It is my great pleasure to extend a warm welcome to governors, mayors, city planners, urban practitioners, and esteemed delegates from across Southeast Asia to the ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Forum (ASUF) 2025, held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. This Forum marks a historic milestone — the first dedicated urbanisation platform convened under the auspices of an ASEAN Chair. It is therefore a distinct honour for Malaysia to host this landmark gathering under the theme “ASEAN Future Cities and Regions: Inclusivity and Sustainability”, from 12 to 14 August 2025. As we look towards the realisation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045: Our Shared Future, this Forum reaffirms our collective resolve to build a region that is resilient, innovative, dynamic, and people centred. The ASEAN Community Vision is not merely an aspiration — it is a 20-year commitment to deepen regional integration, bridge development gaps, and ensure that no city, community, or citizen is left behind. Today, we stand at a defining juncture where opportunity meets responsibility. The urbanisation trajectory of ASEAN must be guided by a forwardlooking vision rooted in sustainability, inclusivity, and shared prosperity. This Forum provides a timely and strategic platform to transform ambition into action, through knowledge sharing, collaborative innovation, and strong multistakeholder partnerships. Let us seize this moment to shape cities and regions that reflect the best of what ASEAN stands for — unity in diversity, growth with equity, and progress with purpose. Together, we can build not only the cities of tomorrow, but the future we all aspire to.