The launch of the LTB reports marks phase III of the LTB Initiative for the year 2014.Themed “ASEAN Game Changer”, the reports gather the input from various regionalcorporate leaders in six business sectors crucial to the growth of ASEAN.
The LTB Initiative is a voluntary effort by concerned ASEAN businesses to proactively seek pragmatic solutions to freer trade in support of ASEAN’s integration agenda by 2015.
Lifting-The-Barriers (LTB) Reports 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Plenary Sessions
Lifting-The-Barriers Initiative Structure
PRELIMINARYRESEARCH
PHASE I
Core discussion and
compilation of
qualitative and
quantitative input
from corporate
champions and research
partners.
PHASE III
PUBLICATION OFLTB REPORTS
The final outcome, a
set of white papers, will
be published for ASEAN
policy makers and
community to effect
real change in
the region.
PHASE IV
FINDINGSSOCIALISATION
The findings from the
LTB Reports will be
prioritised and
presented to various
stakeholders including
policy makers.
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ABC FORUM
LTB ROUNDTABLES
PHASE II
Launch of Lifting The Barriers Reports 2014 & Press ConferenceProgramme
0930
1000
1015
1030
1105
1100
1115
1200
Arrival of guests
Opening RemarksYBhg. Tan Sri Tony FernandesChairman of ASEAN Business Club Forum 2014Group CEO of AirAsia Group
Overview of LTB Reports 2014YBhg. Tan Sri Dr. Munir MajidChairman of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute
Speech by Guest of HonourYBhg. Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta MariaSecretary-General of Ministry of International Trade and Industry Malaysia
Presentation of Mementos
Launch of LTB Reports
Panel Discussion and Q&A with Media(YBhg. Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, YBhg. Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, YBhg. Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak)
End
1st December 2014Hilton Kuala Lumpur
0930am - 1200pm
The LTBI has a special focus on identifying bottlenecks and barriers hindering free trade in prioritised sectors in the context of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
About Lifting-The-Barriers Initiative (LTBI)
Lifting-The-Barriers Initiative Roundtables 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
LEGAL & TAX
Chair: Chew Seng Kok
Regional Managing PartnerZICOlaw
Co-Chair: Adrian Ball
Managing Partner - TaxEY
Research Partners:
MINERALS, OIL & GAS
Chair:Tan Sri Shahril Shamsuddin
President & Group CEOSapuraKencana
Co-Chair:Dr. Ilham Akbar Habibie
President DirectorPT Ilthabi Rekatama
Research Partner:
AUTOMOTIVE & MANUFACTURING
Chair: Alex Newbigging
Group Managing DirectorJardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.
Co-Chair:Yeap Swee ChuanPresident & CEO
AAPICO
Research Partner:
FOOD & BEVERAGES INDUSTRY
Co-Chairs: Pushpanathan Sundram
Managing Director of EAS &Principal Advisor To AFBA
Co-Chairs:Hendro Poedjono
Director, Public Affairs &Regulatory Affairs, AMEA
FrieslandCampina Asia
Research Partner:
FINANCIAL SERVICES &CAPITAL MARKETS
Chair:Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak
ChairmanCIMB Group
Co-Chair:Piyush Gupta
CEODBS
Research Partner:
RETAIL
Chair: Dr. James T. Riady
CEOLippo Group
Co-Chair:Arthur Tan
CEOIMI
Research Partner:
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