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SHANGHAI October 1998
In Shanghai approximately 550 corporate delegates
were in attendance for the sixth Pacific Rim Forum held in one of
the region's most dynamic - and potentially significant - economies.
It was also conducted in the extremely difficult and turbulent regional
environment of late 1998. This Forum is widely acknowledged to have
had exerted a meaningful influence on many of the global - and regional
- policy initiatives which commenced less than one month later from
mid-October 1998. The following issues were considered:
- The urgent need for stronger global leadership
and co-ordination
- Recognizing the crucial Triangular Relationship
- Globalization: A new emerging post-Asia
debate
- The Changing character/nature/imperatives
of global capital flows
- What went wrong?
- The importance and regional significance
of Japan
- The growing role and regional significance
of China
- Building a more responsive global and regional
architecture
- The way ahead: Where to from here?
- Building upon the potentially significant
APEC cornerstone
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"The Pacific Rim Forum is
a stimulating gathering of very exciting people having an interest
in Asia. It is a unique event, which provides an excellent platform
for debate, discussion and analysis. The quality of participants
is impressive and they represent a broad mix of professions,
backgrounds and interests. I have found the Forum meetings extremely
rewarding and certainly look forward to attending future events."
Shaukat Aziz
Minister of Finance, Government of Pakistan
and former Executive Vice President, Citibank NA, USA |
"Shanghai was a brilliant
success. What panache! That it was held at this time, and in
that place were such important statements. On one day alone
there was more substance than most conferences generate in years.
You set the marker for the run from here to the Millennium Meeting
in Sydney."
Kenneth S. Courtis
Vice Chairman Asia, Goldman Sachs, Japan |
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"I appreciated the opportunity
to listen to experts on Asia who have analyzed the facts and
understand the cultures. The quality of the Asian leaders
who spoke was particularly high and also the range of views
and the insights given helped to identify for me the possible
strategic questions facing Asia and our own company."
Alan Reid
Senior Vice President, Basell International,
Belgium
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