Thus, emerging market central banks must be prepared for policy contingencies ahead. At the core, monetary policy must continue to safeguard price stability, while taking into account concerns about economic growth and financial stability. The Bank of Thailand, on our part, will do our best to steer the Thai economy and financial system through the global turbulences, to ensure the continued well-being of the Thai people in years ahead. Thank you. BIS central bankers’ speeches  1
The move to increase the resources for money laundering and terrorism financing investigations by the domestic law enforcement agencies, which currently is the emerging trend, needs to be supported with swift actions from the FIU and prompt response from reporting institutions. Another is that, at the international level, Malaysia will continue to enhance multilateral and bilateral relationships. I am happy to inform that we have recently concluded an MoU with the National Bank of Cambodia, bringing the total number of MoUs signed to 18. We have and will continue to provide assistance to countries in the Asia/Pacific region. Second is to provide greater focus in enhancing the competency and capacity of key stakeholders, i.e., the analysts, law enforcement officers and compliance officers. Despite the unfavourable economic condition, human resources and capacity building remain as one of our top focus. We plan to roll out capacity building programmes for analysts and enforcement officers covering fundamental, intermediate and advance level training programmes. The Certified Financial Investigators Programme, or CFIP, i.e., our flagship basic programme for financial investigators has produced 83 investigators with knowledge on the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001, as well as financial investigation techniques. We are open to collaborate with our foreign counterparts to conduct advanced level workshops. The third area is to further improve the quality of analysis. High quality STRs underpins an effective mechanism as quality STRs provide valuable intelligence for investigations.