中評社新加坡5月31日電（記者 孫儀威 楊天）Your Excellency Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, Director-General Dr. John Chipman, Ladies and gentlemen, “Peace and prosperity in Asia, forevermore.” In order to make that a reality, what should Japan do and how should Japan contribute? That's what I am standing here to speak about.
I think all of us in the room here share a common mission. The mission is one of pursuing better living standards and economic prosperity. It's a mission of bringing into full bloom the latent potential of this great growth centre and the people living there, stretching from Asia and the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. We must build and then hand over to the next generation a stage on which each and every individual can prosper still more and certainly benefit from the fruits of growth.
“Asia” is a synonym for “growth”and another name for “achievement.”
Take TPP. The Trans Pacific Partnership will surely bring an overwhelming economy of scale to the Asia Pacific economies. Just as a rocket picks up even greater acceleration in its second and third stages, the RCEP and the FTAAP as it were, the momentum sparked by the TPP will expand our free and creative economic sphere, enabling us to soar even higher, and to propel the world economy forward.
And just for Japan to seek a winwin synergy with the growing Asia Pacific region, my economic policy is now advancing at full throttle.
If you imagine how vast the Pacific and Indian Oceans are, our potential is exactly like the oceans, i.e., limitless, isn't it?
In order to have the generations of our children and our children’s children share in this bounty, it's absolutely imperative that we make peace and stability, something absolutely rock-solid. |
