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- Cambodia
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- Mr. Keo Phirum
Mr. Keo is the deputy chief of cabinet of the Sam Rainsy
Party. For six (6) years he served as the treasurer and
executive member of the New Zealand National Party,
Kaikoura Electorate. In New Zealand he has been involved
with various business enterprises. He received his
Bachelor of Commerce, Major in Accounting from the
Nelson/Marlborough Institute of Technology in New Zealand;
Certificate in General Psychology from the International
Correspondence Schools;, and Certificate in Computer and
Data processing from Otago Polytechnic.
Mr. Panharith Savan-
- Mr. Panharith Savan is
a cabinet staff member of the Sam Rainsy Party,
responsible for IT and website. He previously worked for
the Urban Sector Group (USG) Organization. He received
his Bachelor of Economic Science, Major in Economic
Development degree from the Royal University of Law and
Economics. He is currently taking his MBA, major in
General Management.
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- Mr. Sara Oum
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- Mr. Sara Oum joined
the Sam Rainsy Party in 1997. He was previously editor of
the Khmer Youth newspaper and assistant to the Party’s
Secretary General and President. He has been in charge of
public relations and is currently video editor and radio
program producer for SRP.
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- His work experience
also includes being an interpreter for the Ministry of
Tourism and a Thai and Lao language teacher. He studied
Economics at the Economic Science Institute of Cambodia
and attended the Private School of Thai, Lao and English
in Phnom Penh.
- Indonesia
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- Mr. Hanjaya
Setiawan
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- Mr. Henjaya Setiawan
is a Member of the Youth, Student and Sport Department of
the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. He was
formerly a Secretariat Member of the Communication Forum
for Political Parties and Politician Reformation (Young
Politician Forum) and of the Mega for President Team
National Board during the 2004 Presidential Election. He
served as the General Secretary of Professional Society
for Democracy as well as founded the Dian Masyarakat
Foundation and the Department of Institute for Peace and
Justice. He is an alumnus of Trisakti University, where he
majored in Engineering, and of the IAF Seminar on
Strategic Planning.
Ms. Munyati Sullam-
- Ms. Munyati Sullam is
the Deputy Secretary General of Central Board Nation
Awakening Party. She took Bachelor of Law and Public
Notary Master of Law at the University of Indonesia. As a
recipient of the British Chevening scholarship, she took
Master of Arts in Communication Studies at the University
of Leeds in the United Kingdom. She has participated in
various seminars and workshops, including the Seminar on
TV Journalists Strengthening the Democratization in
Indonesia.
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- A previous news anchor
at TVRI Jakarta, Ms. Sullam is currently a public notary
at Tangerang Residence, lecturer at the Faculty of Law of
the University of Indonusa Esa Unggul and a law drafter at
MWA UI. Other work experiences include being appointed as
a candidate for the legislative general election, being
Head of Media Department of Indonesian Notary Association
and being an instructor and speaker in communication
workshops and seminars.
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- Malaysia
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- Ms. Chong Ah Yu
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- Ms. Chong Ah Yu is a
teacher and Vice Chairman of the Parent Teacher
Association at SMK Mahmud Raub. She has previously worked
for the SM Dato’ Shahbandar Hussein and SRJKC Lurah Bilut.
She received her Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in
Economics from the University Malaya where she was a
member of the AISEC research team to Thailand, committee
member of the Chinese Society U.M. and a member of the
Chinese Society U.M. delegation to Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Mr. Kong Kim Hock-
- Mr. Kong Kim Hock is
the Secretary of the Penang Gerakan IT and Training Bureau
and a trainer and module writer at its Satu Academy. He
organizes seminars and training workshops relating to IT
and political development.
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- Since 1995, he has
been in the General Elections Task Force Teams of Hon. Dr.
Koh Tsu Koon, Acting President of Parti Gerakan and Hon.
Chia Kwang Chye, Parti Gerakan Secretary General. He has
been in charge of preparing candidates’ election
communications material, monitoring voters turn out and
preparing election results on polling day.
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- Ms. Wong Siew Ying
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- Ms. Wong Siew Ying or
Wennie is the Communication Executive Secretary (Organisation/Publicity)
of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia. She studied Media
Communication (Journalism) at the Sheffield Hallam
University in the UK and received her Bachelor’s Degree
with Upper Second Class Honours in October 2002. She has
participated in the 3rd CALD Communications
Workshop on “Political Parties and the Internet”, the
seminar on “Freedom of the Press & Freedom of the
Information” of the International Academy for Leadership
and the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program. She has
previous work experience as a journalist and has been an
active member of the Young Malaysians Movement (YMM).
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- Philippines
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- Mr. Rey Antonio
Jose Altavas
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Mr.
Rey Antonio Jose Salas Altavas or Bingo studied Bachelor
of Science in Applied Economics at the De La Salle
University and later on attended the University of the
Philippines College of Law. He is a Special Projects
Consultant of the Office of Senator Mar Roxas. He has
previously worked for the Philippine National Bank and
Department of Agriculture, and was Councilor of Roxas
City.
