Saturday, June 30, 2012

ASEAN’s program features Obama’s sister, Cambodian villas

By Christine Joy Sarmiento
JAKARATA, Indonesia, June 29 -- The latest episode of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s monthly program “ASEAN Today” features a luxurious getaway in Cambodia and United States President Barack Obama’s Indonesian sister.

The June 2012 episode features the restored villas in Kep City, Cambodia, according ASEAN’s press statement.

ASEAN said that the program also shows a conversation with the Indonesian sister of US President Barack Obama, Maya Soetoro-Ng.

She recently made a swing through two ASEAN countries, Malaysia and Indonesia, visiting schools as part of her education duties with Hawaii’s East-West Center, ASEAN said.

ASEAN added that Dalton Tanonaka of Indonesia’s Metro TV hosts this month’s program from the home of the ASEAN Secretariat. Joining him this month with feedback from ASEAN viewers is Durudee Sirichanya, Head of Public Outreach and Civil Society Division of the ASEAN Secretariat.

This is the eighth episode in the informative and entertaining series. The episode can be viewed on the YouTube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKyD1i1wBng&feature=player_embedded.

“ASEAN Today” is monthly program focusing on the people and places of the ASEAN region. It is a joint production of the ASEAN Secretariat and Metro TV, ASEAN said. (ASEAN)

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