Advent of the Era of the AEC and Its Impacts on Singapore and Indonesia(10)

Comparative Study on the Perception and Response of Singapore and Indonesia

The first articulation of the concept of ASEAN economic integration is revealed in the Framework Agreement on Enhancing ASEAN Economic Cooperation signed in Singapore in 1992. The Agreement highlighted the importance of cooperation in the areas of trade; industry, minerals and energy; finance and banking; food, agriculture, and forestry; as well as transport and communications.

This Framework Agreement eventually led to the establishment of ASEAN's earliest key agreements including The Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area in 1992.

City U students' business plans clinch top international awards(1)

City U students' business plans to market fish technology win top international awards

Hong Kong: Three students from different faculties at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have created an award winning business plan aimed at marketing transgenic fish technology developed by scientists at CityU. The technology detects estrogen disruptors in food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and plastics in an efficient, cost-effective way. 

Estrogen disruptors are substances that interfere with the hormonal system in the body, a growing concern worldwide. The CityU researchers had found that their new testing mechanism was around 60% more efficient compared to existing chemical tests.