' Emerging east asia is experiencing strong foreign portfolio capital inflows as investors chase higher returns in local markets , ' said iwan azis , an asian development bank official .
' It seems to me the current issues in the south china sea are more serious than in the past , ' said iwan azis , head of the asian development bank 's office of regional economic integration .
' The center of economic gravity is shifting to east asia , and asean is an important market within that , ' said iwan azis , the head of the asian development bank 's office of regional economic integration .
But , with the soaring rise in the price of basic food staples such as cooking oil , rice and soybeans , iwan is no longer able to make a profit and fears soon he will not be able to feed his family .
