March 17, 2005 2:27 am
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| (March 17, 2005/ Singapore) Mr. Charles Tan, President of Young Democrats (the youth wing of the Singapore Democratic Party), will be the 5th intern of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats to the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France. The announcement of his selection was made by Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Secretary General of the Singapore Democratic Party and member of the CALD Executive Committee. The internship period will be from March 29 to April 22, 2005.A graduate of Singapore Polytechnic, 27 year old Charles works as a Marketing Support Executive inSingapore. He was also one of the delegates of the 2nd CALD Young Leaders Workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (October, 2003).
The internship program is organized by the European, Liberals, Democrats and Reform Party Group (ELDR) and the International Political Dialogue of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (IPD-FNF). It involves parliamentary work in the EP in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France and research and advocacy initiatives in select European non-government organizations.
The four previous interns of CALD are Mr. Manel Priyantha Kulatunga of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka,Mr. So Serey Yuth of the Sam Rainsy Party of Cambodia, Ms. Amy Hsieh of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan, and Ms. Janice B. Janioso of the Liberal Party of the Philippines. |
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