Newsletter20133
To: APLFD Members
From: APLFD Secretariat
Date: September 12, 2013
Pages: 2
Dear Colleagues,
Comes September, it is the time for us to bring you the updated news regarding the League affairs as follows:
1. Korea Chapter Has a New Chairman
General Kim Myung Hwan, former Vice Chairman of the Korea Freedom Federation (KFF) assumed the post of the chairmanship of the KFF, the Korea Chapter, on September 10,2013. Gen. Kim was elected on August 22 as the new chairman of the KFF, succeeding Mr. Park Chang Dal who was the KFF Chairman since March 2009. It is expected that Gen. Kim’s leadership will further promote the dreams of the Freedom Center in Seoul, which was established to secure Korean freedom and prosperity.
2. UN Concerns a Peaceful and Fair Myanmar
From Myanmar, Mr. Jen Lomethong, the APLFD Myanmar Chapter Chairman, informed the Secretariat that the United Nations has send a special envoy to visit Laiza in Kachinland to meet with the Kachin leaders. The UN-Kachin meeting was held at the end of August. Such rare visit has shown the policy of UN for a peaceful and fair Myanmar which is still under the rule of the power of the Military.
The UN special envoy, Mr. Vijay Nambia, has also visited the Arakan State in Myanmar where communal violence between Buddhist Arakanese and Muslim Rohingya community were seen in the past 15 months, leading to casualties and refugees. It is believed that the special envoy will present a briefing of his Burma trip when the UN General Assembly is in session later this month.
3. ROC Chapter Knocks the Door of Burma
Dr. Yujen Chou, the Secretary General of the ROC Chapter, paid a brief visit to Myanmar on August 20 to 23, seeking the ways to further strengthen the contacts with local Taiwanese community and those concerned parties. During the trip, he has called on the Headquarter of the National League for Democracy (NLC) which is the major opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Dr. Chou has also visited the Chinese Youth Association for Freedom in Burma before he departed Yangon.
4. Guam’s Love for the Island People
From Guam, our Chapter Chairman, Mr. Joseph Hsu, sent his island greetings and informed us that he is now organizing a fair for the Asian and Pacific community in Guam. He hoped such non-profit activity could further promote the understandings among Asians and island people. Mr. Hsu, besides being the APLFD Guam Chapter Chairman, is also the President of the Federation of Asian and Pacific People on Guam. Mr. Hsu also informed us that he has hosted a dinner in the honor of our Palau friend, Mr. Flavian Carlos, the APLFD Palau Chapter Chairman and Mr. Lucio Ngiraiwet, Chairman of Foreign Affairs of the House of Delegates of Palau; during their recent friendly visit to the Palauan community in Guam.
5. A Tribute to Tomas, a True APLFD Friend
Mr. Tomas Fung, the Director of the Board of our Philippine Chapter, has passed away in early August in Manila, the Philippines. He was the Board Director of our Philippine Chapter since the 1980s. In the past some 30 years, he has made many contributions, not only to the Philippine Chapter, but also to our League conferences in Manila in 1990, 1998 and 2009. He was a true supporter of freedom and democracy. Mr. Tomas Fung, migrated from southern China, was the Chairman of the Federation of Cantonese Associations in the Philippines, and a senior leader in the Chinese Community in Manila. He will be remembered by his friends as a man of honor with passion.