CALD NEWS YOU CAN USE Week of 28 of June – 5 of July 2016

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Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo’s Inaugural Speech

We must do right by the people, not only by our own people. Our loyalties must lie on those we are sworn to serve, even at the cost of personal interest.

Read more:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/793291/vice-president-leni-robredo-inaugural-speech

The Mongolian People’s Party was expected to trim spending after returning to power after a landslide election that focused voters’ attention on slowing economic growth and a doubling of external debt under the ruling party.

Read more:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-29/mongolia-s-opposition-returns-to-power-after-landslide-victory

Thailand’s failure to win a United Nations Security Council non-permanent seat last week was a big disappointment, but not totally unexpected. My first advice, as a senior member of Team Thailand to the UN Security Council, is that we must have a secondary objective, an alternative goal for ourselves: “ Win or lose, Thailand will come out of this campaign with our profile higher and our responsible presence in the community better appreciated than before.”

Read more:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/
1026873/un-knockback-shows-thai-parochialism

More than 72 percent of respondents expressed support for President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) decision to write her title as “President of Taiwan (ROC)” during her recent tour of the expanded Panama Canal, according to the results of an opinion survey released by Taiwan Thinktank on Sunday.

Read more:
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201607030006.aspx

Hong Kong is in its “darkest era” since the handover in 1997, pro-democracy Democratic Party lawmaker Emily Lau said on a Commercial Radio programme on Monday morning.

Read more:
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/04/hong-kong-in-darkest-era-since-handover-emily-lau-looks-back-on-25-years-as-lawmaker/

Cambodia’s opposition leader is in self-exile, his deputy is facing questionable charges and civil society leaders are behind bars. So what is behind the country’s political turmoil?
Read more:
http://sea-globe.com/19804-2-cpp-vs-kem-sokha/

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CALD Youth-IFLRY Climate Change Workshop

“Social Media Campaign and Climate Change Advocacy”
19 – 22 August 2016 | Bali, Indonesia
 

 

CALD NEWS YOU CAN USE

Month of 28 of June – 5 of July 2016

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Gov’t Cancellation of Chinese Dance Competition Venue Incurs Broad Censure

June 28 2016
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2101838-hong-kong-govt-cancellation-of-chinese-dance-competition-venue-incurs-broad-censure/

INDONESIA
Commentary: How to Deal with the South China Sea Dispute
July 5 2016
http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/opinion/commentary-deal-south-china-sea-dispute/

TAIWAN
Could Taiwan be first in Asia with Same-sex Marriage?
July 4 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/03/asia/taiwan-same-sex-marriage/

Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen Tries to Shore Up Ties with Panama to Counter Beijing’s Influence in Latin America
June 28 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1982157/taiwans-tsai-ing-wen-tries-shore-ties-panama-counter

INTERNATIONAL
Medina Explosion: Suicide Bombing Near Saudi Holy Site
July 5 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36706761 

 

Bombing That Killed More than 200 Deadliest Attack in Baghdad in Years
July 5 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/04/middleeast/baghdad-car-bombs/index.html

Dhaka: ‘Normal, Regular Guys’ Who Carried out Bangladesh Terror Attack
July 5 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/04/asia/bangladesh-attackers-isis/

Suicide Attackers Launch 3 Strikes in Saudi Arabia
July 5 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/04/middleeast/saudi-arabia-jeddah-bomb/index.html

Istanbul Airport Attack: Planner, 2 Bombers Identified, Report Says
July 2 2016
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/01/europe/turkey-istanbul-ataturk-airport-attack/

 

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