ASEAN now on Internet

ASEAN now on Internet

BANGKOK (JP): ASEAN yesterday inaugurated the ASEANWEB which will allow internet users to access general information and profiles of individual member states.

The ASEANWEB was inaugurated by ministers yesterday during the closing day of a two-day ministerial meeting.

Users can now log-on to the ASEANWEB by punching in http://www.asean.or.id on the internet. Officials said for the first three months access will be free of charge and only after that will a payment scheme be devised.

The ASEANWEB comprises an ASEAN Homepage which gives broad information of individual member states, history of ASEAN, economic and political cooperation, documents, press releases, text of various agreements and yearly schedule of meetings.

A section will be devoted to the ASEAN Free Trade Area which makes available important data on the intra and extra-regional trade value, explanatory notes along with the tariff reduction schedules for 21 commodities. (mds)