‘Asean must invest in shared economy’

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) must invest in technology and skills training to take full advantage of the benefits of a shared economy, panelists said during a forum during the final day of the Asean Business & Investment Summit.

Robert Yap Min Choy, chairman of Fullerton Systems and Services and Sunseap Group, said the Asean digital identity would become more pronounced with the emergence of the shared, sharing or collaborative consumption economy.