday to finalise action plans aimed at improving supply chain connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region, crucial to boosting economic growth and speeding up regional economic integration. More >>
APEC Ministers Press For Developing Human Resource
Friday, 17 September 2010, 5:53 pm | APEC
Facing unprecedented joblessness over the past two years, Ministers from APEC member economies convened on Thursday in Beijing to discuss how to address severe global employment challenges, which were brought about by the global financial crisis. More >>
PlansTo Improve Social Safety Net In APEC Region
Friday, 17 September 2010, 5:42 pm | APEC
Bejing, China, 16 September 2010 – China’s President Hu Jintao on Thursday called on APEC Ministers to develop better social safety nets as the region emerges from the global economic crisis. More >>
APEC Tourism Ministers To Meet Sept 22-23
Friday, 17 September 2010, 3:10 pm | APEC
APEC Tourism Ministers meet in Nara, Japan, next week to address issues such as the importance of achieving sustained and balanced growth in the tourism industry in the Asia-Pacific region following the global financial crisis. More >>
APEC Formulates New Growth Strategy For Region
Sunday, 8 August 2010, 5:14 pm | APEC
APEC has committed to pursuing “high quality growth” in a Statement released today at the Growth Strategy High-Level Policy Roundtable held in Beppu, Japan. More >>
APEC helps business take advantage of FTAs
Monday, 7 June 2010, 7:29 pm | APEC
Sapporo, 6 June 2010 – APEC has today launched a new gateway to tariff and rules of origin information to help alleviate the ‘noodle bowl’ effect created by free trade agreements. More >>
APEC Trade Ministers On Securing Economic Growth
Monday, 7 June 2010, 11:55 am | APEC
In a Statement issued today, at the close of two-day talks, APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade address: The state of the global economy; Members’ progress in achieving APEC’s Bogor Goals of free and open trade More >>
Businesses have 5 recommendations for APEC
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 3:52 pm | APEC
As Trade Ministers from across APEC prepare for their annual meeting later this week, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) has delivered a set of five recommendations, with the intent that they be taken to APEC Leaders. These are: More >>
Russia Joins The APEC Business Travel Card Scheme
Sunday, 30 May 2010, 10:58 am | APEC
The APEC Business Mobility Group announced today that the Russian Federation has been accepted into the APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) scheme as a transitional member. This means that all of APEC’s 21 members now participate in the scheme. More >>
Energy security in APEC
Thursday, 27 May 2010, 1:49 pm | APEC
Chinese Taipei, 27 May 2010 – Recent turmoil in global energy markets underscores “the continuing challenges we face in strengthening energy security throughout the Asia Pacific,” says the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). More >>
Small reforms make big sense
Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 4:46 pm | APEC
Hiroshima, Japan, 3 March 2010 – The number of days it takes to start a business can have a direct impact on economic growth, says the World Bank. More >>
16th APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting
Friday, 13 November 2009, 10:18 am | APEC
We, the finance ministers of the APEC economies, convened our 16th annual meeting in Singapore on 12 November 2009 under the chairmanship of Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance of Singapore. The meeting was also attended by the Managing ... More >>
