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(February 8,
2007/ Jakarta, Indonesia) The Council of Asian Liberals &
Democrats held today its first Executive Committee meeting for
2007 at the Four Season Hotel in the Indonesian capital.
The meeting,
presided by CALD Secretary General, Dr. Nereus Acosta, MP, was
attended by former CALD Chairman and Philippine Education
Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad; former CALD Secretary General
and Democrat Party (Thailand) Spokesman Ong Ard Klampaiboon;
Madam Saumura Tioulong, MP, of the Sam Rainsy Party of Cambodia;
CALD Women’s Caucus Chair and LP (Pils) Vice President Rep. Dina
Abad; Mr. Lee Kah Choon, Deputy Secretary General of the
Malaysian People’s Movement Party (Gerakan); Dr. Rajiva
Wijesinha, President of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka; Ms. Chee
Siok Chin of the Singapore Democratic Party; Mr. David Taw of
the National Council of the Union of Burma; Ms. Amy Hsiao and
Ms. Pingya Hsu of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan;
Messrs. Taslim Herwami and Hanif Dhakiri of Indonesia’s Nation
Awakening Party (PKB); and, Dr. Asif Khan of the Liberal Forum
Pakistan.
Attending
from FNF are Mr. Hubertus von Welck, Regional Director for East
and Southeast Asia and Mr. Siegfried Herzog, Resident
Representative (Manila). CALD Executive Director John Joseph S.
Coronel and Program Officers Carlo Religioso and Paolo Zamora
also attended.
The Execom
reviewed CALD’s active participation in the 54th
Liberal International Congress (November 2006) in Marrakech,
Morocco and the recently concluded 1st CALD Political
Party Management Workshop. The projects for 2007 were also
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