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BŲȘİŇĚȘȘ ňįǻřťȘ řěđňŲ ŀěđǿM ħťẅǿřĢ ș ǻįșǺřįǺ

Ģřǻppŀįňģ Ẅįțħ İňđǿňěșįǻň Ǻffįŀįǻțě’ș Čřǻșħ, Ǻįřŀįňě Ǻŀșǿ Șțřųģģŀěș Ẅįțħ Pǻřțňěřșħįpș

Bỳ ĶǺȚĦỲ ČĦŲ, ĢǺŲŘǺV ŘǺĢĦŲVǺŇȘĦİ ǻňđ MĚĢŲMİ FŲJİĶǺẄǺ
Fěbřųǻřỳ 15, 2015
Ẅħěň Mǻŀǻỳșįǻň ěňțřěpřěňěųř Țǿňỳ Fěřňǻňđěș bǿųģħț țħě șțřųģģŀįňģ ǺįřǺșįǻ Bħđ. įň
2001, ħįș ģǿǻŀ ẅǻș țǿ bųįŀđ ǻ bųđģěț ǻįřŀįňě ģřǿųp țħǻț čǿųŀđ țǻķě ǻđvǻňțǻģě ǿf țħě ěxpŀǿșįvě țřǻvěŀ ģřǿẅțħ ħě șǻẅ čǿmįňģ įň țħě řěģįǿň.
Țǿ đǿ țħǻț, Mř. Fěřňǻňđěș mǻđě ǺįřǺșįǻ įňțǿ țħě MčĐǿňǻŀđ’ș ǿf țħě ǻvįǻțįǿň įňđųșțřỳ, břįđģįňģ Ǻșįǻ’ș čħěčķěřbǿǻřđ ǿf șǿvěřěįģň șțǻțěș ǻňđ ǻvįǻțįǿň řųŀěș bỳ řǿŀŀįňģ ǿųț fřǻňčħįșě-ŀįķě jǿįňț věňțųřěș ųňđěř țħě ǺįřǺșįǻ břǻňđ, įň čǿųňțřįěș fřǿm Țħǻįŀǻňđ ǻňđ țħě Pħįŀįppįňěș țǿ İňđįǻ.
İň řǿųģħŀỳ ǻ đěčǻđě, țħǻț mǿđěŀ țųřňěđ ǺįřǺșįǻ įňțǿ ǻ ģřǿųp ěňčǿmpǻșșįňģ ňįňě čǻřřįěřș, ǿf ẅħįčħ țħě țħřěě ŀįșțěđ čǿmpǻňįěș ħǻđ $2.3 bįŀŀįǿň įň řěvěňųě įň 2013. Ẅħįŀě țħě ňųmběř ǿf ǻňňųǻŀ ǻįřŀįňě șěǻțș įň țħě Ǻșįǻ-Pǻčįfįč řěģįǿň ħǻș đǿųbŀěđ țǿ 1.7 bįŀŀįǿň đųřįňģ țħě pǻșț đěčǻđě, țħě ňųmběř ǿf șěǻțș ǻvǻįŀǻbŀě ǿň bųđģěț ǻįřŀįňěș įňčřěǻșěđ țěňfǿŀđ țǿ 400 mįŀŀįǿň, ǻččǿřđįňģ țǿ țħě ČǺPǺ-Čěňțřě fǿř Ǻvįǻțįǿň.
Bųț ǻș țħě ǺįřǺșįǻ ģřǿųp ģřǻppŀěș ẅįțħ įțș bįģģěșț čřįșįș ỳěț—țħě ǻfțěřmǻțħ ǿf țħě
Đěčěmběř čřǻșħ ǿf ǻ pŀǻňě ǿpěřǻțěđ bỳ įțș İňđǿňěșįǻň ǻffįŀįǻțě—țħǻț fřǻňčħįșě mǿđěŀ ǻňđ țħě ģřǿẅțħ ǿň ẅħįčħ įț ẅǻș přěmįșěđ čǿųŀđ bě ųňđěř șțřǻįň.
ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș ǿňčě ħěǻđỳ țřǻffįč ģřǿẅțħ įș șŀǿẅįňģ ǻș čǿmpěțįțįǿň įňčřěǻșěș, čǻųșįňģ přǿfįț țǿ șħřįňķ ǻț ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș Mǻŀǻỳșįǻň fŀǻģșħįp čǿmpǻňỳ. ǺįřǺșįǻ Țħǻįŀǻňđ ħǻș běčǿmě ųňpřǿfįțǻbŀě ǻňđ ǺįřǺșįǻ čǻřřįěřș įň İňđǿňěșįǻ ǻňđ țħě Pħįŀįppįňěș ǻřě řěșțřųčțųřįňģ, čřěǻțįňģ čħǻŀŀěňģěș fǿř țħě Mǻŀǻỳșįǻň ģřǿųp.
İň 2014 țħě ǺįřǺșįǻ ģřǿųp čǻřřįěđ 50 mįŀŀįǿň pǻșșěňģěřș, ČǺPǺ ěșțįmǻțěș, 9.3% mǿřě

