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Vol 2 2012: June PP8307/12/2012(032066) www.asli.com.my The Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Chinese Economic Forum organised by ASLI.The Forum’s Adviser Dato Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek presenting the Award to the Prime Minister whilst ASLI Chairman Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, ASLI CEO & WCEF Chairman Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh and Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew look on. Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen arriving at the ASLI CEO Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh with Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former Governor ASEAN Leadership Forum accompanied by ASLI CEO Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh and Senior Vice President General, Major General Michael Jeffreys at the Australia Summit held in Melbourne. Max Say. ASLI Chairman Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah with the Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at ASLI President Mr. Mirzan Mahathir greeting the Prime Minister at an ASLI Launching Ceremony whilst ASLI’s Malaysia Education Summit. Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan Chief Secretary to the Government and Tan Sri Khoo Kay Peng look on. PRIME MINISTERS AT THE 9TH ASEAN LEADERSHIP FORUM Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Cambodia and their wives with the sponsors and organising committee of the ASEAN Leadership Forum. Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor shaking hands with Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian CEO Kuala Lumpur Kepong From left: Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce Cambodia Cham Prasidh and Cambodia’s Deputy whilst AXIATA CEO Dato Seri Jamaluddin Ibrahim and Muhibbah Engineering Managing Director Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and ASLI CEO Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh. Mr. Mac Ngan Boon look on. The 9th ASEAN Leadership Forum was held on the 4th-5th of April, well as human capital development, the involvement of the younger 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and was coorganized by the Asian generation and the development of creativity are seen as crucial in Strategy and Leadership Institute (ASLI), the Ministry of Commerce, achieving a more powerful, well-integrated regional grouping. Cambodia, and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce. The conference brought together experts from various fields and sectors to discuss The different sessions of the forum discussed various aspects of ASEAN on the subject of ASEAN, ASEAN Connectivity, what the challenges connectivity - the first session focused on the economics of ASEAN and are and what lies ahead. The Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech tackled questions such as what is the economic capability of ASEAN at Hun Sen delivered the Official Opening Keynote Address, whereas the moment, what are the challenges for further development, and how the Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Sri Mohd Najib delivered the to overcome them. The second session focused on the roles that the Leadership Keynote Address. AXIATA was the title sponsor of this private sector could play in terms of developing smoother connectivity, Forum whilst Maybank was the dinner host whilst QI Group was the especially physical connectivity, for ASEAN members. Another session Strategic Partner. focused on the non-traditional threats that ASEAN members face, and how to go about implementing the mechanisms to face these threats, The recurring themes that can be drawn from this conference and the whereas another one covered aspects of energy, sustainability, and input of all those involved is the necessity to achieve deeper integration revision of national policies to avoid energy security threats within ASEAN among the ASEAN members. The leadership of ASEAN needs to in the future. The penultimate session focused on the ways that people focus on the challenges ahead and ensure that obstacles are correctly connectivity can be enhanced. The ways most cited include education and timely overcome, in order to allow for progress in the integration and knowledge, movement of labour, increase in intra-ASEAN tourism process of the grouping. Issues such as narrowing the development gap and increasing the understanding between communities. Finally, the among member-states, achieving higher connectivity, and deepening final session demonstrated the positions of ASEAN’s dialogue partners regional integration, developing a crisis resolution mechanism, as and what they view as priorities for ASEAN’s future. Maybank Chairman Tan Sri Megat Zaharuddin, Maybank CEO Dato Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, Axiata CEO Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak arriving at the ASEAN Leadership Forum accompanied Dato Sri Jamaluddin Ibrahim. by the President Cambodia Chamber of Commerce Okhna Kith Meng and ASLI CEO Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh. 2 PRIME MINISTERS AT THE 9TH ASEAN LEADERSHIP FORUM Senior Minister Cham Prasidh presenting a momento to Mr. Donald Foley of IBM whilst Dato Vijay Eswaran and HRH Prince Norodom Sirivudh (centre) with ASLI CEO Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh and ISEAS Singapore Deputy Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong look on. Director Dr. Ooi Kee Beng. Maybank CEO Dato Sri Abdul Wahid Omar moderating a session with Laos Commerce Minister Dr. Nam QI Group’s Dato Vijay Eswaran, IDEAS President Tunku Abidin Muhriz and Mr. Larry Strange speaking at a Viyaketh and Cambodian’s Senior Minister Cham Prasidh. session. Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib in his Keynote Address The Prime Minister as current chair of ASEAN sets out 5 keys challenges. highlighted the importance of increasing the younger generation’s First, Asean leadership must strive for a global role of the region in interest in ASEAN. He feels that youths in the region are detached international economic management rather than focusing on Asean’s about Asean. “It is this mindset that we need to change by increasing role only at the region level. Second, the superpower rivalry meant both the younger generation’s interest in Asean and helping them see challenges and opportunities for the region. Third, Asean leadership must and understand their power and their potential. The Prime Minister take full advantage of the increasing level of economic interdependence also stressed that leadership was key to human development and among the members to promote regional production networks. Fourth, creativity. He said Asean’s successes did not mean leaders would Asean leadership must ensure than regional integration is pursued be complacent. “We must continue to adopt, evolve and reform through open regionalism. Fifth, Asean must resist protectionist wherever necessary.” sentiments leaders & beggar thy neighbour policies. The Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Hun Sen in his Opening He also called for narrowing of development gaps among member Keynote Address spoke about the central theme of Cambodia’s countries, strengthening Asean connections, promoting agriculture Chairmanship of ASEAN, “One Community, One Destiny”. cooperation, having a quick response to a crisis resolution mechanism and disaster management in the context of global warming and climate Prime Minister Hun Sen said the success of Asean leadership change. should be measured by the progress the region makes in terms of achieving the theme effectively in as short a time as possible. He Over 350 participants attended this 9th Asean Leadership Forum. The stressed that a key challenge of Asean leadership is the forging Forum is sponsored by Al Khair International Islamic Bank, Philips, of a common will for the Asian community to achieve the theme Cambodian Public Bank, IBM, Kuala Lumpur Kepong, Muhibbah “ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny”. Engineering, Nagamas and Strait of Malacca Partners. Cambodia’s Senior Minister Chanthol Sun with IBM Managing Director Ramanathan and Mr. John Mc Some speakers with Cambodia’s Senior Minister Cham Prasidh. Ginley. 3 ASLI ORGANISES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRINCIPLED POLICING Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah presenting a momento to Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib while Home Minister Dato Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Tan Sri Ismail Haji Omar IGP and Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh, CEO of ASLI look on. Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib being greated by Tan Sri Ismail Haji Omar, Inspector-General of Brief discussion before the forum with Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, Chairman of ASLI, Tan Sri Ismail Haji Oman, Police, Malaysia and Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, Chairman of ASLI upon arrival. Inspector-General of Police, Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib, Dato Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Minister of Home Affairs, Malaysia and Datuk Seri Razman Hashim, Deputy Chairman, Sunway Group. Principled policing is the foundation for progress and for social justice. be compromised. Modern police force must be able to achieve such lofty There is no more important precondition for rapid economic, social and standards. The key operative word is the trust of the people in the police cultural development than principled policing. Where policing is unprincipled, force. corruption and rent seeking throttle in the crib many entrepreneurial efforts, particularly among those without capital resources and dependent The Prime Minister also stated that he is gratified to see PDRM responding on favourable patronage. Where policing is unprincipled, the Rule of Law to the call of NKRA. The police as he added did not complain but came on cannot emerge nor can human rights be fully respected. Where policing is board with the government on this programme. Much has been achieved as unprincipled, judges are compromised and lawyers are irrelevant defenders we see 14% reduction of street crime, 11 % of crime in the first year. This of fairness and justice. is just the beginning as he concluded. We have to keep on going doing it relentlessly. Gain the trust of the people. Show the results. How do we make The Principled Policing Conference was a programme to capture police more visible? It can be done! It is a question of experience-based observations and produce guidelines to enable current rising to the challenge. and aspiring police personnel to achieve and sustain success in today’s globalised and competitive world.