Top 10 videos from East Asia 2015

1. “Please come and invest in Indonesia. If you have any problems, call me!” says Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

2. “China should put more effort into education, especially vocational education,” says Finnish politician and Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD, Mari Kiviniemi.

3. “Indonesia can be part of a much larger wave of growth and development in Asia,” said Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

4. “You cannot devalue your currency to achieve growth. The only way to create growth is through productivity.” John Riady, Executive Director, Lippo Group.

5. “I would like to see more government leaders – finance ministers, presidents, prime ministers – lead trade and investment delegations so that they can explain their stories directly,” says Jose Isidro Camacho, Vice-Chairman, Asia-Pacific and Country CEO, Credit Suisse, Singapore.

6. “By 2050, the world is going to be feeding 9 billion people. We need to be producing 70% more food than we’re consuming now,” said Anna Chilczuk, Regional Director, East Asia, Mercy Corps, Indonesia.

7. “55% of the ASEAN population are living in rural areas. They’re not travelling, they’re not crossing countries to work in another country, they are trying to survive,” says Ho Hsing Chan, Group MD, ASEAN, DuPont Singapore.

8. “The world doesn’t really have a food problem…more than 50% of the food produced is wasted – thrown away by consumers,” said Peter Ter Kulve, President, South-East Asia and Australasia, Unilever Asia.

9. “7 of the world’s 10 largest militaries are in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. We are awash in a sea of uncertainty. Uncertainty effects energy, security, trade, and commerce,” said Harry Harris, Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, US Navy.

10. “In 2 years, China consumed more cement than the US has used for 100 years. This has a major impact on the environment,” said Samir Brikho, CEO, Amec Foster Wheeler, UK.