ASEAN Labor Ministers joining hands: DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (5th from left) with top Labor Officials in the region poses for a souvenir photo of the two-day meeting at Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City. From left: Abdul Matulib Yusof, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Brunei Darussalam; H.E. Mam Vannak, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Cambodia; H.E. Muhammad Hanif Dhakiri, Minister, Ministry of Manpower, Indonesia; H.E. Khampheng Saysompheng, Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Lao PDR; H.E. Sam Tan, Minister of State (Manpower), Singapore; YBHG. Dato' Sri Adenan Bin AB. Rahman, Secretary General, Ministry of Human Resources, Malaysia; H.E. Thein Swe, Union Minister, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Myanmar; Singhadet Chu-umnart, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Thailand; Ta Thi Thanh Thuy, Head of Legislation Division, Department of Overseas Labor Administration, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam. (Photo by ASEAN Secretariat)
After its existence for 50 years, Filipinos apparently are still not well aware of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the low coverage of the media on ASEAN matters is partly to be blamed for this, a study conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies showed.
