KUALA LUMPUR: After a slow start to implementing regional integration, the private sector in Southeast Asia under the leadership of Indonesia, should push harder to achieve a single economic market, said CIMB Group Holdings chairman Datuk Seri Nazir Razak.
In an interview with the Nikkei Asian Review, the 49-year-old banker, whose financial group has a strong presence in the region, said a lack of political will and public acceptance is hampering planned regional economic integration.
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