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	News from Weatherhead East Asian Institute: News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Ong Keng Yong has served as the Secretary-General of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) since 1 January 2003.
		Ong was the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of Singapore and concurrently the Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts from September 1998 to December 2002.
		Ong holds a Bachelor of Law (Honours) from the University of Singapore and a Master of Arts in Arab Studies (Distinction) from Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA).
	www.columbia.edu /cu/weai/special_lecture-ongkengyong.html (159 words)

	Speeches and Papers
		Statement of H.E. Ong Keng Yong, Secretary General of ASEAN at the Ceremony on the Occasion of 60th Anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 17 October 2005
		Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the APEC Ministerial Meeting, Santiago, 18 November 2004
		Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nation, at the Handover of the Office of ASEAN Secretary-General, Jakarta, 6 January 2003
	www.aseansec.org /93.htm (2414 words)

	Burma/Arakan News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Ong said that there is a 'certain impatience' among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with Burma's foot-dragging on democracy, but the group has limited leverage with which to pressure the junta.
		Ong chided the two regional giants late last month, saying ASEAN should ask them to be more persuasive with Burma and that there was little point in them being ASEAN's dialogue partners if they were not contributing on the issue.
		Ong also said ASEAN was disappointed that Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar was unable to meet with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu kyi and junta leader Than Shwe during his visit to Yangon last month.
	www.narinjara.com /details.asp?id=573 (441 words)

	ASEAN chief calls for commitment to deal with haze
		ASEAN secretary-general Ong Keng Yong has urged Southeast Asia to demonstrate the willpower to solve a recurring haze problem which affects the region's efforts to attract investors.
		Ong said the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is in the middle of "a big campaign" to invite European and US investors to a investor forum in Indonesia next week.
		Ong said the haze agreement, if ratified, would be an effective way to put out the forest fires as it allows other ASEAN member countries like Malaysia and Thailand to swiftly mobilise their fire-fighting bridgades.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=146464 (654 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| WORLD > Asean may redirect farming funds to combat avian flu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In an interview with AFP, Ong said money in a special fund set up to improve farm hygiene could be redirected to compensate farmers who lost their poultry flocks in culls during outbreaks of the deadly disease.
		Ong, who was in Hong Kong on a scheduled visit to discuss economic matters with local government officials, said Asean members were sharing information on a daily basis through a communication channel called Focal Point.
		Ong said Asean’s frugal resources would be best employed in preventative measures such as early warning alerts and close surveillance.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/nov/04/yehey/world/20051104wor1.html (494 words)

	PM's office replies to ex president's reponse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		ONG Teng Cheong, in response to my reply to Maverick Politician, denied telling Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in February 1999 that he wanted to stand for re-election (as President).
		But Goh did advise Ong at some stage to see his doctors, and to have their reports on his medical condition published should he decide to stand for re-election.
		Ong now says that he did not tell Goh earlier that he had decided not to stand, because he was waiting for the publication of the White Paper.
	www.singapore-window.org /sw00/000324a1.htm (362 words)

	Ong Keng Yong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ong Keng Yong (born 1954) is a Singaporean diplomat.
		He has been the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since January 6, 2003.
		Ong was educated at the University of Singapore and Georgetown University receiving a Master of Arts (MAA) in Arab Studies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ong_Keng_Yong (180 words)

	The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Asean Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong said member nations planned to establish the fund by the end of 2004, and that it could be worth up to US $10 million.
		Ong said more education on protecting natural resources and sustainable development was needed across the region.
		Ong and Singaporean Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said Asean is committed to reducing the pollution and haze caused by open burning and forest clearing, particularly in
	www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=4057&z=24 (362 words)

	Great foreign policy myths - OpinionGerardHenderson - www.theage.com.au
		The visit to Australia a fortnight ago of Ong Keng Yong, the secretary-general of the Association of South-Eastern Asian Nations, was little noticed by the media.
		Ong Keng Yong made it clear during his visit that ASEAN is impressed by Australia's strong economic performance over recent years.
		Ong Keng Yong's visit to Australia is a timely reminder that international diplomacy does not necessarily reflect the domestic policy debate.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/26/1082831494719.html (938 words)

	Asiaweek.com \| Letters \| 3/24/2000
		Ong said that when he came into office (in 1993), he had asked for information on the reserves, which was given to him only three years later.
		Ong raised a new allegation in his interview: that "in April last year" the government had announced that it would allow the sale of the Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) to DBS Bank without informing him, and that he "came to know it from the newspaper.
		Ong's health was the sole reason the Cabinet decided that it could not support his re-election should he decide to stand again.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/magazine/2000/0324/letters.html (1827 words)

