Turning to the Philippines... for the last day of the APEC summit.
This year， 21 world leaders including Korean President Park Geun－hye put their heads together for building inclusive economies... and are set to adopt a joint declaration following the summit.
Hwang Sung－hee reports from Manila.
The focus of this year′s APEC summit was ways to achieve inclusive growth.
The two－day summit brought together 21 world leaders， from countries including the United States， Japan and China.
The APEC nations account for nearly 60 percent of global GDP and almost half of the world′s trade volume.
President Park stressed the importance of a competitive service industry and said Korea is working on lifting regulations on seven promising service sectors such as tourism and education.
She proposed a project to analyze regulations in service industries across the region.
President Park also called for more efforts for regional economic integration， reaffirming Korea′s willingness to push forward the implementation of the Free Trade Area of the Asia－Pacific.
The FTAAP is led by China and supported by the 21 APEC members and when established， it would be one of the largest free trade agreements in the world.
President Park also laid out policy directives for inclusive growth based on Korea′s development experience including human resources development and bolstering rural communities.

″President Park will now fly to Kuala Lumpur， Malaysia... as the final stop of her three－nation tour. There， she will attend the ASEAN Plus Three Summit and the East Asia Summit.
Hwang Sung－hee， Arirang News， Manila.″

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