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EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS
Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak arriving at ASLI’s Capital Market Summit accompanied by Dato Dr.
Michael Yeoh, Dato Sri Zarinah Anwar and Ms. Jean Wong.
Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam, Ambassador Horie, Dato Dr. Michael Yeoh, Dato Sri Zarinah Anwar,
Tun Dzaiddin Abdullah, Dato Razman Hashim, Dato Johan Raslan, Ms. Jean Wong and Tan Sri Radzi
Mansor.
Lion Group Chairman Tan Sri William Cheng, MUI Group Chairman Tan Sri Khoo Kay Peng, PPMC
Chairman Dato Majid Khan, INTI Group CEO Tan Yew Sing and Tan Sri Lim Gait Tong.
ASLI Director Dato Razman Hashim, Japanese Ambassador Horie, Tun Dzaiddin Abdullah and Tan Sri
Navaratnam welcoming Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak.
THE INAUGURAL GLOBAL EMERGING MARKETS SUMMIT 2008
The Global Emerging Markets Summit 2008 was co-organized by ASLI and Perception
Management International Sdn Bhd (PMI). The idea was mooted in October 2007 by
PMI and crystallized with a Memorandum of Understanding signed between both
organizations as founding partners and sponsors. It was agreed that should the project
succeed, it would be institutionalized for the long term. Part of the agenda was to tap into
the growing importance of the global emerging market in the context of the changing
international economic order. GEMS made its debut in London from August 5-6 and
the response was positive.
At the Opening Ceremony, the Opening Address was delivered by Sir John Stuttard,
Lord Mayor Locum Tenens, and followed by the Keynote Address on “The Role of
Tourism in the Branding & Development of Emerging Markets” delivered by the
Honourable Dato’ Sri Azalina Othman Said, Minister of Tourism, Malaysia.
Among the key topics in the programme were Global Economic Challenges & Emerging
Markets: The Rise of China and East Asia, BRIC & Mortar - Real Estate Potential in
Emerging Markets, Africa Beyond Aid -The Time Has Come, Relooking ASEAN - Has
Southeast Asia Regained its Shine, Energy & Infrastructure in the Middle-East and
Investing in Emerging Markets - Managing Risks, Maximising Returns.
GEMS 08 featured 20 international speakers from 10 countries - Ghana, Malaysia,
the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Hong Kong, China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Brussels,
South Africa. Among the distinguished speakers were Mr. Ronnie Chan, Chairman,
Hang Lung Properties, Hong Kong; Mr. Stephen Perry, Chairman, The 48 Group Club,
United Kingdom; Mr. David Fouquet, Former Secretary - General of Europe Institute
for Asia Studies & Director of Asia Europe Project, Brussels; Dato’ Ikmal Hijaz Hashim,
CEO, Iskandar Regional Development Authority, Malaysia; Mr. Edward Boateng,
Chairman, Millennium Development Authority (MIDA), Ghana; Mr. John Battersby,
Country Manager United Kingdom, International Marketing Council of South Africa; Mr.
Roger Hayes, Senior Counselor, APCO Worldwide & Board of Trustees, Malaysia-
Europe Forum; Mr. Asif Ahmad, Head of South East Asia Pacific Group, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom; Mr. Peter E Barker-Homek, Chief Executive
Officer, TAQA (Abu Dhabi National Energy Company), UAE; Datuk Dr Mohd Ghazali
Md Noor, Director, Strategic Planning Office, Islamic Development Bank Group,
Saudi Arabia; Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, CEO, Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organisation, United Kingdom; Mr. Nicholas Moy, Group Chairman, Gryphon Emerging
Markets; Mr. Low Tuck Seng, Managing Director, Frey Capital AG, Switzerland; and
Ms. Alayne Reesberg, Reesberg Partners, United Kingdom.
The inaugural GEMS was rounded up with a Luncheon Talk by Her Excellency Madam
Fu Ying, Ambassador, The People’s Republic of China to the UK.
Lord Mayor of London Sir John Stuttard, Tourism Minister Dato Seri Azalina Othman Said and Dato Dr.
Michael Yeoh.
Hang Lung Group Chairman Mr. Ronnie Chan, Mr. Stephen Perry, Mr. David Fouquet.
Datuk S.K. Lingham, Dato Ikmal Hijaz, Dato Dr. Mohamed Ghazali Noor, Ambassador Fu Ying and Dato
Dr. Michael Yeoh.
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The Organizers, Speakers and Asian Ambassadors in London at the Summit.