22nd Senior Officials Committee for the ASCC (SOCA) Meeting kicks off

SOCA Leaders pose during the opening of the ASEAN 22nd Senior Officials Committee for the ASCC Meeting held at the Iloilo Convention Center in Iloilo City on Monday (March 6.(From left) H.E. Datuk Hasbullah Rashidi, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia; Madame Khin Kyi Pyar, Rector, The National University of Arts and Culture (Mandalay), Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, Myanmar; Mr. Chinchai Cheecharoen, Technical Advisor for Social Development, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Thailand; Mrs. Ha Thi Minh Duc, Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam; Hon. Florita R. Villar, Undersecretary for Policy and Plans Group, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippines; Mr. Richard Tan Kok Tong, Senior Director, Communications and International Relations, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore; H.E. Haji Abd Samad Noor Jusmin, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Brunei Darussalam; Mr. Suong Savath (Representative) Director, Information and ASEAN Affairs Department, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Cambodia; Mr. Y.B. Satya Sananugraha, Permanent Secretary, Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, Indonesia; Mr. Pineprathana Phanthanmaly, Director General of Mass Media and Chairman of National ASEAN-COCI, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lao-PDR; and Ms. Rodora Babaran, Director, Human Development Directorate, ASEAN Secretariat.(PNA photo courtesy of "ASEAN MEDIA")
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