Here's an excerpt from an interesting news report in laovoices.com, dated 9 July 2010 ...
(KPL) Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, on Wednesday received at his office in Vientiane capital a courtesy visit of Mr Chong Chi Nai, new country director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Laos.
The Prime Minister congratulated Mr Nai over his appointment as new country director of the ADB in Laos, and highly valued the assistance the ADB had provided to Laos in supporting the socio-economic development in the country.
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Mr Bouasone said that the Lao government was focusing on materialising the resolution of the 8th Party Congress and the government was drafting its seventh five-year socio-economic development plan for 2011-2015 period of which the objective was to reduce poverty in the country, achieve its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and take Laos off the UN’s list of least-developed countries by 2020.
ADB has provided Laos technical assistance for projects of basic infrastructure development in the country. Since 1996, the ADB has approved US$ 1.21 billion of loans and US$415 million of grant assistance for the socio-economic development in Laos. In 2009, ADB provided US$115.2 million worth of grant aid to Laos to support the development in the areas of agriculture-forestry, education, energy, finance, industry and commerce, health and transport and communication. In 2010, ADB has approved of US$ 108 million of loans for six government projects. The bank planned to finance 10 government projects with a US$140.18-million financial assistance for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
Source: KPL Lao News Agency
July 09, 2010
For the full news report, click on
http://laovoices.com/2010/07/09/pm-receives-adb-country-director/
This is cool, man! St Joe Class of 1976 in service of the world!
And here's a more informally attired Dr Chong at his new office ...
Congratulations CCN !
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congrats Chi Nai!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell done, Dr Chong. You do us proud.
ReplyDeleteWow, great job CN!
ReplyDeleteWah, another one 'big gun' coming from St. Joe, what can we say? Congrats Dr. Chong Chi Nai.
ReplyDeleteGot durian in that garden of yours or not? LOL
ReplyDeleteplenty of durian in miri now. but dun see any in kuching.
ReplyDeleteHeartiest congratulations to Dr Chong Chi Nai,
ReplyDeleteanother big shot and proud son of St. Joe!
Mr Nai ... hehehe
ReplyDeleteThe date on the first photo, which says 07/07/2010, triggered me to wonder if we can organise something for the class on the auspicious date of 10/10/10 ... how about it boys?
ReplyDeleteReunion King, think there's going to be one, that is if everything goes fine.
ReplyDeleteDatuk JJ is planning for us to get together in KL on 10.10.10., maybe with '76 gals from St. Teresa.
Just keep our fingers cross la.
Many congratulations!!!!.
ReplyDeleteBtw....any chance of a loan? ....Mr CNN. Need loan to build a brand new SJS - to be managed and run by qualified Ex-SJS students!!!!
Well done.
CCN lah! You want loan from somebody, you better get their initials right first. LOL
ReplyDeleteMany thousand apologies, of course it's Dr Chong Chi Nai (CCN). Soon there will be more titles after his name.
ReplyDeleteTo those who may have some influence in the Malaysian Government - it is about time, citizens like Dr CCN and many others who done geniune, excellent, work and worldwide should be recognised. So many have gone under the radar (political reasons. I am sure) although much appreciated and praised by other countries governments.
Sorry just my gut reaction rant, stated without prejudice.