Acknowledgement: the authors would like to thank the Economic Research
Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) to initiate this meaningful research
project, and four commentators – Professor Yasuyuki Sawada (Tokyo University),
Professor Chan NgaiWeng (University Sains Malaysia), Dr. Sothea Oum (ERIA), Mr.
Zhou Yansheng (SCDF) and all participants in ERIA’s two workshops, for their
insightful comments for an earlier draft of this chapter.