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ASEAN BUSINESS & INVESTMENT SUMMIT 2017

The ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2017 (ABIS 2017), the biggest and most prestigious business event in ASEAN, is set to be a three-day conference presented by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council. It brings attention to the business, investment opportunities, global issues, and key strategic directions that impact on business opportunities for ASEAN member nations today. It is designed to serve as a platform for conversations among regional and global stakeholders in the ASEAN Economic Community.

About EU Business Avenues in South East Asia

The sixth business mission under the EU Business Avenues in South East Asia programme, Green Energy Technologies, will take selected European companies to Singapore and Philippines from 23 to 27 October 2017.

The first part of the business mission week will see the European companies travelling to Singapore for two days of trade exhibition co-locating with Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES) 2017, as part of the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW). The companies will then travel to Philippines for pre-arranged business meetings with local companies for another two days.

Vice President Robredo calls on PH business sector to be a key partner for the government’s inclusive growth and poverty alleviation agenda

9 October 2017 – At a joint meeting with several business groups, Vice President Leni Robredo shared how the business sector can be a key partner for inclusive growth. The current administration aims to reduce the poverty rate to 14% and boost Philippine economic growth rate to 8% by 2022. To get there, Vice President Robredo called on the business sector to be a partner of the government in achieving its ten-point agenda: “The government’s 10-point agenda for economic growth will help businesses thrive. It is a sound strategy for sustaining our gains and strengthening economic growth. But although we already have a great vision, the question is how to line up the nuts and bolts.”