	Yong Adresses Free Trade in Asia - News
		Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, said he wanted to see better relations between the the United States and his 10-nation bloc.
		Ong Keng Yong, head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spoke about the current state of affairs of the 10-nation organization to a half-filled auditorium in Schapiro Engineering Center.
		Yong added that the leadership of ASEAN is determined to maintain their organization as a politically "viable, credible body to handle regional affairs in Southeast Asia."
	www.columbiaspectator.com /home/news/2006/09/22/News/Yong-Adresses.Free.Trade.In.Asia-2303529.shtml (477 words)

	Corfina NEWS Clips - 7 March 2003
		Two months after the ASEAN free trade area (AFTA) was fully implemented, visiting ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong on Thursday acknowledged that many people in the region remained unaware of the benefits to be derived from competition under AFTA.
		Ong expressed disagreement with the policies of some countries in maintaining high import tariffs on a number of products.
		According to Ong, the adoption of competition policies and laws by individual member countries would promote, among other things, the protection of consumer well-being, address uncompetitive practices in enterprises, and make the countries more attractive to foreign investors.
	www.corfina.com /financial_news/march_03/march_7_03.htm (668 words)

	ASEAN ready to strengthen Australian ties - National - www.theage.com.au
		The secretary-general of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, Ong Keng Yong, said that although Australian governments had experienced some "personality" differences with particular member states, this was not the reason it had received less priority than Japan, China or India in diplomatic efforts to construct an Asian economic zone.
		Mr Ong is visiting Australia to mark the 30th anniversary of Australia's role as one of the first formal dialogue partners of the ASEAN grouping.
		Mr Ong is expected to discuss the future strategic direction of the relationship between Australia and South-East Asia during talks with Foreign Minister Alexander Downer tomorrow.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/13/1081838721011.html?from=storyrhs (632 words)

	InternationalReports.net : Singapore 2002
		Ong Keng Yong will be heading the secretariat from Jakarta, the Philippines.
		Ong is widely known and respected for the multiple positions he currently fills.
		Ong is currently Prime Minister Goh’s press secretary, chief executive director of the People’s Association, and deputy secretary at the Ministry of Information, Com-munications and the Arts.
	www.internationalreports.net /asiapacific/singapore/2002/asean.html (600 words)

	AM - Howard plan snubbed by ASEAN leaders
		ONG KENG YONG: The relationship with ASEAN is very strong, Australia, but I think we are trying to take it one step at a time.
		Ong Keng Yong tried to soften the blow by saying ASEAN leaders want a cooling off period before they take on any more diplomatic expansion.
		ONG KENG YONG: To be honest we have so much to chew on, we have too much on our plate now and we want to say it’s nothing against any good constructive idea to advance our relationship with Australia, it's just that certain things have to evolve over time.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2003/s960455.htm (613 words)

	Asian Business Conference - Hosted by the University of Michigan Business School
		Ong Keng Yong is the Secretary-General of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) since 1 January 2003.
		Ong was then seconded to the Singapore Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in September 1998 as the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister and concurrently to the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MITA) as Deputy Secretary.
		Ong graduated from the then University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree and the Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA) with a Master of Arts in Arab Studies (Distinction) degree.
	www.umich.edu /~asiabus/abc04/speakers.htm (687 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Ong Keng Yong is possibly the perfect man for the position of secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as he speaks many of the major languages of the region: English, Mandarin, Malay and Arabic.
		Born in Singapore on Jan. 6, 1954, Ong studied law at the University of Singapore where he obtained an LLB (honors) and at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he got his master's degree in Arab Studies.
		Ong's career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore began in 1979, and he had his first overseas posting in 1984 as the charge d'affairs of the Singapore Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20030107.B11 (297 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Finance & Business
		Asean Secretary General Ong Keng Yong said at a press conference huge tourism revenues in Asean countries could help pay for surging energy costs faced by their economies.
		Ong Keng Yong said the meeting found no easy answer on how to tackle the impact of high oil prices.
		On free trade agreements talks with major dialogue partners, Ong Keng Yong said the most sticky issue is Japanâ€™s insistence on negotiating separately with each individual Asean member its stringent rules of origin.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=54594&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=2 (1229 words)

	ASEAN boosts economic clout - Boston.com
		They (ministers) feel it is very competitive out there and everyday we are losing ground to our competitors," ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong told a news conference.
		Senior officials will flesh out technical details on the free trade agreement, which will be presented to ASEAN trade ministers at their next meeting in August in Malaysia, Ong added.
		Ong said ASEAN ministers also agreed that member countries must speed up the implementation of existing trade agreements and remove complex bureaucratic structures and technical barriers that are slowing down the region's own economic integration.
	boston.com /business/articles/2006/05/16/asean_boosts_economic_clout (624 words)

	Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Myanmar National Plannning and Economic Development Minister U Soe Tha (left) listens as Asean Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong responding to a question at a press conference held at the end of the Asean-Mekong Basin Development Cooperation (AMBDC) ministerial meeting.
		Asean Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong said the core group currently comprised Asean and China, and there was a need to interest the other dialogue partners as well to undertake future projects.
		Asked to comment on reports that the AMBDC Council would be dissolved, Ong said the AMBDC meeting would continue to proceed on an annual basis and there was no such dissolution.
	www.bernama.com /bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=216273 (359 words)

	ASEAN Losing Patience with Burma
		Ong Keng Yong, the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, says Burma's refusal to allow democratic reform has damaged ASEAN's credibility.
		ONG: "…Basically what we are seeing in the last month or two is the realization that there is very little that the Myanmar side, which you call Burma, will offer to ASEAN.
		ASEAN is concerned about the impact of this issue…on our credibility and standing, because the world seems to think that ASEAN should be the one tackling this issue and bringing about some positive outcome…We took the line that…we would like to engage the Myanmar side to do more.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-07-24-voa42.cfm (545 words)

	Economic growth remains on track for Asean - Marketplace by Bloomberg - International Herald Tribune
		"The outlook for Asean economies is generally favorable," Ong said in an interview Tuesday on the sidelines of a meeting of Southeast Asian finance ministers in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
		Economic growth in Southeast Asia is set to accelerate to 5.8 percent or higher this year, the Asean secretariat said in a separate presentation in Siem Reap this week to senior officials from the finance ministries and central banks of 10 Southeast Asian countries plus Japan, China and South Korea.
		Asean's Ong said oil prices, which are up 18 percent in a year, remain a key risk to economic growth in the region.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/04/05/bloomberg/sxasean.php (833 words)

	Radio Australia - News In Depth - Viewpoint - ASEAN and regional security
		Someone who understands the strengths and weaknesses of ASEAN is its secretary general, Mr Ong Keng Yong.
		Mr Ong Keng Yong is the secretary general of ASEAN.
		This Viewpoint is an edited version of Tony Eastley's interview with Mr Ong, first broadcast on Asia Pacific Focus on 2 June 2006.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/viewpoints/s1656518.htm (1219 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma
		The call was made by the 10-nations bloc’s secretary Ong Keng Yong during his recent visit to Tokyo.
		Ong also urged the military government to be considerate to the position of the ASEAN by giving a definite date for the visit before the bloc’s summit of foreign ministers at Bali in April, according to a report by Kyodo news.
		Ong’s comment came after Syed Hamid recently admitted that his plans to visit Burma to check on the progress of democratic reforms have been stalled.
	english.dvb.no /news.php?id=6624 (386 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma
		Ong also said he was disappointed over Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar's recent visit to Rangoon.
		Ong added that during ASEAN foreign ministers meet next month in Bali, Syed Hamid and his Burmese counterpart Nyan Win will give briefings on the visit where ‘there will be a good exchange of views’.
		Ong also admitted that the bloc had few options to take action on Burma as there was no mechanism to expel a member.
	english.dvb.no /news.php?id=6774 (305 words)

	Asean talks focus on EU and Seoul - Business - International Herald Tribune
		Ending two days of talks, the ministers also agreed to speed plans to turn the region into a single market, but they did not advance the deadline for creating the Asean Economic Community, set for 2020, nor did they include plans for a single currency.
		Earlier, the ministers held talks with the EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, and agreed on plans to pursue a trade agreement, sidestepping the issue of Myanmar's human rights record.
		Ong said Asean ministers had also agreed that members must speed fulfillment of existing trade agreements and remove complex bureaucratic structures and technical barriers that are slowing the region's economic integration.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/05/16/business/trade.php (403 words)

	ASEAN Speeds Up Economic Community Plans, Southeast Asia Agrees to Accelerate Economic Community Plans by 5 Years to ...
		"We all agreed that we should move in that direction," Ong Keng Yong told reporters on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations trade meeting.
		Ong said the 10-member group had to "use that accelerated calendar to make our respective economies more efficient, more effective" to meet the competition, primarily from China and India, which have been luring foreign investment away from Southeast Asia recently.
		Ong said the region's trade delegates _ who met within minutes after Abdullah addressed them _ agreed to proposal for 2015.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/08/22/ap/business/mainD8JLA4RG0.shtml (685 words)

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