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2020 JOINT ASEAN SOCIETIES ONLINE RECEPTION

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We are gathering to celebrate UK- ASEAN Links and to provide the opportunity for updates on important developments in the region.

About this Event

INVITATION

2020 JOINT ASEAN SOCIETIES ONLINE RECEPTION

Thursday 3 December 2020 at 6pm to 8pm

Please join us for our 3rd Annual Joint ASEAN Societies Reception which will be an online zoom event this year due to COVID-19. As in previous years we are gathering to celebrate UK- ASEAN Links and to provide the opportunity for updates on important developments in the region such as the very exciting RCEP ( Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ) Trade Agreement between the 10 ASEAN countries plus China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, arguably the world’s largest free trade agreement signed on 15 November 2020. The pandemic has affected the economies of the ASEAN region in particular the Travel, Tourism and hospitality sectors and the lives of many in the region.

There is still a widespread view across the various UK-ASEAN societies and groups that more can be done to enhance the overall UK-ASEAN Links. These links cover all aspects of the relationship, in both directions, including trade and investment, education, tourism, and cultural links. In the context of Brexit, it is critical that there is a united voice to get the message over that the UK is Open and Welcoming to Investors, Students, and Tourists from ASEAN. The Societies taking part this year are set out below. Please look up their websites for more information about them.

Anglo-Thai Society

Anglo -Indonesian Society

The British Malaysian Society

Sarawak Association

Malaysia Link UK

Singapore Business Group

Singapore UK Association

Cambodia Society in the UK

Britain-Burma Society

Vietnam-UK Network

Philippine British Business Council

ASEAN UK Business Forum

In addition to corporate and individual attendees from the above Societies together with guests there will also be representatives from the ASEAN Embassies and High Commissions and others who have an interest in the region.

We are pleased that as in previous years, the ASEAN UK Business Council is supporting this event.

SPEAKERS

We are delighted that Mr Nigel Adams MP, the Minister for Asia at the Foreign and Commonwealth & Development Office will be joining us together with the Ambassador of Vietnam ( Chair of ASEAN 2020) HE Mr Tran Ngoc An and the High Commissioner of Brunei ( Chair of ASEAN 2021) HE Dato Seri Pahlawan Norazmi bin Pengiran. Other speakers at the event will include Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, Chair of UK ASEAN Business Council, Steve Buckley, Chair of Anglo-Thai Society, Warwick Morris, Chair of Vietnam-UK Network, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart KCMG, President of The British Malaysian Society and Mei Sim Lai OBE DL, Chair of The British Malaysian Society. Our zoom technical Chair/host will be David Stringer-Lamarre, Chair of IoD London region and Managing Director of Fortis Consulting London Limited.

CULTURAL PERFORMANCES

Cambodia (Chair of ASEAN in 2022 ) will be providing the cultural entertainment at the event. Miss Sy Naet Nin, a young ballerina on a dance scholarship in London will be performing for us as well as dancers from the Khmer Inheritance Artists Association in Phnom Penh.