CIAO DATE: 12/99

Asia’s Choice: Open Markets or Government Control?

Asia Society

Asia Society’s 10th Annual Corporate Conference
Manila, February 24–26, 1999

 

Asia’s Choice
Joseph E. Estrada, President of the Republic of the Philippines

Asia’s Choice: Open Markets or Government Control
Fidel Valdez Ramos, Former President of the Republic of the Philippines

Remarks
Mei-Wei Cheng, President and CEO of Ford Motor, (China) Ltd. and Vice President of Ford Motor Company

Restructuring Industries and Corporate Governance
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II, President, Ayala Corporation

Prospects for Foreign Investment in Asia
Linda Y.C. Lim, Director of the Southeast Asia Business Program, University of Michigan School of Business

Focus on the Phillipines: Challenges and Opportunities
Jose Trinidad Pardo, Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines

The Asian Crisis: The Beginning of the End?
Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Social Costs of the Asian Crisis
H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Vice President of the Philippines and Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

Keynote Address
Tadao Chino, President of the Asian Development Bank

Phillipines: New Opportunities and Prospects for Foreign Investments
Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., President & CEO, The Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company