to strengthen reliability and linkage among the ASEAN capital markets, promote the ASEAN Brand as a world-class product, enhance compliance with the international disclosure standards as well as expand

fair and orderly markets, ensure regulatory convergence with international standards and improve efficiency of information disclosure of securities issuers in compliance with good corporate governance

whether or not the company (and its management) have complied and, if not, the extent of, and reasons for, non-compliance.  (i) Governments in each country should adopt measures to ensure the independence