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Kenneth Tan

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Jackie Wong
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Te Foundation assistant editor
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Yoyo Xie
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To Te Future graphic designer
Mars
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Lu Ying

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business development manager
Sim eric
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business manager
nother year has passed and while 2014 may not have hit the ding Yongmei
heights of yesteryears, it has been a continuation of the progress ding@fdmasia.com
and recovery shown in the last couple of years. assistant business manager
Yumi Gui

It is encouraging to see that Asia has really taken the forefront of yumigui@fdmasia.com
A the industry, driving demands for materials and products. However, marketing assistant
Lolita Gan
there are still legitimate concerns on whether the region can sustained its growth lolitagan@fdmasia.com
rate, particularly with economic growth in china expected to slow somewhat to circulation executive
a more sustainable level. Steven Sheng
circulation@fdmasia.com
India, which has been earmarked as a market for watch for many years, has contributors
yet to completely awaken from its slump and achieve the greatness expected. Bartosz Palubicki
With a more stable political environment, the country can look forward to essential dennis Teo
donald G Hodges
infrastructure building, which will in turn drive the woodworking industry. Gerhard Sinn
despite its potential, the Southeast Asian region has yet to fully embrace the Hu Xin
Jakub Sandak
promise that its domestic market can present. Instead of working on the export Jan Bomba
markets, the region can go work wonders if more efforts have been put into the Kazimierz orlowski
Marcus Knauf
realisation of its domestic opportunities. That, of course, would require considerable Martin Bohm
effort to ensure stability as well as social and economic development. Michal Szulc
Michal devera
The situation may be helped in 2015 with the impeding formation of the Michele Pagnoni
ASeAn economic community (Aec). The only thing is that despite the plan M erdal Kara
being in motion for years now, very few companies have an actual ideal of what nadir Ayrilmis
Premysl Sedivka
the community would entails and the challenges or opportunities it may bring. Shi Guoqing
everyone seems to be playing a waiting game as, but a community that size
can bring a lot of benefts if of course, there is greater clarity to it.
The year 2014 is about to end on a relatively high note and as we look forward etm Eastern
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