YD to represent Singapore at ASEAN youth conference

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Thursday, 09 December 2010

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The Young Democrats (YD) have been invited to attend Inter-Capitol Youth Conference organised by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

YD Honorary Secretary Mr Jarrod Luo and Program Director Mr Muhd Khalis have been selected by the conference committee to be among 60 participants, aged between 18-35, from the various ASEAN members to take part in the event held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 12-15 Dec 10.

Themed “Building Global Partnerships Toward Developing and ASEAN Community 2015” will discuss, among other topics, how youths and youth organisations can come together to cooperate and build towards goals set out by ASEAN.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is also the current chair of ASEAN, will give the opening speech at the conference.

One of the topics the YD representatives will be the need for ASEAN governments to protect and respect the human rights of their citizens as laid out in the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism adopted in 2009.

The selection of the SDP's YD to participate in the conference is testament to the development of the party's youth wing in recent years. Its members have been invited by governments and organisations all across the world to attend workshops, election observation missions, and internships.

The Singapore Democrats place much emphasis on such events as they are valuable opportunities for our youth members to gain exposure and develop their leadership qualities.

In the years to come they will be in a good position to assume leadership roles within the party. Singapore will be the ultimate beneficiaries. We continue to see young Singaporeans coming forward to join the YD which continues to witness robust growth.

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Comments (4)

Fri 10 Dec 2010 4:21 PM | freedomT

Don't these youngster need to finish their school? At their age, its either in the polys or Uni levels. So actively involved in politics but what do they do in their life?

Fri 10 Dec 2010 6:08 PM | Seelan Palay

Hi freedomT, some of the Young Democrats have finished their education and others are still ongoing.

Anyway perhaps you didn't know there are thousands of students in Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Philippines etc who are active in politics and civil society. The Young Democrats are our local equivalents.

Sat 11 Dec 2010 1:18 PM | Muhammad Shamin - Importance of International affairs

For a country like Singapore which is dependent on trade, international affairs is an important component of a political party aspiring to be in power.

Fri 17 Dec 2010 2:01 AM | Ayama

Hi freedomT,if school going boys and girls have time to play computer games,go to the movies,go for parties,hang around shopping malls,hang around orchard road,go dating with boys or girls.I am sure they will have some spare time to engage in some healthy activities be it politics or civil society it gives them good exposure and experience,which you can never pick up from just books.Even the knowledge we pick up from books is base on someone else real life experience.