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Mr.
Altavas was District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of the
Philippines Roxas City Council, Chairman of the Laban ng
Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) Roxas City Chapter and Member
of the Liberal Party of the Philippines. He has been a
candidate for Roxas City Mayor and for Congressman of the
First District of Capiz.
Ms. Argee Gallardo-
- Ms. Argee Gallardo is
the Deputy Director General for Management Services of the
Liberal Party of the Philippines. She graduated Cum Laude
from the University of San Carlos, Cebu City, where she
received her degree in Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration. She later on received her Masters in
Business Administration from the Ateneo de Cagayan-Xavier
University.
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- Her achievements
include being the second placer of the National Marketing
Plan Competition of De La Salle University in 2002 and
being the Vice President of the Masters in Business
Administration Officers of Ateneo de Cagayan-Xavier
University from 2004 to 2005. She was an intern of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe at the
European Parliament in November 2006 and a member of the
Secretariat for the International Conference of
CALD-ALDE-LI.
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- Mr. Paul C.H. How
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- Mr. Paul How is a
media staff member of the Office of Senator Mar Roxas. He
was previously a reporter and proofreader for
Businessworld Publishing. He received his Bachelor’s
Degree in Communication Arts from the De La Salle
University.
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- Singapore
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- Mr. Kong Kim Hock
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- Mr. Kong Kim Hock
studied Computer Engineering and has worked as a
professional software developer. Although he is not a
member of a political party, he is a social liberal
activist whose main concern is human rights and focuses on
civil liberties and digital rights. His activism includes
participation in the Freedom Walk to educate the public on
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to protest
Dr. Chee Soon Juan’s being held in prison for speaking in
public without a permit, the May Day Walk to raise
awareness of the plight of workers who have no power to
negotiate for better wages and a vigil outside the Myanmar
embassy to rally against the Burmese junta’s murderous
crackdown on peaceful demonstrators. He is currently
forming an umbrella human rights advocacy group.
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- Sri Lanka
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- Mr. Vaithilingam
Shanmuganthan
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- Mr. Vaithilingam
Shanmuganthan or “Shan” has been a District Organizer and
National Action Committee Member of the Liberal Party of
Sri Lanka since April 2004. He is the Secretary General of
the Liberal Democratic Workers Union of Sri Lanka,
President of the Upcountry Community Development
Organization of Sri Lanka and Secretary of the Rotary Club
of Nuwara Eliya-District 3220. Apart from having contested
parliamentary, provincial and municipal council elections,
he has submitted several project reports and proposals to
the government of Sri Lanka for implementation, including
a fifteen point action plan to bring down the cost of
living, economic development planning and the federal
solution to the ethnic problem of Sri Lanka.
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- He has been a delegate
to the Electoral Observation Mission in the County
Elections of Taiwan on behalf of CALD in 2005. He has
implemented the following awareness programs: uplifting
the standard of education, water conservation and
availability of facilities at the Technical College to
reduce the rate of unemployment and solve social problems.
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- Taiwan
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- Ms. Vivian Chen
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- Ms. Vivian Chen is the
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Department of
International Affairs of the Democratic Progressive Party
and of the Frank Hsieh 2008 Presidential Campaign. She
studied at the University of Technology, Sydney for her
LLB/BA. She has previously been an intern for the
Parliamentary Office of Hsiao Bikhim and a lawyer for
Mayson Legal and Westside Law.
Ms. Cheng-Jou Hsu-
- Ms. Cheng-Jou
(Belinda) Hsu is the News Department Program Officer,
Department of Culture and Information of the Democratic
Progressive Party. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Labor
Relations with a minor in Economics and a Master’s Degree
in Telecommunication from the National Chung Cheng
University. Her work experience includes being PR & Job
Marketing Manager for East Gateway Human Resource
Management Corporation and an intern reporter for Liberty
Times and Association of Taiwan Journalists.
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- Mr. Roger Lee Huang
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- Mr. Roger Lee Huang is
an Associate Researcher for the Department of
International Affairs of the Democratic Progressive Party.
He has been an assistant to the Deputy Secretary General
of the Democratic Progressive Party, intern at the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Burma, research
assistant at the Institute of European-American Studies,
Academia Sinica and a freelance writer. He has a Bachelor
of Arts degree in East Asian Relations and International
Relations from Bucknell University and took his MSc in
Ethnicity and Nationalism at the London School of
Economics and Political Science.
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- Thailand
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Ms. Rujira Chaithi
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- Ms.
Rujira Chaithi is a
project coordinator for the Democrat Party Thailand. She
has been working with DPYA in youth development programs
and is part of the secretary team of
Mr. Suthep
Thaugsuban, General Secretary of Democrat Party. She
received her Bachelor’s degree at the Thammasat
University, majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies Social
Science (Mekong Basin Sub-Regional Studies).
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- Her
accomplishments include working with Greater Mekong
Subregion Youth Forum as a Project Team Leader,
representing DPYA in a workshop on “Promoting
Progressive Education: The role of Asia Youth” and
coordinating
and organizing “Young Expo 2006”.
