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CCS recognises
that a level
‘e-playing field’ is
vital to promote
the growth of
e-commerce in
the region.
MR TOH HAN LI
CCS Chief Executive
O
n 16 March 2017, CCS and the
Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies (“ISEAS”)-Yusof Ishak
Institute jointly held the inaugural
symposium on e-commerce, ASEAN economic
integration and competition policy and law.
This event kicked off the research
collaboration mooted by the Memorandum
of Understanding (“MOU”) signed in 2016
between the two organisations.
Aimed at deepening research on ASEAN-
related topics, the featured speakers discussed
the role of e-commerce in ASEAN economic
integration, its impact on competition policy
and law in ASEAN countries and how it
enables disruptive innovation.
CCS Chief Executive, Mr. Toh Han Li
delivered the opening remarks alongside
Director of ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute,
Mr. Tan Chin Tiong. Mr. Toh announced that
CCS was expecting to launch an e-commerce
handbook for ASEAN Member States. CCS
also plans to hold a senior official forum in
August 2017, concurrently with the CCS-SAL
Competition Law Conference.
Keynote speaker at the symposium, Mr.
Maximilian Bittner, founder and Chief
Executive Officer of Lazada Group, also
shared the complexities of e-commerce
markets and on what businesses and
governments in ASEAN countries can do to
promote e-commerce growth.
Local and overseas
universities.
Competition law
practitioners.
Think-tanks in the
ASEAN region.
Representatives from
competition authorities.
Government agencies of
Australia, Indonesia, Japan,
Malaysia, Singapore, the
Philippines and Thailand.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
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