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Members of the EWC Singapore Chapter:

BACK ROW:
2009s  newbies:  Cai Dingyan,  Bong Siew Fang,  Jennifer Weiman,  Sofiah Jamil; together with current members:  Steven Yeo (OG 82-84),  Rachel Yeo (1980s),  Gek Thai Ching (PI 77-79), Vivien Wong  (ISI 66-69), and  Ella Sze Min Ling (2009).

FRONT ROW:
Current members: Eddie Kuo (ISI 64-66, CI 76-78, PI 79, CI 79, CLI 82-83, ICC 84-86, 87-88),  Lysia Kee (CLI 81-82),  Seok-Hoon Seng, (Chapter Leader, CLI 77-82, ET 95, Assoc 05, OEA 08),  V.J. (2008),  Kang Soon Hock (2008), and  Lim Cheng Tuan (1970s).

Recently, Dr. Seok-Hoon Seng, EWCA Singapore Chapter Leader,  provided a report of the chapter activities during the last 4 months of 2009.

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TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) announced the global release of its latest Asian regional television series, Saving the Planet, www.savingtheplanet.tv. The six-episode series features outstanding efforts in education for sustainable development (ESD) in South and Southeast Asia.

The stories -– drawn from Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, the Philippines and Thailand — were all selected through competitive public nominations in 2007. Each 10 minute story is a self-contained documentary, filmed on location by a local film crew with the participation of local organizations whose work was being profiled.

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EWCA Islamabad Chapter Leader, Dr. Arjumand Faisel with Chapter members Tayyeba Gul, Munawwar Sultana, Ashfa and Fateh

EWCA-Islamabad Chapter (EWCA-IC) members participated in “Connecting Classroom” activity sponsored by the British Council and organized at the Islamabad College for Girls (ICG) in Sector F-6/2, on 20 January 2010. Under this activity, students, both boys and girls, from 5 schools (4 public and 1 private) came together to sing, dance and present theatre, and learn collectively from each other through different activities and from invited speakers. The program was part of the 3 day inspirational fair, the main objective for which was to share various inspirational ideas and thoughts with a larger community of the students at the same time and space. The themes of the fair were TOLERANCE THROUGH EDUCATION, SELF RELIANCE, and UNDERSTANDING MINORITIES. For example,  another segment of the event was a talk by a Buddhist briefing about the philosophy and practices of the religion, followed by a presentation about Gandhara from the archeologist’s perspective.

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Freezin’ for a Reason!

Donate or raise money for the athletes of Special Olympics Hawaii.  Participate in the popular annual Polar Plunge event from Special Olympics Hawaii.  Jumping into a pool full of icy water means empowering intellectually disabled children and adults to be confident, enabling them to be physically strong, keeping them happy and hopeful, and giving yourself some freezing fun.

Type of event: Fundraising

Date: March 6, 2010 (Saturday)

Venue: Restaurant Row, Makai Lawn, 500 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu

Click to see last year’s event, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJJuim4FKQ

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January 31, 2010: Deadline for early registration and call for papers for EWC/EWCA 50th Anniversary International Conference

Act now: Save money by registering today!

The registration fees go up on February 1, 2010. The deadline for submitting abstracts for the conference program is January 31, 2010. There are nearly 200 registered participants already. Among the invited guests are Senator Daniel Inouye, Governor Linda Lingle, Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which received the Nobel Peace Prize, and China’s Vice-Minister of Education Hao Ping.

Registration will include some meals and all program sessions including conference materials. Here’s the schedule of registration fees:

Shuichi Fujibayashi arriving to Honolulu on the S.S. President Cleveland in 1967

Early Registration - Until January 31, 2010

EWCA members and guests, UH alumns, Fullbrighters $250

Non-EWCA members $300

Regular Registration – Until April 30, 2010

EWCA members and guests, UH alumns, Fullbrighters $275

Non-EWCA members $325

Late Registration – May 1, 2010 thrugh on-site registration

EWCA members and guests, UH alumns, Fullbrighters $300

Non-EWCA members $350

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Source: East-West Wire

Clinton:  ‘America’s future linked to future of Asia Pacific Region’

Secretary of State lays out principles that ‘define America’s engagement and leadership in the region’

HONOLULU (Jan. 14) – In a policy speech delivered Tuesday at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined U.S. goals for multilateral engagement in the region. “America’s future is linked to the future of the Asia Pacific region, and the future of this region depends on America,” Clinton said.

(To view a video of Secretary Clinton’s speech, visit http://www.vimeo.com/8744420. To read the full text of the speech, visit http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/01/135090.htm. To view high resolution press images, visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/eastwestcenter/sets/72157623075594361)

The speech came at start of what had been scheduled to be Clinton’s fourth trip to the Asia Pacific region as America’s top diplomat. However, she later postponed the remainder of her trip and returned to Washington due to the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

Clinton spoke at the East-West Center in observance of the 50th anniversary year since the Center was founded by Congress to promote better understanding and relations between the peoples and nations of the U.S., Asia and the Pacific.

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“Wittenberg in China: On the Silk Road” summer program (May 17 to June 17)

Past participants of "Wittenberg in China" Program

This month-long program offers students (students from other universities can also apply) an opportunity to explore China’s past and present through a study of the historic and contemporary Silk Road through experiential learning activities, class discussions, and site visits.

One of the program directors is Dr. Marcia Frost, Associate Professor of Economics & East Asian Studies. Dr. Frost participated in the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institute on The Silk Road through the East-West Center Asian Studies Development Program.

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Source: East-West Center News

HONOLULU (Jan. 10) — On Tuesday, Jan. 12, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver a major policy address on the U.S. vision for Asia-Pacific multilateral engagement at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Although attendance is by invitation only, the speech will be streamed live online at EastWestCenter.org at 2 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time.

Secretary Clinton’s address comes at the start of an eight-day Pacific trip that, in addition to Hawaii, will take her to Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.

The State Department has said that the East-West Center was chosen as the venue for Secretary Clinton’s policy address in commemoration of the 50^th anniversary year of the Center’s founding by Congress to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States.

Links:

• For more information on the Center’s history and 50^th year commemorations, visit EastWestCenter.org

The 50th Anniversary celebration of the East-West Center has begun and the morning of January 6, 2010 the KHNL/KGMB station focused attention on the East-West Center and its accomplishments over the past 50 years.

You can read the story and view a video at:

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11777248