Business Beat; Globalization Challenges

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Byline: Melito Salazar Jr.

ATTENDING the 2007 Kuala Lumpur Rotary Institute with more than 100 Filipino Rotarians and approximately 400 other Rotary leaders from Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, I was struck by the presentation of His Highness Tunku Naquiyuddin ibni Tuanku Ja'afar who spoke on how globalization was affecting communities in developing countries and the need for the right humanitarian response to the situation.

His Highness shared his efforts in trying to restore the support of a business firm to a small tribe …