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BIMP-EAGA LEADERS TO MEET IN THAILAND
KOTA KINABALU (Malaysia), Feb 27 (Bernama) --Discussions on strengthening
sub-regional cooperation, is on the agenda of the 5th
Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)Leaders
Summit Friday.
The one-day meeting will be held in Hua Hin, Thailand.
A statement issued by the Mindanao Economic and Development Council (Medco)
here today said that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, will lead
the discussion on recent developments,particularly on the progress of
implementation of flagship programmes and projects under the BIMP-EAGA
Development Roadmap for 2006-2010.
The leaders will also discuss updates on the directives of the 4th BIMP-EAGA
Leaders Summit held in 2007 in Singapore.
Key decisions and directives on various EAGA initiatives, such as enhancing
cross-border trade and investment facilitation at the BIMP-EAGA priority ports
through strengthened customs-immigration-quarantine-security (CIQS)coordination,
expanding transport connectivity through increased air and sea
linkages,enhancing LGU cooperation as well as halal and tourism industry
development are among the other matters expected to be highlighted at the
meeting.
Key officials from the ASEAN secretariat and the Asian Development Bank are
also expected to join the open discussions.
The BIMP-EAGA Leaders Summit is a meeting of the heads of the four
member countries and aims to address current issues and future direction for
accelerating socio-economic growth within the sub-region.
Efforts to strengthen the BIMP-EAGA sub-regional initiative are strongly
recognised by the Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, as a key
development strategy towards increasing trade, investment and tourism in the
Southern Philippines.
Created in 1994, BIMP-EAGA is a mechanism primarily intended to
spur development in the lagging sub-economies of the member countries by
boosting intra-EAGA trade, tourism and investments.
The sub-regional cooperation comprises the whole of Brunei Darussalam, 10
provinces in the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sulawesi,Maluku and Irian
Jaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan in Malaysia and Mindanao, Palawan in the
Philippines.
-- BERNAMA
sub-regional cooperation, is on the agenda of the 5th
Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)Leaders
Summit Friday.
The one-day meeting will be held in Hua Hin, Thailand.
A statement issued by the Mindanao Economic and Development Council (Medco)
here today said that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, will lead
the discussion on recent developments,particularly on the progress of
implementation of flagship programmes and projects under the BIMP-EAGA
Development Roadmap for 2006-2010.
The leaders will also discuss updates on the directives of the 4th BIMP-EAGA
Leaders Summit held in 2007 in Singapore.
Key decisions and directives on various EAGA initiatives, such as enhancing
cross-border trade and investment facilitation at the BIMP-EAGA priority ports
through strengthened customs-immigration-quarantine-security (CIQS)coordination,
expanding transport connectivity through increased air and sea
linkages,enhancing LGU cooperation as well as halal and tourism industry
development are among the other matters expected to be highlighted at the
meeting.
Key officials from the ASEAN secretariat and the Asian Development Bank are
also expected to join the open discussions.
The BIMP-EAGA Leaders Summit is a meeting of the heads of the four
member countries and aims to address current issues and future direction for
accelerating socio-economic growth within the sub-region.
Efforts to strengthen the BIMP-EAGA sub-regional initiative are strongly
recognised by the Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, as a key
development strategy towards increasing trade, investment and tourism in the
Southern Philippines.
Created in 1994, BIMP-EAGA is a mechanism primarily intended to
spur development in the lagging sub-economies of the member countries by
boosting intra-EAGA trade, tourism and investments.
The sub-regional cooperation comprises the whole of Brunei Darussalam, 10
provinces in the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sulawesi,Maluku and Irian
Jaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan in Malaysia and Mindanao, Palawan in the
Philippines.
-- BERNAMA