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- Mrs. Pattamon
Pengsom
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- Mrs. Pattamon Pengsom
is the Deputy Chairman, Village Administration for the
Pimonra Sub-District, Nonthaburi Province. She is also a
lawyer for a private law consultant firm and has been
involved in local and national politics for seventeen
years.
Ms. Chonthira
Poleewattana-
- Ms. Chonthira
Poleewattana is currently the Democrat Party Project
Coordinator for DP Secretary-General, Mr. Suthep
Thaugsuban. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social
Administration with a major in Social Work and minor in
Criminal Justice Administration from the Thammasat
University in Thailand. Her previous work experience
includes Community Public Relations with the Advance Power
Supply Co.
CALD Secretariat
Hon. Dr. J.R.
Nereus Acosta
Secretary General
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Dr. Neric
Acosta is the current Secretary General of the Council of
Asian Liberals and Democrats and Secretary General of the
Liberal Party of the Philippines. He completed his third
term as representative of Bukidnon province in Northern
Mindanao to the House of Representatives. He is the
principal author of the groundbreaking Clean Air Act that
has become a model of environmental legislation in Asia.
Dr. Acosta recently served as Chairman of the Committee on
Ecology and Vice-Chairman of the Committees on Science and
Technology, Human Rights, and Foreign Relations of the
House of Representatives. He has represented the
Philippines in numerous international forums, including
the United Nations Special Assembly on HIV/AIDS and the
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and
Development, where he now serves as the Deputy Secretary
General. An academic and civil society stalwart, he earned
his PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawaii
as an East West Center Scholar. He received his MA in
Public Affairs (International Relations and Political
Studies concentration) from the Indiana University of
Pennsylvania and attended the special courses on Leaders
in Development Program, June 1999 and Environmental
Economics, May 2002 at the Kennedy School of Government of
Harvard University. In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious
World Fellows Program of Yale University.
Mr. John
Joseph S. Coronel
Mr. John
Coronel is the outgoing Executive Director of the Council
of Asian Liberals & Democrats, a position he held since
CALD opened its permanent secretariat in Manila in 2000.
Mr. Coronel previously served as Vice President of the
Philippine liberal think tank, the National Institute for
Policy Studies; consultant of Amnesty International; and
consultant of Philippine Senate Majority Leader Senator
Francis P.N. Pangilinan. He has been involved in various
electoral campaigns in the local and national levels. He
studied at the University of the Philippines and the
University of Hawaii where he was a scholar of the East
West Center.
Mr. Paolo
Antonio A. Zamora
Mr. Paolo
Zamora is the Program Officer of the Council of Asian
Liberals and Democrats (CALD). He started working with
CALD in 2002 and was tasked to help organize CALD
conferences, workshops and missions. He was part of the
joint-projects with the National Democratic Institute for
international Affairs (NDI) on political party
accountability and transparency. He has also worked on
several electoral missions organized by CALD together with
NDI and with the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan (DPP).
Paolo is a member of the UNESCO Youth Network for
Peace-building, PHILCORPS Organization of the Indigent and
an individual member of the Young Liberals and Democrats
of Asia. He graduated from the University of the
Philippines with a Bachelor’s degree on Political Science.
Mr. Carlo
Religioso
Mr. Carlo
Religioso is the newest CALD Program Officer. Prior to
his CALD posting, he was with the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippine Office as Program
Assistant of the administration section. He has
participated in different trainings and conferences held
in India, Slovenia, Lithuania, United Kingdom, France,
Cyprus and the Czech Republic. He has presented a paper
on youth empowerment during the 8th UNESCO Asia
Pacific Program of Education Innovation for Development (APEID)
in Bangkok on November 2002. Mr. Religioso finished his
Bachelor of Arts major in Consular and Diplomatic Affairs
at the De La Salle University—College of Saint Benilde.
Ms. Rosanna
Ocampo
Rosanna
Ocampo is an intern of the Council of Asian Liberals and
Democrats. She graduated Cum Laude from the De La
Salle—College of Saint Benilde, majoring in AB Consular
and Diplomatic Affairs. She completed her on-the-job
training at British Council Philippines and was Vice
President for Projects of the CSB Debate Society.
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Mr.
Siegfried Herzog
Mr. Siggi
Herzog studied Economics at the University of Tuebingen,
Germany, and Georgetown University, Washington D.C.,
graduating with an M.A. in 1991. Active in NGO development
cooperation with Bangladesh since 1982, he has been
working for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation since 1994,
first as Project Director in New Delhi, India, from
2002-2006 as head of the Asia Department in the
Foundations head office in Potsdam, Germany, and since
September 2006 as Resident Representative in Manila,
Philippines.
Mr. Narwin
Espiritu
Mr. Narwin
Espiritu is the Web Developer of the Friedrich Naumann
Foundation and is also in charge of the maintenance of the
regional website of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s
East and Southeast Asia Office.
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