țħǻň țħě přěvįǿųș ỳěǻř bųț țħě șŀǿẅěșț ģřǿẅțħ șįňčě țħě ǻįřŀįňě běģǻň ǿpěřǻțįǿňș ųňđěř Mř. Fěřňǻňđěș įň 2002.
Ǻňǻŀỳșțș ěxpěčț ǺįřǺșįǻ Bħđ.’ș ěǻřňįňģș țǿ bě ħųřț bỳ țħě
ǺįřǺșįǻ Fŀįģħț 8501 čřǻșħ, ẅħįčħ ķįŀŀěđ ǻŀŀ 162 pěǿpŀě ǿň bǿǻřđ, ẅħěň țħě čǿmpǻňỳ pǿșțș řěșųŀțș ǻț țħě ěňđ ǿf
Fěbřųǻřỳ.
Měǻňẅħįŀě, čųŀțųřǻŀ ǻňđ řěģųŀǻțǿřỳ țųșșŀěș ħǻvě ħǻmpěřěđ ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș ěffǿřțș țǿ ěxpǻňđ įțș fřǻňčħįșěș fųřțħěř

‘‘[Țħěřě] įș ǻ ŀįmįț țǿ břįňģįňģ ǻŀŀ ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș bųșįňěșș ẅǻỳș įňțǿ țħě Jǻpǻňěșě mǻřķěț.’ ’
—Șħįňżǿ Șħįmįżų, ǺŇǺ Ħǿŀđįňģș

įň mǻřķěțș șųčħ ǻș Jǻpǻň ǻňđ Vįěțňǻm.
Țħěřě “įș ǻ ŀįmįț țǿ břįňģįňģ ǻŀŀ ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș bųșįňěșș ẅǻỳș įňțǿ țħě Jǻpǻňěșě mǻřķěț,” șǻįđ
Șħįňżǿ Șħįmįżų, ǻ șěňįǿř vįčě přěșįđěňț ǻț fǿřměř jǿįňț-věňțųřě pǻřțňěř ǺŇǺ Ħǿŀđįňģș
İňč., ǻfțěř țħě pǻřțňěřșħįp fěŀŀ ǻpǻřț įň 2013.
ǺįřǺșįǻ șǻįđ ŀǻșț ỳěǻř țħǻț įț ẅǻș șěțțįňģ ųp ǻ șěčǿňđ Jǻpǻňěșě jǿįňț věňțųřě ẅįțħ đįffěřěňț pǻřțňěřș.
Ǻ șpǿķěșẅǿmǻň fǿř țħě ǺįřǺșįǻ ģřǿųp đěčŀįňěđ țǿ čǿmměňț fǿř țħįș ǻřțįčŀě.
Mř. Fěřňǻňđěș, ķňǿẅň fǿř ħįș ňǿ-ňǿňșěňșě ǻțțįțųđě ǻňđ ħįș țřǻđěmǻřķ ųňįfǿřm ǿf jěǻňș ǻňđ ǻ řěđ čǻp, ǿvěřħǻųŀěđ ǺįřǺșįǻ ǻfțěř ħě bǿųģħț įț įň 2001 fřǿm țħě Mǻŀǻỳșįǻň ģǿvěřňměňț fǿř ǿňě řįňģģįț (28 Ų.Ș. čěňțș) ǻňđ țħě ǻșșųmpțįǿň ǿf 40 mįŀŀįǿň řįňģģįț ($11

mįŀŀįǿň) įň đěbț.
Ħě ěșțǻbŀįșħěđ țħě fįřșț jǿįňț věňțųřě įň Țħǻįŀǻňđ įň 2003, țǻķįňģ ǻ mįňǿřįțỳ șțǻķě țǿ čǿmpŀỳ ẅįțħ Țħǻįŀǻňđ’ș řųŀěș bǻřřįňģ fǿřěįģňěřș fřǿm ǿẅňįňģ mǿřě țħǻň 49% ǿf ǻň ǻįřŀįňě. İț ňǿẅ ħǻș șįmįŀǻř șțǻķěș įň fřǻňčħįșěș įň İňđǿňěșįǻ, Țħǻįŀǻňđ, țħě Pħįŀįppįňěș ǻňđ İňđįǻ, ǻș ẅěŀŀ ǻș ǺįřǺșįǻ X, įțș ŀǿňģ-ħǻųŀ čǻřřįěř.

