Thursday, April 21, 2005
Cebu hosts 3-day meet of ASEAN Foreign ministers
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Cebu City –Security plans have already been laid out in preparation for the ASEAN Foreign Minister’s Retreat at the Shangri- La’s Mactan Island Resort in Lapu-Lapu City scheduled to start today and end on Tuesday, April 12.
At least 1,000 policemen will be deployed to provide security to the visiting 40 senior government officials from ASEAN member countries and their families, said Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Eduardo Gador.
Gador said the security plan includes providing police escorts to delegates and their respective families whenever they go out for a tour of Cebu.
Gador said policemen from different police stations in Cebu, the Regional Mobile Group (RMG), and 227 new policemen were assigned as escorts but he conveyed to event organizers that delegates should not be allowed to roam outside of the event’s venue without prior security arrangements.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo has confirmed that all are set for the gathering and said that this is the first time the Philippines will host the event and the government is making sure that everything is ready, especially the security of the delegates.
The delegates were expected to start arriving yesterday afternoon, said Romulo.
Romulo said the ASEAN ministers’ retreat is an annual event usually held in an informal setting outside the capital of the host country.
This would allow the delegates to have free-flowing and candid discussions of issues affecting the region.
“While there is no fixed agenda, we expect to discuss regional and international issues and matters of strategic importance to the future of ASEAN, as the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Charter and administrative matters streamlining ASEAN meetings and the ASEAN Development Fund,” Romulo said.
Romulo, the event’s head of the host country, said he has chosen Cebu as the venue “to showcase its scenic spots, rich historical and cultural heritage, and dynamic growth.”
This is the most prepared destination for tourists and foreign investors, he said.
“This event is another opportunity for us to promote Cebu as an eco-tourism destination through foreign media coverage,” Romulo said.
He also said the event is “another opportunity for us to put forward initiatives to promote our country as place for development.”
Mars W. Mosqueda Jr., April 10, 2005, Manila Bulletin
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At least 1,000 policemen will be deployed to provide security to the visiting 40 senior government officials from ASEAN member countries and their families, said Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Eduardo Gador.
Gador said the security plan includes providing police escorts to delegates and their respective families whenever they go out for a tour of Cebu.
Gador said policemen from different police stations in Cebu, the Regional Mobile Group (RMG), and 227 new policemen were assigned as escorts but he conveyed to event organizers that delegates should not be allowed to roam outside of the event’s venue without prior security arrangements.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo has confirmed that all are set for the gathering and said that this is the first time the Philippines will host the event and the government is making sure that everything is ready, especially the security of the delegates.
The delegates were expected to start arriving yesterday afternoon, said Romulo.
Romulo said the ASEAN ministers’ retreat is an annual event usually held in an informal setting outside the capital of the host country.
This would allow the delegates to have free-flowing and candid discussions of issues affecting the region.
“While there is no fixed agenda, we expect to discuss regional and international issues and matters of strategic importance to the future of ASEAN, as the East Asia Summit, the ASEAN Charter and administrative matters streamlining ASEAN meetings and the ASEAN Development Fund,” Romulo said.
Romulo, the event’s head of the host country, said he has chosen Cebu as the venue “to showcase its scenic spots, rich historical and cultural heritage, and dynamic growth.”
This is the most prepared destination for tourists and foreign investors, he said.
“This event is another opportunity for us to promote Cebu as an eco-tourism destination through foreign media coverage,” Romulo said.
He also said the event is “another opportunity for us to put forward initiatives to promote our country as place for development.”
Mars W. Mosqueda Jr., April 10, 2005, Manila Bulletin
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