 PARLIMEN MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR |
PRESS STATEMENT
PARLIAMENT OF MALAYSIA MOOTS ASEAN DIGITAL ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AGENDA FOR CYBER RESILIENCE AND SHARED PROSPERITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 15TH ASEAN INTER- PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY (AIPA) CAUCUS MEETING
Bandar Seri Begawan, 10 June 2024-- The Speaker of House of Representatives,
H.E. Tan Sri Dato' (Dr.) Johari bin Abdul embarked on a working visit to Brunei Darussalam in conjunction with the Tripartite Forum on Building a Vibrant Digital Economy in ASEAN: Strategies for Cyber Resilience and Shared Prosperity.
This tripartite forum will be hosted by the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), the ASEAN Business Advisory Council of Brunei, the APEC Business Advisory Council of Brunei with the support of the Brunei National Assembly and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
His Excellency is scheduled to deliver a keynote address themed Building a Vibrant Digital and Cyber Resilient ASEAN to discuss the reverberations of ASEAN's digital transformation affecting the socio-economics of the region's 400 million digital users, in addition to the role of parliamentarians in collaborating with the public and private sectors to ensure a sustainable and safe future of the ASEAN digital landscape.
In the sidelines of the meeting, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is scheduled to hold a meeting with the Secretary General of AIPA, H.E. Ar. Siti Rozaimeriyanty Dato Haji Abdul Rahman to discuss the preliminary preparations of the Parliament of Malaysia in hosting AIPA come 2025.
As part of the working visit, the Speaker of the House of Representatives together with the Deputy House of Representatives, H.E. Dato' Ramli Mohd Noor met with H.E. Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Lela Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Abdul Rahman bin Dato Setia Haji Mohamed Taib, Speaker of the Legislative Council of Brunei.
The tripartite forum will b organised in conjunction with the 15th AIPA Caucus Meeting which will commence from 11 till 12 June with the theme Strengthening ASEAN Cyber Resilience through Parliamentary Cooperation: Towards a Future of Safe and Vibrant Digital Economy. The meeting will be attended by delegations from AIPA member countries to discuss the status of the implementation of resolutions approved during the 44th AIPA General Assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia last year to support ASEAN's commitment in developing a digital economy throughout the region by 2025 as well as supporting the development of the Digital Economy Framework Agreement ASEAN (DEFA).
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Ms. Shaira Amira binti Jamal Abdul Nasir
Press Secretary to the 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives Email: shaira@parlimen.gov.my | Phone: 03-2601 7462 www.parlimen.gov.my
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