Asean Community

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The 26th ASEAN Summit takes place on Apr 27 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the resort island of Langkawi, with leaders from the 10-member grouping are expected to take stock of the progress of the ASEAN Community 2015 road map.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/asean-community-at-the/1806598.html

It is hoped that by the end of this year, ASEAN Community 2015 will no longer be a slogan, but a reality the region will need to embrace.

It is an ambitious plan, covering three pillars - the ASEAN Economic Community, Political-Security Community and Socio-Cultural Community.

Economic integration has been a key focus over the years - analysts say while the ASEAN Economic Community targets have been set, the question is whether members can meet them.

They added that it is not just about elimination of tariffs, but removing non-tariff barriers as well. These include things like infrastructure, communication lines and even the quality of manpower.

Economic integration will thus be at the forefront of Malaysia’s chairmanship in 2015. Leaders will take take stock of the 2015 blueprint, which is about 85 per cent complete.

Malaysia will also help conclude negotiations on a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which will be the world's largest free trade agreement - grouping ASEAN, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand. It is also due for completion by end-2015.

 ASEAN Community 2015 is not a destination but the start of a long journey at creating a truly integrated region. 

Also on the agenda during the leader's summit are discussions on the way forward for ASEAN post-2015.

As Malaysia’s chairmanship in 2015, I would proposed a progressive Asean Citizenship, whereby all Malaysian, and Asean's countries of lesser population be granted citizenship of Asean, while selected member of Asean's country with large population, be progressively given the citizenship, to lesser the impact  of intermigration, and flooding of cheap labour across the border.

or each and every Asean country to form 1% of of their population from their counterpart country, that is 9% of their population from fellow Asean country.

The ACT proposal says that a common time would be a historic milestone in Asean regional cooperation, comparable to Asean's decision to adopt English as its official working language.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/541031/asean-common-time-zone-unlikely