Indonesia Conference Directory

The purpose of this paper is to discover the readiness of Padang City Government in facing ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The execution of AEC drives the ASEAN countries to improve their economic situation in dealing with global competition stream. This research uses sociological approach to law, which uses data from interview and literature study analyzed qualitatively. The research result shows that Padang City Government developing all region potentials to face AEC, by preparing the self-quality and improving the economic capacity in order to being able to compete with other ASEAN countries. AEC is a great opportunity, which also a challenge and an obstacle to be faced by Padang City Government in specific and Indonesian Government in general.