PECC X: Tenth PECC General Meeting

Tuesday, March 22

Opening Session

Opening Remarks

• Datuk Dr Noordin Sopiee, Chairman, MANCPEC; Chair, PECC Standing Committee; Chairman, PECC X
  
  

Statement from the past Chair

• HE Amb. Richard Fairbanks, Chairman Emeritus, PECC
  
  

Keynote Address

• The Hon. Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
  
  

Pacific Leaders’ Forum on “Open Regionalism: the Way Forward”

Chairs:

• HE Amb. Octavio Errazuris, Executive Director, CHILPEC
• Mr. Jusuf Wanandi, Chair, INCPEC

Address

• HE Dr. Efrain Goldenberg, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peru
• HE Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand
• HE Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister for Trade and Industry, Republic of Singapore
• Ms. Sandra Kristoff, Director of Asian Affairs, White House, United States of America
• HE Pehin Dato’ Abdul Rahman Taib, Minister of Industry and Primary Resources, Brunei Darussalam
• HE Morihiro Hosokawa, Prime Minister, Japan (represented by HE Amb. Nobuo Matsunaga, Chair, JANCPEC)

Luncheon Address:  HE Patricio Aylwin Azocar, former President, Republic of Chile

Introducer:  HE Amb. Antonio de Icaza, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico; Technical Secretary, MXCPEC

Plenary Session I: Pacific Economic Outlook 1994-95

Chair:  Dr. Kim Kihwan, Chair, Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation

Speakers

• Dr. Lawrence Krause, Coordinator, Pacific Economic Outlook Project, USNCPEC
• Dr. Akira Kohsaka, Coordinator, Pacific Economic Outlook Project, JANCPEC

Questions and Discussions

 Plenary Session II: Free Trade Areas and Open Regionalism – Problems and Opportunities

 Chairs:

• Amb. Li Luye, Chair, CNCPEC
• Mr. Russell Fynmore, Chair, AUSPECC

Speakers:

• HE Makoto Taniguchi, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
• Ms. Sandra Kristoff
• HE Uthai Pimchaichon, Minister of Commerce, Thailand
• HE Dr. Hartarto Sastrosoenarto, Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade, Republic of Indonesia
• HE Senator Bob McMullan, Minister for Trade, Australia
• The Hon. Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia

Questions and Discussions

Dinner Address: HE Dr. Hartarto Sastrosoenarto

Introducer: Tan Sri Zainal Abidin Sulong, Vice-Chairman, MANCPEC

Wednesday, March 23

Plenary Session III: Liberalisation of Trade, Services and Investments Under the Uruguay Round and Beyond – Challenges and Opportunities for the Open Regions of the Pacific

Chairs:

• Dr. Jeffrey Koo, Vice-Chair, CTPECC
• Dr. Eduardo Ferrero, Chair, PERUPEC

Speakers

• Prof. Ross Garnaut, Professor of Economics, Australian National University
• Dr. C. Fred Bergsten, President, Institute of International Economics, USA; Chairman, APEC Eminent Persons Group
• HE Kenneth Dadzie, Secretary-General, UNCTAD

Concurrent Session I: Private Power in the Pacific

Sponsor: Tenaga Nasional Berhad

Chair: Tan Sri Haji Ani Arope, Executive Chairman, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia

Convernor: Dr. Christopher Findlay, Dept of Economics, University of Adelaide; Coordinator PECC Minerals and Energy Forum

Welcoming Address: Tan Sri Haji Ani Arope

Part 1 

Speakers:

• Mr. Peter Crowley, Executive Director, PECC Minerals and Energy Forum
• Dr. Richard Geddes, Department of Economics, Fordham University

Questions and Discussions

Ministerial Address: Dr. Mauricio Cardenas, Minister of Economic Development, Colombia

Luncheon Speaker: Tan Sri Haji Ani Arope

 Introducer:  Mr. Peter Crowley

Part 2

 Speakers

• Mr. Francisco Rivero, Director for International Negotiations, Ministry of Energy, Mines and State Industries, Mexico
• Mr. Russell McGeorge, Managing Director, Design Power New ealand Ltd,
• Dr. Philip Tan Ah Kow and Mr. Rahim Noh, Strategic Management Unit, Tenaga Nasional Malaysia
• Dr. Peter Jezej, Private Power Adviser, Directorate General for Electricity and Energy Development, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Indonesia
• Dr. Bart Lucarelli, Lahmeyer International

 Questions and Discussions

Part 3

Speaker: Mr. Dennis Lawrence, Assistant Director, Microeconomic Reform Branch, Bureau of Industry Economics, Australia

Concurrent Session II: Pacific Air Transportation – Flying into the Future

Sponsor: ISIS Malaysia

Chair:  Tan Sri Zain Azraai, Chairman, Malaysia Airlines

Convernor:  Dr. Mark Borthwick, Executive Director, USNCPEC; PECC Coordinating Group

Welcoming Speech: Tan Sri Zain Azraii

Part 1:

