18 November 1994
Tun Daim bin Zainuddin with Minister Stone BIMP-EAGA meeting Davao City Mindanao Philippines. Tun Daim was Finance Minister of Malaysia from 1984-1991. Economic Advisor to the Government, Chairman of the Northern Growth Triangle, the Labuan Development Authority and the Langkawi development Authority and Treasurer of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in Malaysia’s ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (National Front). He was also Malaysia’s representative to the East Asean Growth Area (EAGA). Recalled to public service during the Asian financial crisis.