Dictionary definition: abacá

Article: ABAC calls for immediate action in the fight against SARS ...
M2 Presswire;  May 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-16 May 2003-APEC: ABAC calls for immediate action in the fight against SARS to restore ... the second meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) for 2003. ABAC Chair Dr. Viphandh Roengpithya said that ABAC is concerned ...

Article: Council needs continuity: ABAC chair Roengpithya. (APEC ...
Business Asia;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Fostering an "ABAC spirit" is one of the key goals for 2003 APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) chair Dr Viphandh Roengpithya. In an exclusive ... with Business Asia Magazine, Roengpithya said ABAC and APEC's work would benefit from a stronger ...

Article: Push free trade and restore confidence: business' call to APEC ...
Business Asia;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC), in its annual report to APEC economic ... about the light at the end of the tunnel. ABAC's members, made up of the region's ... something about it. Paul Song, a US-based ABAC member and the CEO of Noetix Corporation ...

Article: ABAC urges leaders to avert WTO failure.(Business)
Manila Bulletin;  August 10, 2005 ;     695 words ... ... MAGKILAT APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), the advisory group for APEC member ... in Hong Kong in December this year. An ABAC statement has warned of a second consecutive ... breakthrough in stalled WTO negotiations, the ABAC warned of a world trade debacle. Roberto ...

Article: Business leaders' next steps to advance WTO negotiations - ...
M2 Presswire;  May 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... next steps to advance WTO negotiations - ABAC meeting in Beijing; News release issued ... Cooperation Business Advisory Council (ABAC)(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ... of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) in Beijing on May 10-13. Reinvigorating ...

Article: Agenda for ABAC Meeting Set
Xinhua News Agency;  September 24, 2001 ;     527 words ... ... agenda for the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Shanghai Meeting has been set, and the ABAC Annual Report is to be presented to the leaders ... Economic and Trade Commission, said that the ABAC will hold its fourth meeting of 2001 in east ...

Article: ABAC calls for more action. (APEC/ABAC).(APEC ...
Business Asia;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting for the first time for 2003 ... strong views about the state of the world. ABAC believes that the global economic situation ... the Asia Pacific region and beyond," ABAC members said in a statement. Australian ...