Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist, has been awarded the Freedom Prize 2008 from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

In his acceptance speech delivered at a ceremony at St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt, Germany on 8 November 2008, Mr. Llosa defended free market, globalisation, capitalism and absence of government subsidies. He was chosen for this prestigious award for his intellectual contribution to the advancement of freedom.

Report

Author(s): G. Andrew Work, Angela Wang, Aries Wong, Simon Lee and Hin-wang Chong

The report summarises the main finding of the situation in four major Asian cities: Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Shenzhen. It examines1) recent successes in massive immigration, 2) factors leading to successful people imports, 3) benefits to host and sending areas, and 4) challenges to policy makers and how to overcome those challenges. It is clear from the report that migration is a critical challenge for many countries and plays a key role in economic, social and political development of the countries.

EFN Asia celebrated 10 years of accomplishment on 18 September 2008 with an anniversary dinner held at the EDSA Shangri-La hotel, Manila. The formation of EFN Asia was initiated by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty through organising the first EFN Asia conference on economic freedom in Asia in Manila in 1998.