He noted the need to move quickly to develop new growth areas, particularly the digital and green economies. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - Economic integration has to remain Asean’s central focus, and efforts to develop new growth areas for the bloc must speed up, regardless of good progress thus far, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday.
“Economic integration must remain at the core of our agenda. We have done well so far, but we need to move quickly to develop new growth areas, particularly the digital and green economies,” he said.This is the second high-level summit hosted by Indonesia as Asean chair in 2023, followingPM Lee on Tuesday paid tribute to the archipelago’s leadership of the bloc.
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