ASEAN one time zone

Currently Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei,Phillipines and East part of Indonesia are having 1-1.5 hr time difference with the rest of the ASEAN members namely Thailand, West part ofIndonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos.

In view of the AEC view by 2020 ASEAN should standardize the time zone to promote business efficiency with China, HK and Macau. ASEAN- China AFTA will kick in by 2010