showed a total of 1.85 million foreign workers in the country placing Malaysia in the top ten lists of countries with the most foreign workers. Their presence in the country while necessary has created many social problems including crime, spread of infectious diseases and a clash of culture. Regional Initiatives Towards Enhancing Peace And Stability Any discussion on regional security would be incomplete without mentioning developments in the regional security cooperation. Such matters are becoming more prominent as inter-dependency and globalisation increases whereby countries apply international norms and practices for mutual benefits. A major component of the regional security architecture is the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) which discusses sensitive regional issues while providing an avenue for member countries to exchange views on important security matters. The ARF has since the last few years succeeded to improve the level of transparency among regional countries and to manage regional relations in a more mature way. Other regional forums such as ASEAN, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and ASEAN + 3 while focusing more on economic cooperation also affect regional security. The prominence of these economic forums is expected to increase as economic prosperity becomes the foundation of peace and stability in the region. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Information technology development and application have changed how we live and advanced us from the industrial age to the age of information. Therefore domination of the information domain is critical towards protecting national sovereignty. ICT application is becoming a must to ensure information domination at all levels encompassing information at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. Excellence in ICT would ensure the strengthening of national defence capability and the weakening of the enemy’s ability. This effort involves construction of related infrastructure and development of applications. The completion of a “Network Centric Operation MALAYSIA’S NATIONAL DEFENCE POLICY Page 12