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fact that the MRA is perceived to provide only limited benefits
for engineers who wish to work overseas. Significantly, there

are other ways for engineers to work overseas than registering
as ACPEs and then as RFPEs. Moreover, for Thailand, Thai
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registered professional engineer is required as a mentor and/
or co-working with RFPE while there is no regulation that
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prevents foreign engineers from working simply as consultants

or corporate employees without violating the domestic
regulation.

4. Conclusion

This paper argues that the ASEAN’s style of imposing

different ASEAN’s policy approaches to MRAs result in a
divert implementation outcome at the country level. As the

construction of MRAs primarily bases on consensus and flexibility,
ASEAN policy-maker prescribed different approaches to mutual
recognition. Significantly, MRAs do not necessarily prescribe

harmonisation of technical requirements of ASEAN member
states or the recognition of their equivalence where each

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member is free to set its own regulations and standards.

98 See Fukunaga, ERIA DISCUSSION PAPER 14-15 (2015).
99 Thailand, 4. 2010.
100 Secretariat, Guidelines for the Development of Mutual Recognition
Arrangements 7. 2014.

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