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Good Governance Equals Good Economics, Roxas Tells Investors’ Forum Liberal Party of the Philippines Standard-bearer Mar Roxas joined 76 local and foreign investors from different partner companies today (October 8) at The Peninsula Manila for the Fourth Annual Deutsche Bank Access Philippines Conference dubbed The Road to Elections 2016: The Candidates Speak. |
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday if her party wins upcoming elections she will lead the country from behind the scenes — circumventing a clause in the constitution that bars her from the presidency.
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Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva is optimistic that the new Constitution Drafting Committee headed by Mr Meechai Ruchupan will come up with a draft charter which will be more acceptable and responsive to the people’s aspirations. |
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A year ago, Hong Kong’s famously busy streets were shut down by pro-democracy protesters in the so-called “Umbrella Movement” — a moniker that came from the umbrellas used by demonstrators to fend off pepper spray used by police early in the nearly 80-day face-off.
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As Prime Minister Hun Sen continues a streak of crackdowns and power plays aimed at weakening Cambodia’s main opposition party, the country’s precarious “culture of dialogue” seems to be in danger of devolving into a stern lecture under the longtime autocrat a little over a year after an initial bipartisan truce was struck. Read more: |
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The front-runner in Taiwan’s presidential race, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chair Tsai Ing-wen, is visiting Japan this week on a “friendship tour.” Tsai arrived in Tokyo on October 6 to kick off a four-day visit during which she planned to meet with politicians, Taiwanese expatriates, and “friends” in Japan.
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Announcements:On 6-10 November 2015, the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) will be having its Mongolia Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Executive Committee Meeting with the theme, “Realising the Sustainable Development Goals; Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda – The Role of Liberals”. A CALD Women’s Caucus Seminar with the theme, “Women Leadership 20 Years After the Beijing Platform of Action”, will also take place.
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BURMA PHILIPPINES Robredo: Vote for Me Not Out of Sympathy |
TAIWAN DPP Presidential Candidate Draws Spotlight at National Day Ceremony October 12 2015 http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201510100016.aspx Taiwan Must Makes Preparations Before Joining TPP October 8 2015 http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201510060026.aspx Defence Industry to Grow: Joseph Wu October 7 2015 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/10/07/2003629474 Tsai Ing-wen begins “Taiwan – Japan Friendship Tour’ October 7 2015 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/10/07/2003629477 |
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