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1. Various of Selamat Datang or "Welcome" Monument
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2. Crest and pictures of dignitaries on office wall
3. Ina Khrisnamurti, Director of ASEAN Economic Cooperation department at Indonesia's foreign ministry, sitting in office
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ina Krishnamurti, Director of ASEAN Economic Cooperation department at Indonesia's foreign ministry:
"Factually, ten countries (members of ASEAN) are not prepared, because like I said, as we are not (in a) vacuum economically from other trends, global trends, in this regard. Changes and economic development in other areas becomes ... apparently affects our economic development."
5. Ship carrying containers docking in harbour
6. Various of containers being unloaded
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ina Krishnamurti, Director of ASEAN Economic Cooperation department at Indonesia's foreign ministry:
"The challenge is there, but the opportunities are also immense, because with ASEAN as (an) integrated region we foresee that (the) narrowing (of the) development gap is number one vision, number one objective, number one goal, because without any equitable development throughout the region we cannot achieve the economic integration."
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8. Exterior of economics faculty of University of Indonesia
9. Various of Ari Kuncoro, professor of economics at the University of Indonesia, working on computer
10. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Ari Kuncoro, professor of economics at the University of Indonesia:
"The AEC (ASEAN Economic Community) will make people move but for Indonesia the question is whether its workforce will be able to compete in a positive way, because if we do not prepare for a good education system and produce qualified human resources, then we will fail to get a strategic position in the company."
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11. Various of containers being loaded onto truck
12. Truck driving off
STORYLINE:
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), representing countries in Southeast Asia, became a legal entity on Thursday.
The director of ASEAN Economic Cooperation department at Indonesia's foreign ministry, Ina Krishnamurti, on Wednesday stressed the potential for "narrowing" the "development gap" between ASEAN countries.
The region includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Economics professor at the University of Indonesia, Ari Kuncoro, said that Indonesia must invest in education if it was to benefit from the economic integration.
The community seeks to make the diverse region economically and politically better integrated with hopes of competing with the Asian powerhouses China and India.
But there is a long way to go before the AEC becomes fully functional in a region that is home to 630 million people, speaking different languages and governed by various systems, including rambunctious democracies, a military dictatorship, quasi-civilian, authoritarian, monarchy and communism.
ASEAN citizens will be allowed to work in other countries in the region, but will be limited to jobs in eight sectors, including engineering, accountancy and tourism.
This accounts for only 1.5 percent of the total jobs in the region, and host countries still can put up constitutional and regulatory hurdles restricting the inflow of talent.
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