Now that Asean, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and China have done the diplomatic heavy lifting on extensive synergy, it is time for businesses to turn vision into reality, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at the gala dinner and opening ceremony of the Asean-GCC-China Economic Forum on May 27 night.
Anwar said captains of industry must seize the opening created by political alignment and bold economic strategies.
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00:00I'm rather excited this evening because as Premier Li Chiang and Prime Minister
00:11Farming Chin is aware, we have had an extremely successful meeting.
00:22China is an important neighbor of ours because China has shown that the
00:29are prepared to work for peace and development of the region and the world and because China
00:36have taken a position to promote strongly peace and security in this region and that's
00:42why China to my mind is pivotal plus the fact that China has proved without doubt the capacity
00:54to affect change in the economy, in technology, in their attempt to showcase to the world that
01:03united with them and we focus on what is important to humanity at large, that is justice, fairness
01:13to one and to all.
01:15We have had long, long meetings for the last two days and virtually I've said what I wanted
01:22but more pertinent, I tell you, we, ASEAN and GCC and China could agree to present a joint
01:30statement to give broad parameters what good governance is all about, what clarity of economic
01:38policies is all about and what championing the rights and welfare of our ordinary citizens
01:45is all about.
01:47So I salute all our leaders of ASEAN, GCC and China.
01:53The business community, the corporate players, the captains of industry have then to seize
02:02the moment and do what is necessary because we have given our support, policies, there's
02:09clarity of policies, now you need to ensure that we benefit from this clear sounding position
02:20of the political leadership and clarity of economic policies.
02:26So much synergy, so much collaboration required and so much hope to fulfill the aspirations of
02:35our countries.