ASEAN Bulletin
September 2007
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ASEAN
Schools Tour to Stop in Makassar and Ho Chi Minh City
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US Undersecretary of State visits the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, 10 September 2007
US Undersecretary of State visits the ASEAN Secretariat
Jakarta, 10 September 2007
United States Under Secretary of State for
Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, Mr. Reuben Jeffery III,
visited the ASEAN Secretariat on 10 September 2007. He was briefed
on ASEAN’s economic integration efforts and the progress ASEAN has
made towards establishing an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. Mr.
Jeffery also received an update from Secretariat officials on the
various ASEAN economic cooperation activities which have received
support from the United States.
Following the briefings, Mr. Jeffery toured the
Secretariat building and paid a visit to the United States-funded
Technical Assistance and Training Facility, which is housed at the
ASEAN Secretariat.
L: Mr. Reuben Jeffery III at the
United States-funded Technical Assistance and Training Facility
R:
Viewing arts collection at the ASEAN Gallery
Posted on 12 September 2007
ASEAN Schools Tour to Stop in Makassar and Ho
Chi Minh City
The ASEAN School Tour will be making stops in Makassar,
Indonesia, and Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, in the month of September
2007.
The ASEAN Schools Tour is one of the commemorative activities
held to mark ASEAN’s 40th anniversary in 2007. At each tour stop,
officials from the ASEAN Secretariat and the governments of Member
Countries will interact with students from the ages of 12 to 16 and
engage them through various fun and interactive activities focused
on ASEAN.
For more information on the ASEAN Schools Tour and to see photos
of previous tour stops, click here
1st stop in Phuket, Thailand, 13 June 2007
L: Performance from host school the British
International School (BCIS), R: Prize giving ceremony
2nd Stop in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 15 June 2007
L: Cultural performance by the student, R: Art
contest finalist
3rd Stop in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 28 June 2007
L: Film screening, R: General knowledge Quiz on
ASEAN
4th Stop in Vientiane, Lao PDR, 6 July 2007
5th Stop in Penang, Malaysia, 17 July 2007
L: Arts exhibition, C: Giveaway folder, R: Prize
giving ceremony
6th Stop in Singapore, 21 July 2007
L: Static display of Raffle Junior College Humanities Programme, R: The kit
presentation
Posted on 5 September 2007
