(27
FEBRUARY 2003, MALAYSIA) The Pan-Asian E-Commerce Alliance
(PAA) held its 11th Steering Committee Meeting in Kuala
Lumpur from 20th to 21st February 2003. The meeting was
attended by Tradelink, CrimsonLogic, CIECC, KTNET, Trade-Van,
TEDI Club, Dagang Net and TEDMEV. TEDMEV is the latest member
accepted in the PAA. Representatives from EDI Indonesia
attended the meeting as observer.
Mr.
Mathivanan, Chairman of the PAA and CEO of CrimsonLogic
said, "We have made substantial progress in the pilots
for the PAA Secure Cross Border Transaction Service. To
date, successful pilots were conducted on cross-border transactions
among business entities from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Among the new entrants to
these pilots are well known establishments such as Mitsubishi
Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation. SME such as Aw Boon
Kwee Transport of Singapore also supported the projects
by doing both customs brokering and forwarding functions.
Under
our Certificate Authority (CA) Mutual Recognition scheme,
GFACA of China, and JETS of Japan were given full recognition
making a total of 6 CAs being endorsed under the scheme."
The
Pan Asian Portal (www.paa.net)
is also being enhanced to include the member economies'
Economics and Trade Statistics, Trade Procedures, Country
Information, Business Practices and Culture, and URL Links
to trade-related Government Agencies. This information would
be provided at no cost to visitors to the PAA portal and
users of PAA services.
Other
initiatives discussed by the Steering Committee included:
Dagang
Net of Malaysia hosted a dinner in honour of the PAA Steering
Committee meeting held in Malaysia for the first time. Encik
Ahmad Pardas Senin, Director of Dagang Net, Managing Director
of TIME Engineering Berhad and also President of ICT Division
UEM-RENONG was the Guest of Honour. Encik Ahmad Pardas Senin
thanked PAA for the endorsement of Dagang Net as a member
of the Alliance. As quoted, he said, "I am confident
that with Dagang Net's ready infrastructure, established
exchange network and extensive pool of customers and partners,
we will create a critical mass for PAA members to perform
cross-border transactions with their Malaysian counterparts
and vice versa. It is also a privilege to be part of this
significant Asian initiative, as well as a challenge to
contribute our best resources to help achieve the PAA charter
successfully, for the benefit of the entire Asian business
community."
At the
end of the 11th PAA Steering Committee, Chairman Mr Mathivanan,
also shared his goal for this coming year to be as follows:
