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Asean states 'too disparate to come together for common market'

Panel at Asean Business Club also discusses gulf between govt and business

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Published Thu, May 14, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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    ASEAN was on Thursday described as not being ready for the single market it hopes to set up among its 10 members by year's end.

    Timothy Ong Teck Mong, chairman of the Asia Inc Forum, a regional network of political and business leaders, said the countries in Asean are too economically disparate to come together as the Asean Economic Community (AEC).

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