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)