Lee Yoong Yoong
Research Fellow

Research Interests: ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its impact to Singapore economy and its policy options 
 
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Mr Lee Yoong Yoong is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies.

Yoong Yoong has over ten years of accumulative working experience, in areas of international relations, international business and in economic development.

Prior to his current IPS appointment, Yoong Yoong spent four years working in the ASEAN Secretariat based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He started off handling the investment portfolio, which included Industrial Cooperation and Small-and-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) integration, and he was involved in the ASEAN’s FTA negotiations with Korea and the Australia/New Zealand. His last appointment in ASEAN Secretariat was as Head of the Infrastructure Unit, where he was responsible for the regional cooperation and integration of the Transport/Logistics, Energy and Minerals sectors in ASEAN. Further to that, he spent seven years with the Singapore’s Economic Development Board, responsible for driving talent outreach initiatives and programs to facilitate inflow of global talent into specific Singapore-based industries, as well as for evaluating business/market opportunities for firms in Taiwan, Korea, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines to invest in Singapore.

Yoong Yoong also has career stint with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Sembawang Parks Management.

Yoong Yoong has contributed to various ASEAN compendia and publications on topics in investment, industrial cooperation, economics, logistics, transport and energy.

His major area of research interest in IPS is on the progress and implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its impact to the Singapore economy and its policy options.

Yoong Yoong holds a B. A. in Business Administration from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, and a Master in International Relations from the Institute of Defence of Strategic Studies (now the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies) of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Book Chapters/Journal Articles:

Migration without Borders: Is it a Reality or Myth in ASEAN by 2015?
Lee Yoong Yoong (2008). Research paper published by the Centre of Asian Studies of the Hong Kong University as 'Occasional Paper Series' (Monograph).

Guide Book for Investing in ASEAN: Update 2004
Lee Yoong Yoong, co-editor. Published by ASEAN Secretariat (2004)

Compendium of Investment Policies and Measures in ASEAN Countries
Lee Yoong Yoong, co-editor. Published by ASEAN Secretariat (2004)

ASEAN and Australia: Family or Neighbour?
Lee Yoong Yoong (2003). Post-graduate dissertation for the Master in International Relations from the Institute of Defence of Strategic Studies


Speeches and Articles:

Merit in a small loan programme in S'pore 
Article by Lee Yoong Yoong, The Straits Times, 13 October 2009

Impetus grows as ties flourish 
Article by Ong Keng Yong & Lee Yoong Yoong, The Straits Times, 30 May 2009

Is Asean ready for a common currency? 
Article by Lee Yoong Yoong, The Straits Times, 21 April 2009

Let Thailand complete its tenure as the chair. Hand over the hosting of Asean summits to another member 
Letter to The Straits Times by Lee Yoong Yoong, 18 April 2009

Ensuring Energy Security In Asean 
Article by  Lee Yoong Yoong in Fact Sheet by the Public Affairs Office of the ASEAN Secretariat, 1 February 2008

Asean Transport Gears Up For Economic Integration 
Article by  Lee Yoong Yoong in Fact Sheet by the Public Affairs Office of the ASEAN Secretariat, 3 April 2007

FTAs with dialogue partners: Compatible with ASEAN integration? 
Lee Yoong Yoong (2005). Commentary published in ASEANOne (January 2005)


Others:

Principles of Economic Competitiveness 
Paper presented at the Corporate Governance Workshop organized by the Devawongse Varopakarn Institute of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, 7 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

ASEAN Economics - Interconnectedness and Vulnerabilities 
Paper presented at “The First ASEAN Youth Convention (AYC) 2009”, 10 August 2009, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science 

Elections and Development of Modern Parliamentarism: Experience of Singapore 
Paper presented at the the International Conference “Elections and Development of Modern Parliamentarism: Experience of Uzbekistan”, 1-2 July 2009, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Transcript of telephone interview with Mr Lee Yoong Yoong on ASEAN’s reaction in the global economic crisis  
Telephone interview with Mr Lee Yoong Yoong by Ms Wong Lee Ting, student at Georgetown University, conducted on 30 March 2009 

Logistics integration in ASEAN 
Paper presented at the symposium, 7 September 2007, organized by the GS Fame Institute of Business, Jakarta, Indonesia  

ASEAN Perspective: Where have all the supplies gone? Where to be found? 
Paper presented at “The East Asia Energy Security Conference and Roundtable”, 26-27 July 2007, Jakarta, Indonesia  

ASEAN Logistics Development Study
Drafted the Terms of Reference (TOR). Study was completed in June 2007  

AIA-Plus: Building of Free Trade Agreements (ASEAN and Five DPs – CER, China, India, Japan, Korea)
Drafted the Terms of Reference (TOR). Report was completed in August 2006

The Future of AICO Scheme: Enhancement and Alternative 
Drafted the Terms of Reference (TOR). Study was completed in 2006

• Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies

• Executive Officer, Economic Development Board
• Head of Infrastructure Unit, ASEAN Secretariat
• Assistant Director (Corporate Relations), Ministry of Home Affairs