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ASEAN confirms English usage at summit

 
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Serious_Fun



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:04 pm    Post subject: ASEAN confirms English usage at summit Reply with quote
from the Chairman's Statement of the 15th ASEAN Summit, Cha-Am Hua Hin, Thailand, 23-25 October 2009:


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43. We also encouraged the use of English as an official language, the development of ASEAN curriculum as well as ASEAN awareness activities to be implemented on a regular basis.


http://www.aseansec.org/23560.htm

pdf file here: http://www.15thaseansummit-th.org/PDF/24-02Chairman%27sStatementofthe15thASEANSummit_final_with_logo.pdf

good news for English language teachers. Cool
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The old joke is that there are three requirements to be able to participate in an ASEAN conference:

1) Speak English
2) Play Golf
3) Sing Karaoke

Though maybe not necessarily in that order...
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