Security measures at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) were tightened as delegates, including ministers and other government officials from different countries, started arriving on Monday to attend the 23rd World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia that will be held May 21 to 23 in Makati City in Metro Manila.

Among those who arrived from over 30 countries are officials from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore; members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Secretariat; and business and civil-society leaders.

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