Long wait over for Timor-Leste


Despite the wide disparity in wealth between Asia’s youngest country and other Asean nations, the former Portuguese colony has its plus points for the bloc.

AFTER an agonising wait of 14 years, it’s just four months to go before Timor-Leste is finally admitted as the 11th member of Asean.

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