APEC Finance Ministers to launch new roadmap in October

KUALA LUMPUR: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers will unveil a new roadmap this October to replace the Cebu Action Plan, setting out priorities for the Finance Ministers' Process (FMP) over the next five years, said Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying.
She said the roadmap would outline medium-term initiatives and deliverables under the FMP, aimed at advancing APEC's Putrajaya Vision of an open, dynamic, resilient and peaceful Asia-Pacific community.
'It is critical for ASEAN members to work together within APEC, to ensure that our common priorities in Southeast Asia are well-embedded in this new Asia-Pacific roadmap and that initiatives in ASEAN and APEC are consistent with each other and mutually supportive,' she said.
Lim was speaking during her keynote address at a joint forum by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC), and the Asia-Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) today.

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