Recommendations
In light of the above, the following are some recommendations that should be effected to achieve the objective of intra-ASEAN freer flow of skilled labour:
Liberalisation of policies, regulations and mindsets on employment of ASEAN professionals and skilled workers. Governments and societies need to change their mindset with regard to skilled labour mobility. Skilled labour mobility is not a zero-sum or negative-sum game. In fact, skilled labour mobility is essential for services development and investment attraction and should have a positive synergistic effect on domestic talents and should improve domestic consumer choice of service suppliers. In addition, cultural diversity and international work experience is a competitive advantage in the globalisation era. Ultimately, it is the question of how widely accepted the vision of an ASEAN community is since intra-ASEAN movement of natural persons for employment is at the core of regional community building.