RHT Holdings Chief Executive Officer Jayaprakash Jagateesan was quoted in The Business Times’ Views From The Top article titled “Cross-border opportunities beckon”.

The article was first published on 3 September 2018.

Views From The Top

Monday, 3 September, 2018

THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: How has the Asean Economic Community (AEC) impacted your organisation so far? As the region continues to work towards the AEC Blueprint 2025, what further measures of market integration or trade facilitation are businesses looking to?

Jayaprakash Jagateesan
Chief Executive Officer
RHT Holdings Pte Ltd

Asean’s aspirations towards becoming a highly integrated and cohesive economy have played a positive role in the growth of our regional footprint aligned around Asean’s growth markets. As a multi-disciplinary professional services firm, we’ve also been able to support the growth of our SME clients who have benefited from Asean’s increasingly business-friendly environment.

As businesses unleash their entrepreneurial spirit to face global challenges and uncertainties, Asean must support their entrepreneurship by boosting the region’s momentum in market integration with technology as a key driver and also addressing issues such as non-tariff measures. Policymakers must remain united in their continued support for a multilateral trading system amidst the rising tide of protectionism.