Travelers stood at an AirAsia sales counter at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb. 8. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Đěșpįțě țħě mįňǿřįțỳ șțǻķěș, ǺįřǺșįǻ ěxěřčįșěș ǻ ħįģħ đěģřěě ǿf čǿňțřǿŀ ǿvěř įțș jǿįňț věňțųřěș, đįčțǻțįňģ mǻțțěřș fřǿm břǻňđįňģ țǿ įň-fŀįģħț řěțǻįŀ. Țħě čǿňțřǿŀ ħǻș řǻňķŀěđ șǿmě pǻřțňěřș, bųț įț ǻŀșǿ ħǻș běěň řěșpǿňșįbŀě fǿř țħě ǻįřŀįňě’ș șųččěșș įň țřǻįňįňģ pįŀǿțș ǻňđ fŀįģħț ǻțțěňđǻňțș, ǻňđ ňěģǿțįǻțįňģ čǿňțřǻčțș fǿř ǻįřčřǻfț, fǿřměř ěmpŀǿỳěěș șǻỳ.
“Ěvěň fřǿm țħě įňșįđě, ỳǿų ẅǿųŀđ ňǿț șěě mųčħ ǿf ǻ đįffěřěňčě běțẅěěň ǺįřǺșįǻ Mǻŀǻỳșįǻ ǻňđ ǺįřǺșįǻ Pħįŀįppįňěș,” șǻįđ Đǻňỳ Bǿŀđųč, ẅħǿ ẅǿřķěđ fǿř țħě Ķųǻŀǻ Ŀųmpųř-bǻșěđ fŀǻģșħįp fǿř țẅǿ ỳěǻřș ųňțįŀ 2013, mǻňǻģįňģ įň-fŀįģħț șǻŀěș ǿf įțěmș șųčħ ǻș čǻpș ǻňđ Țșħįřțș ǻčřǿșș țħě ģřǿųp. “Țħě mǿđěŀ ħǻș țǿ bě čǿňșįșțěňț ǻčřǿșș țħě mǻřķěțș [įň ẅħįčħ] țħěỳ ǿpěřǻțě.”
Ǻňǻŀỳșțș șǻỳ ǿňě ǿf ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș ģřěǻțěșț ǻčħįěvěměňțș ħǻș běěň pěřșųǻđįňģ řěģųŀǻțǿřș įň țħě čǿųňțřįěș ẅħěřě įț ǿpěřǻțěș țǿ ŀěț įț ķěěp țħě ǺįřǺșįǻ ňǻmě đěșpįțě įțș mįňǿřįțỳpǻřțňěř șțǻțųș.
“ǺįřǺșįǻ ħǻș șųččěșșfųŀŀỳ břǻňđěđ įțșěŀf,” șǻįđ Ỳěǻħ Ķįm Ŀěňģ, đěǻň ǿf țħě bųșįňěșș șčħǿǿŀ ǻț Mǻŀǻỳșįǻ Ųňįvěřșįțỳ ǿf Șčįěňčě ǻňđ Țěčħňǿŀǿģỳ. “İț ħǻș řěǻŀŀỳ șțǻňđǻřđįżěđ țħě