Moderator: Dr. Louis Chou, CTPECC

Speaker:

• Dr. Mitsuru Miyata, Senior Managing Director, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan

Speakers:

• Mr. Matthew Samuel, Director, Corporate Affairs, Singapore Airlines
• Mr. Sumner J. La Croix, Senior Fellow, Program on International Economics and Politics, East-West Center, Hawaii

Discussant:

• Mr. Ian Buchanan, Regional Vice-President, SRI East Asia

Questions and Discussion

Luncheon Speaker:  Thomas Windmuller, Deputy Director, Air Transport Action Group, Geneva

Part 2:

Speakers I:

• Mr. Bashir Ahmad, Director of Corporate Planning, Malaysia Airlines
• Mr. Horng-yih Su, Vice-President, Eva Airlines
• Mr. Choi Soo Myung, Managing Vice- President, SE Asia, Korean Air
• Mr. Rene S. Ocampo, Vice-President, Marketing, Philippine Airlines
• Mr. James Eckes, Managing Director, IndoSwiss Aviation

Speakers II:

• Mr. Charles Tyler, Senior Correspondent, Aerospace and Air Finance Journal
• Mr. Rudi Setyopurnomo, Managing Director, Garuda Airlines
• Mr. John H. Slosar, General Manager, Airline Planning, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
• Mr. James Eckes

Part 3

Speaker: Mr. Peter Harbison, Principal, BDW Aviation Services.

Discussants:

• Mr. Michael Tretheway, Vancouver International Air Transport Authority
• Mr. Matthew Samuel
• Dr. Christopher Findlay, Lecturer, Australian National University

Concluding Statements by the Chair

Concurrent Session III: The Automobile Industry in the Asia-Pacific Region

Sponsor: Proton Berhad

Chair: Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Salleh, Managing Director, Proton Bhd Malaysia

Convenor: Mr. Mohamed Jawhar Hassan, Country Coordinator, MANCPEC

Welcoming Speech:  Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Salleh

Part 1

Speaker: Dr. Kit Machado, California State University and Waseda University

Discussants:

• Mr. Scott Yoder, Director of Planning, General Motors Asia-Pacific, Singapore
• Mr. Kentaro Shimizu, General Manager, Overseas Administrative Dept, Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd
• Dr. Jong Dae Lee, President, Kia Economic Research Institute, Korea

 Questions and Discussions

Part 2

Speaker: Prof. Leonard Waverman, University of Toronto

Questions and Discussions

Part 3

Moderator: Mr. Hai-Hyung Cho, Chaiman, Nara Corporation; Auditor, KOPEC

Speaker: Prof. Anuwar Ali, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, National University of Malaysia

Discussants:

• Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Salleh
• Dr. T. Pawitra, President/Director, PT German Motor Manufacturing, Indonesia

Concurrent Session IV: Consumer Electronics in the Pacific

Sponsor: Texas Instruments

Chair: Mr. Srinivasan Rajam, Asia-Pacific Technical Director, Texas Instruments, Singapore

Convenor: Prof. Ippei Yamazawa, Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi University; Executive Committee, JANCPEC

Welcoming Speech: Mr. Srinivasan Rajam

Part I:

Speaker: Dr. Shujiro Urata, Professor of Economics, Waseda University

Discussants:

• Mr. Yutaka Wada, Senior Executive Vice-President, International Business, Sharp Corporation
• Dr. Soonhoon Bae, President, Dae Woo Electronis Co., Ltd

Luncheon Speaker:  Mr. Srinivasan Rajam

Questions and Discussion

Part 2

Speaker: Dr. Wong Poh Kam, Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore

Discussants:

• Dr. Ismail Muhd Salleh, Deputy Director-General, ISIS Malaysia
• Dr. Gili Yen, First Vice-President, China Development Corporation, Chinese Taipei

Questions and Discussion

Concurrent Session V: Development of Telecommunications Infrastructure

Sponsor: MCI

Chair: Haji Radzi Mansor, Director, Marketing and Customer Services, Telekom Malaysia Berhad;   MANCPEC

Convenor: Prof. Kenji Saga, Vice-President, Asia University

Welcoming Speech: Haji Radzi Mansor

Part 1:

Moderator: Prof. Kenji Saga

Speakers:

• Mr. Geoffrey Thornton, General Manager, Business Strategy, STC Submarine Systems; AUSPECC
• Mr. Doyle J. Girouard, Vice-President, Marketing, Sales and Product Division, AT & T Submarine Systems Inc.; USNCPEC
• Mr. Wahyu Wijayadi, General Manager (Medan), PT Indosat; INCPEC

Discussants:

• Mr. Eric Wu, Manager, International Network Operations, Hong Kong Telecom; HKCPEC
• Mr. Karl K. Rossiter, Business Development Manager, Television New Zealand Ltd; Vice-President, Communications, Pacific Telecommunications Council; NZPEC

Luncheon Speaker: Mr. Bruce A. Willey, Vice-President, International Revenue Dept, MCI International; USNCPEC

