Asia Inc.

Infobox Newspaper
name = Asia Inc.
type = Business Periodical
format = Magazine
foundation = 1992
price = USD $6.00
owners = Tong Kooi Ong
publisher = Tan Boon Kean
editor = Lee Pang Chuan
chiefeditor = Ho Kay Tat
assoceditor =
staff =
language = English
circulation=
headquarters = Singapore
ISSN = 1019-2239
website = [http://www.asia-inc.com/ www.asia-inc.com]

"Asia Inc." is an international business magazine in Asia with world-wide distribution. Based in Singapore, it is primarily focused on Asian business issues. The magazine is a strategic partner of the APEC CEO summit. In addition to articles, "Asia Inc." periodically publishes rankings of Asian business school MBA programs.

History

"Asian business through Asian eyes."

Since 1992, Asia Inc has been a strong and fresh voice in Asia. With its exclusive interviews with some of Asia’s most prominent heads of states, corporate executives, and unique in-depth stories, vivid photography, surveys and info-graphics maps of new and different trends in Asia, the magazine has long stood out as a new publishing voice of Asia.

Owned by Asians, and edited by Asians and Asia experts, the monthly’s aim and mission is to provide a distinctive Asian perspective on the people and developments shaping business, politics, social and cultural life in the region.

Asia Inc’s many exclusive interviews with Asian leaders have included former President Jiang Zemin of China, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand and His Majesty, The Sultan of Brunei. Business figures from some of the region’s top multinationals interviewed have included Carlos Ghosn of Nissan Motor Company, Lee Hsien Yang of SingTel, James Riady of Indonesia’s Lippo Group, Dr. Jeffrey Koo of Taiwan’s Chinatrust Bank and Teresita Sy of the Philippines’ SM Group.

Apart from established personalities, Asia Inc’s appeal lies in its ability to seek out the new generation of leaders and decision makers in Asia.

Strategic partnership with the APEC CEO Summit since 1996.Asia Inc has been closely aligned to the Asia Pacific’s premier business event as Media Partner since the inaugural summit in Manila in 1996. Asia Inc’s presence in the last three Summits - Brunei in 2000, China in 2001 and Mexico in 2002 - has been the most prominent of all international media.

The annual APEC CEO Summit is unique in that no other regional business event takes place with the assured participation of the President of the United States, Prime Minister of Japan, President of China, President of Russia and many of the other leaders of the 21 economies that comprise the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum known as APEC.

In 2003, Asia Inc continued its close partnership with APEC as the Official Media Partner of the APEC CEO Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

This prominent role of Asia Inc affirms its status as a serious and required read by the Who’s Who of Asia and those interested in Asian affairs.

Management

The Edge Asia Inc Media GroupAsia Inc is owned by The Edge Asia Inc Media Group, a regional business and investment news media group with publishing titles in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The combined and in-depth resources of The Edge Asia Inc Media Group provide Asia Inc with the reach as well as rich content to be the leading Asian monthly magazine.

Mr Tong Kooi Ong, Co-Chairman of Asia Inc, hails from Malaysia and is a businessman with interests in media, technology and other businesses in the region. He is a former stockbroker and banker who built one of the most successful financial and banking groups in Malaysia, Phileo Allied Berhad, before it was merged as part of Malaysia's banking consolidation policy.

He is CEO of Nexnews Berhad, a media group listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The most prominent titles of the Nexnews media group are The Edge Malaysia, the number one business weekly in the country, and The Sun, the second leading English daily newspaper by circulation.

In the region, his media interests are represented by The Edge Asia Inc, which publishes The Edge Singapore, a business weekly, Asia Inc, the regional monthly, and other personal finance titles.

Mr Tong obtained his BA in Business Administration (1981) and MA in Economics and Finance (1984) from Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is actively involved in British Columbia and is a member of the SFU Business Management of Technology Business Council. He was recently awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by his alma mater.

Mr Timothy Ong Teck Mong, Co-Chairman of Asia Inc, is a prominent entrepreneur from Brunei. He is Deputy Chairman of National Insurance Company Berhad of Brunei Darussalam and has business interests in financial services, hotels, property development, trading, information technology and publishing in the region.

Mr Ong is active in public affairs in Brunei and abroad. He is Deputy Chairman of the Brunei Economic Development Board and was Chairman of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) in 2000 and Co-Chairman of ABAC in the year 2001. He is a well-known speaker at various international conferences, including the World Economic Forum, the APEC CEO Summit and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. Mr Ong was a member of the Global Leaders of Tomorrow program of the World Economic Forum and is a member of a number of regional councils, including the Asian Institute of Management, The Nature Conservancy’s Asia Pacific Council, the East-West Center International Advisory Panel and the International Crisis Group.

Mr Ong was honoured with the Award of Commander of the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins by the President of Chile in September for his contribution to regional economic cooperation.

Mr Ong read Economics and Political Science at the Australian National University where he graduated with a B.A. (Honours) in 1976 at the top of his class. He obtained an M.Sc. (with Distinction) in International Relations from the London School of Economics in 1982.

References

http://www.asia-inc.com/aboutus.html

External links

* [http://www.asiaincforum.com/index.php/ AsiaIncForum.com]
* [http://www.asia-inc.com/ Asia-Inc.com]