For Immediate Release: October 26, 2004
DBEDT Release News 04-32

HONOLULU--DBEDT in partnership with the U.S. ASEAN Business Council will feature a special presentation on opportunities for Hawaii businesses in Southeast Asia, immediately following the 2004 Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit & Exposition that is being held from November 14-17 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu. The presentation will be on Wednesday, November 17, 2004.

Hilton Hawaiian Village, Coral Ballroom II
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
$25 (luncheon and seminar)

Contact:

Program inquiries: e-mail: APHLSS@dbedt.hawaii.gov Registration: Call the UH Conference Center at 808-956-8204

“ASEAN is historically, culturally, and quantitatively the most trade focused region in the world,” noted DBEDT Director Theodore E. Liu. “Trade accounts for over $700 billion of its Gross Domestic Product. In 2003, two-way trade between US and ASEAN nations surpassed $120 billion.”

The ten countries that comprise ASEAN have more than 550 million consumers, is the third largest overseas market for the United States, and is host to major U.S. direct investment.

Participants include:

• H.E. Albert Del Rosario, Ambassador to the U.S., Embassy of the Philippines
• H.E. Kasit Piromya, Ambassador to the U.S., Royal Thai Embassy
• H.E. Phanthong Phommahaxay, Ambassador to the U.S., Embassy of the Lao PDR
• Harry Purwanto, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Indonesia
• Susan Sim, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Singapore
• Izlan Idris, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Malaysia
• U Min Lwin, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of the Union of Myanmar
• Zuffri Abdul Sani, Second Secretary, Embassy of Brunei Darrussalam
• H.E. Nguyen Tam Chien, Ambassador to the U.S., Embassy of Vietnam (invited)
• H.E. Ambassador Roland Eng, Ambassador to the U.S., Royal Embassy of Cambodia (invited)
• Marc Mealy, Director, U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, Washington D.C.

The ASEAN delegation will be in Honolulu for the Second Annual Asia Pacific Homeland Security Summit. Complete details on the Summit are available at: www.hlssummit.hawaii.gov.

For more information, contact:
Dave Young
Communications
Phone: (808) 587-1212
Email: dyoung@dbedt.hawaii.gov