Part 2

Moderator: Haji Radzi Mansor

Speakers:

• Mr. Wong Yuet Nan, Vice-President, Technical Operations, ABACUS Distribution Systems Pte. Ltd; SINCPEC
• Mr. Wade Armstrong, Customs Dept, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand
• Ms. Janet Pearce, Deputy Director, USNCPEC

Discussants:

• Mr. Randy Lee Tock Teck, Regional Trade/Customs EDI Manager, Asia-Pacific Region, United Parcel Service; SINCPEC
• Mr. P. Sritharan, Head, Datakom, Services Division, Telekom Malaysia Berhad

Part 3

Moderator: Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee, Chairman of the Board and CEO, General Finance and Securities Co. LTD; APEC Eminent Persons Group; TNCPEC

Speakers:

• Mr. Riluvan Shareef, Deputy Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
• Mr. Khalilur Rahman, Chairman, Sapura Research, Malaysia
• Mr. Karl K. Rossiter

Discussant:

• Dr. Nikolai V. Morozov, Chief Administrative Coordinator, RNCPEC

Concluding Statements by the Chair

Concurrent Session VI: Emerging Financial and Capital Markets in the Pacific

Sponsor: Southern Bank Berhad, Malaysia

Chair: Datuk Tan Teong Hean, Chief Executive Director, Southern Bank Berhad

Convenor: Mr. William Fung, Group Managing Director, Li & Fung Ltd; Chair, HKCPEC

Welcoming Speech: Dr. Tan Teong Hean

Part 1

Speaker: Dr. Victor Fung, Chairman, Prudential Asia; Chairman, HK Trade Development Council, Hong Kong

Part 2

Speaker: Dr. Christopher Leong, President, Transpac Capital Pte Ltd

Luncheon Speaker: Datuk Dr. Mohd Munir Abdul Majid, Chairman, Securities Commission, Malaysia

Introducer: Datuk Tan Teong Hean

Part 3

Speaker: Mr. Philip Gray, Executive Chairman, James Capel Asia Ltd

Part 4

Keynote Address: Dr. Efrain Goldenberg, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peru

Speakers:

• Dr. Hector Jose Cardena, Vice-Minister of Finance, Colombia
• Mr. Augustin Garcia-Lopez, Director-General for Financial Studies, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico
• Amb. Juan Salazar, Director-General of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile

Part 5

Speaker: Mr. Norman Chan, Executive Director, Money Management, Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Part 6

Speakers:

• HE Sen. Adlai Stevenson III, Chair, USNCPEC
• Mr. Paul Knapp, President, Catalyst Institute

Luncheon Seminar: “The Asia-Pacific to the Year 2000”

Chair: Dr. C. Fred Bergsten

Speaker: Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee

Dinner Address:  The Hon. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Malaysia

Thursday, March 24

PECC X Concluding and Final Plenary Sessions Agenda

Plenary Session V: Public Opinion and Regional Cooperation

Chairs:

• HE Tun Dr Thanat Khoman, Chair, TNCPEC
• HE Sen. Adlai Stevenson III

Speakers:

• Mr. Barry Wain, Editor-at-Large, Asian Wall Street Journal
• Mr. Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor, The Australian
• Mr. Chen Li, former Editor-In-Chief, China Daily
• Mr. Abdul Kadir Jasin, Group Editor, New Straits Times

Questions and Discussion

Concluding Session: The Kuala Lumpur Concord on Open Regionalism

Chair: Datuk Dr Noordin Sopiee

Discussants:

• Ms. Kerrin M. Vautier, Chair, NZCPEC
• HE Sen. Adlai Stevenson III
• HE Amb. Nobuo Matsunaga

Signing Ceremony

Luncheon Address: HE Fidel V. Ramos, President, Republic of Philippines (represented by Secretary Jose Almonte, Presidential Security Adviser and Director, National Security Council, Philippines)

Chair: Mr. Carlos Dominguez III, Chair, PPECC

Acknowledgement and Handing-Over Ceremony

• Award: Presentation of Mark of Appreciation to Dr. Nam Duck-Woo, Co-Founder, PECC; former Chair, KOPEC
• Handing over of the Chairmanship of the PECC Standing Committee

Closing Remarks

Address

• Datuk Dr. Noordin Sopiee, Outgoing Chair, PECC Standing Committee; Chairman, PECC X
• Amb. Li Luye, Incoming Chair, PECC Standing Committee; Chairman PECC XI

The PECC Encounter on Vietnam

Chair: Mr. William Fung

Speakers:

• Mr. David Howell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
• Datuk Mohd Hassan Marican, Senior Vice-President of Finance, Petronas
• Mr. John Brinsden, Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank, Vietnam and Cambodia

Questions and Discussion

Arrival of Special Guest

Chair: Tan Sri Zainal Abidin Sulong

Special Address: HE General Secretary Do Muoi, Central Committee, Communist Party of Vietnam

Questions and Discussions

Close of Session

PECC Standing Committee Meeting