6. Main Objectives of AEC
Source: Free Flow of Services AEC, Ronnarong Phoolpipat
7. Key Elements of AEC
Source: Free Flow of Services AEC, Ronnarong Phoolpipat
8. Hubs and Spokes in Asia Pacific
ASEAN
+3/+6 Canada
China ROK NAFTA
ASEAN
ASEAN
+1
+1
ASEAN Japan
+1
ASEAN Thailand
U.S. Mexico
Malaysia
ASEAN+1
Singapore
India ASEAN+1
Brunei
NZ
Australia Chile
P4
APEC
Source: METI & MEC
9. Priority Sectors under AEC
•
Agro based Products •
Healthcare
•
Air Travel •
Rubber based
•
Automotive Products
•
E-ASEAN/ICT •
Textiles and Apparels
•
Electronics •
Tourism
•
Fisheries •
Wood Based Products
•
Logistic
30. Malaysia
MDEC : Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) now MSC
Malaysia
Phase 3: Target Export to other countries:
– Primary: Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand
– Secondary: China Middle East
IT spending in 2010 is US$4.8bn and is expected
to grow to U$5.2bn in 2011.
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31. Singapore
Positioning as a ICT hub for this region
Not much after AEC 2015
IT spending in 2010 is $29.7bn for Hardware,
$8.8bn for software, $7.2bn for IT Services
ICT manpower 141,300 (2010)
Infocomm-savvy workforce and globally
competitive infocomm manpower to drive
economic competitiveness
Boost the number of infocomm jobs by 55,000 to
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32. Vietnam
Positioning as a outsourcing hub
Plan to have a million programmer in 2015
IT spending in 2011 is US$8.7bn; software $1.2bn.
27.9 Million Internet users
Strong support from the government
By 2020, IT will take 8-10% of GDP
The revolution #4 in Dec 2012: ICT as an
infrastructure of the country
Internet user 70% of total population. 32
33. ICT Human Resource in Vietnam
Labors of IT Industry 250,290 (2010)
HW Industry 127,548
SW Industry 71,814
DC Industry 50,928
Target one million IT engineers in 2020
New enrollment of IT students in university
reached 50,000 in 2011.
277 universities/colleges with ICT education.
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34. Indonesia
One of the fastest growing economy
Need more ICT professionals
a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17%
over the 2011- 2015 period
Attracted by many other countries; in and outside
ASEAN
ICT services in Indonesia is expected to reach
US$3 billion by 2015
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35. Philippines
The IT/Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
industry, is already a very important factor in
economy with over half a million full-time
employees, between 4% and 5% contribution to
GDP
its status as the number one BPO location in the
world.
ICT/BPO sector generated annual revenues of
US$11 billion in 2011
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36. Philippines
Exceed 900,000 FTE in IT/BPO industry by 2016,
from 525,000 in 2010;
Over 50% of IT/BPO business is non-voice related
by 2016, from 20% in 2010;
Increased number of IT graduates to 60,000 by
2016, up from 38,809 in 2009
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37. Thailand
Thai ICT market value is expected to reach $18.8
billion in 2012 communication industry captured
76% of the market share while hardware and
software took up 17.6% and 5.5% market share.
Digital content market in Thailand will reach $522
million by end of 2012
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