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APBF 2006 Photo Gallery
7 April 2006
Opening Ceremony and Dinner
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Mr. Kim Hak-Su,
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary
of UNESCAP delivering his welcoming statement at the Asia-Pacific
Business Forum’s Opening Ceremony and Dinner on 7 April. More than
400 prominent government and business leaders participated in the
Forum, where they discussed ideas on how the public and private
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Mr.Mahathir
Mohamad, Former Malaysian Prime Minister, delivering the inaugural
address at the APBF 2006 Opening Ceremony and Dinner. He shared
his visionary thinking on public-private partnerships for development
in the region and the successful lessons of “Malaysia Incorporated".
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Mr. Boediono, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of Indonesia, delivering his welcoming statement at the APBF 2006 Opening Ceremony and Dinner.
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APBF 2006 Opening Ceremony and Dinner with a rich and colorful cultural performance featuring many of Indonesia’s traditional dances.
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8 April 2006
Plenary Sessions
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Plenary I focused on “Strategies to overcome Impediments to development”. On the podium are Mr. Kim Hak-Su, UNESCAP Executive Secretary (centre right), Mr. Mahathir Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia (centre left), Mr. Victor Fung, Group Chairman of Li & Fung Group, Mr. Narayana NR Murthy, Chairman of the Board of Infosys Technologies, Mr. Mohamad Sulaiman Hidayat, President of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Mr. Janaka Perera, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Indonesia (from left to right).
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Mr. Victor Fung, Chairman of Li & Fung Group, giving his presentation on how the public and private sector can work together to overcome impediments to development. He emphasized the importance of public-private partnerships in enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of public and social services.
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Mr. Richard Sauer, Senior Director of the Microsoft Asia Pacific, and Mr. John Hewson, President of the John Hewson Group, were among speakers in Plenary I. Speakers emphasized that public-private partnerships should be based on shared principles, commitment, transparency, responsibility, accountability and absence of corruption.
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Heads of States or Governments and Ministers of Pacific island developing countries discussing Pacific connectivity in Plenary II, which focused on public-private partnerships and telecommunications development. The importance of improving governance and strengthening the legal and financial environment in the region to develop and adopt information and communications technology was stressed.
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Working Lunch
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During the
Working Lunch participants witnessed an impressive signing ceremony
of the Global Compact Network in Indonesia. Holding the signatory
plaque are UNESCAP Executive Secretary Kim Hak-Su (far right), Martha
Tilaar, CEO of the Martha Tilaar Cosmetics Group Tilaar and one
of the active members of the Global Compact (second right), Erna
Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador for MDGs in Asia-Pacific (second
left) and Dennis Lazarus, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Indonesia.
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Dinner with
the President
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Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia, delivered his keynote address on "Managing development to diminish poverty" during the Dinner with the President session of the APBF. The President noted that the region needed more partnerships between government and the private sector in order to speed up regional economic development.
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