șěřvįčě qųǻŀįțỳ, čǿřpǿřǻțě čųŀțųřě ǻňđ ěxpěčțǻțįǿňș țħǻț čųșțǿměřș ħǻvě.”
Bųț țħě fřǻňčħįșě mǿđěŀ ħǻș șǿmě đřǻẅbǻčķș fǿř ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș ǻffįŀįǻțěș, ẅħįčħ ģřǻppŀě ẅįțħ ħįģħěř čǿșțș țħǻň țħě Mǻŀǻỳșįǻň fŀǻģșħįp. Ǻffįŀįǻțěș mǻỳ pǻỳ țħě fŀǻģșħįp fěěș fǿř țħįňģș įňčŀųđįňģ mǻįňțěňǻňčě ǻňđ ŀěǻșįňģ pŀǻňěș. ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș čǿșț pěř ǻvǻįŀǻbŀě șěǻț ķįŀǿměțěř, ǻ čǿmmǿň měǻșųřě ǿf ǻvįǻțįǿň čǿșțș, ẅǻș 3.99 čěňțș įň țħě qųǻřțěř ěňđěđ įň Șěpțěmběř fǿř ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș Mǻŀǻỳșįǻ ǿpěřǻțįǿňș, čǿmpǻřěđ ẅįțħ 5.14 čěňțș fǿř İňđǿňěșįǻ ǻňđ 5.24 čěňțș fǿř Țħǻįŀǻňđ, ǻččǿřđįňģ țǿ ǺįřǺșįǻ fįŀįňģș.
“Ňǿ mǻțțěř ẅħǻț, țħě čǿșț įș ģǿįňģ țǿ bě ħįģħěř țħǻň țħě mǻįň čǿmpǻňỳ,” șǻįđ Břįǻň
Țħǿmǻș Ħǿģǻň, mǻňǻģįňģ đįřěčțǿř ǿf XȘQ Ǻvįǻțįǿň Čǿňșųŀțǻňčỳ ǻňđ ǻ fǿřměř čħįěf ěxěčųțįvě ǻđvįșěř ǿf Żěșț Ǻįř běfǿřě įțș pǻřțňěřșħįp įň țħě Pħįŀįppįňěș ẅįțħ ǺįřǺșįǻ.
Ǿțħěř ẅǿųŀđ-bě pǻřțňěřș ħǻvě bǻŀķěđ ǻț ǺįřǺșįǻ’ș ǻțțěmpțș țǿ čǿňțřǿŀ țħěm.
Fǿř ǺŇǺ ǿf Jǻpǻň, ǿňě șǿųřčě ǿf fřįčțįǿň ẅǻș țħǻț ǺįřǺșįǻ řěŀįěđ ħěǻvįŀỳ ǿň ẅěbșįțě bǿǿķįňģș, ẅħįčħ ǻččǿųňț fǿř ǻbǿųț 85% ǿf țħě ǺįřǺșįǻ břǻňđș’ țįčķěț șǻŀěș, țħǿųģħ įň
Jǻpǻň řěșěřvǻțįǿňș țħřǿųģħ țřǻvěŀ ǻģěňțș ẅěřě mǿřě čǿmmǿň, ǻ șpǿķěșmǻň fǿř ǺŇǺ șǻįđ. ǺįřǺșįǻ ǻŀșǿ ẅǻșň’ț ẅįŀŀįňģ țǿ ǻŀțěř ǻ șỳșțěm țħǻț řěqųįřěđ pǻșșěňģěřș țǿ čħěčķ įň ǻț ŀěǻșț
45 mįňųțěș běfǿřě đěpǻřțųřě, ěvěň țħǿųģħ ǿțħěř mǻjǿř Jǻpǻňěșě ǻįřŀįňěș ħǻđ ǻ 15mįňųțě čųțǿff, țħě șpǿķěșmǻň șǻįđ.
Țħě Mǻŀǻỳșįǻň ģřǿųp șǻįđ ẅħěň țħě pǻřțňěřșħįp đįșșǿŀvěđ țħǻț țħě čǿmpǻňįěș ħǻđ “ǻ fųňđǻměňțǻŀ đįffěřěňčě ǿf ǿpįňįǿň běțẅěěň įțș șħǻřěħǿŀđěřș ǻbǿųț ħǿẅ țħě bųșįňěșș șħǿųŀđ bě mǻňǻģěđ, fřǿm čǿșț mǻňǻģěměňț țǿ ẅħěřě țħě đǿměșțįč bųșįňěșș ǿpěřǻțįǿňș șħǿųŀđ bě bǻșěđ.”
ǺįřǺșįǻ șčřǻppěđ pŀǻňș fǿř ǻ ħįģħŀỳ pųbŀįčįżěđ pǻřțňěřșħįp įň Vįěțňǻm įň 2011, șǻỳįňģ įț ẅǻș ųňǻbŀě țǿ ģěț Vįěțňǻměșě řěģųŀǻțǿřỳ ǻppřǿvǻŀ țǿ ųșě țħě ǺįřǺșįǻ břǻňđ, ẅħįčħ įț șǻįđ ẅǻș “fųňđǻměňțǻŀ țǿ țħě șųččěșșfųŀ čǿňđųčț ǿf țħě bųșįňěșș mǿđěŀ.”
Ǻ pěřșǿň fǻmįŀįǻř ẅįțħ țħě přǿpǿșěđ jǿįňț věňțųřě ẅįțħ VįěțJěț Ǻvįǻțįǿň JȘČ șǻįđ čųŀțųřǻŀ čŀǻșħěș ẅěřě ǻŀșǿ řěșpǿňșįbŀě fǿř țħě đįșșǿŀųțįǿň ǿf țħě pǻřțňěřșħįp.
“Vįěțňǻměșě pěǿpŀě ħǻvě țħěįř ǿẅň ẅǻỳ ǿf țħįňķįňģ ǻbǿųț ħǿẅ țǿ mǻňǻģě țħě čǿmpǻňỳ, ǻňđ ǺįřǺșįǻ țħǿųģħț įț čǿųŀđ đǿ įț țħě ǺįřǺșįǻ ẅǻỳ,” țħįș pěřșǿň șǻįđ.
—Ǻňħ Țħų Ňģųỳěň, İň-Șǿǿ Ňǻm ǻňđ Șħįbǻňį Mǻħțǻňį čǿňțřįbųțěđ țǿ țħįș ǻřțįčŀě.

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