Online Showcase Of Asean Cultures
By Yulz. Sunday, 18. November 2007, 05:58:30
Bandar Seri Begawan - The rich and diverse Asean media content and cultures can now be accessed worldwide with the launching of two online portals in Singapore on Friday. They were also launched to coincide with the celebration of Asean's 40th anniversary and the 13" Asean Summit in Singapore from Nov 18-22, 2007.
Visitors to the portals can also preview the trailers of two brand new Aseanthemed television programmes, namely, Asean Snapshots and The Travelling Palette - Asean Special.
Brunei's picturesque Sultan Omar Ali Saiffudien mosque in the capital is captured by 53-year-old Singaporean artist, Tan Chwee Seng, who interprets the scene from his pastel drawing through The Travelling Palette - Asean Special which is a 10-part arts-travelogue series.
It will be shown on the fourth episode on Dec 3, 2007. He is the Deputy Head of Department at the Department of Arts Management and Education at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Meanwhile the golden legacy of the kingdom of the Sultanate was shown on ChannelNewsAsia television at 10.30pm last night (Saturday).
Hosting the new and archived multimedia clips on news, documentaries, heritage and tourism information of the 10 Asean member countries, the Asean Media Portal, (www.aseanmedia.net) provides a window to the rich cultures of this region. The online portals were launched by Asean Secretary-General, Mr Ong Keng Yong, and witnessed by Singapore's Minister for Information, Communications and Arts, Dr Lee Boon Yang.
"Asean is home to 500 million people with a cultural heritage that encompasses some of the world's oldest civilisations. The Asean Culture and Information Portal and the complementary Asean Media Portal will profile this rich diversity to the rest of the world,while preserving the region's audiovisual heritage. They also will help to forge a stronger sense of Asean identity and reach out to tech-savvy youths," said Mr Ong. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
Visitors to the portals can also preview the trailers of two brand new Aseanthemed television programmes, namely, Asean Snapshots and The Travelling Palette - Asean Special.
Brunei's picturesque Sultan Omar Ali Saiffudien mosque in the capital is captured by 53-year-old Singaporean artist, Tan Chwee Seng, who interprets the scene from his pastel drawing through The Travelling Palette - Asean Special which is a 10-part arts-travelogue series.
It will be shown on the fourth episode on Dec 3, 2007. He is the Deputy Head of Department at the Department of Arts Management and Education at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Meanwhile the golden legacy of the kingdom of the Sultanate was shown on ChannelNewsAsia television at 10.30pm last night (Saturday).
Hosting the new and archived multimedia clips on news, documentaries, heritage and tourism information of the 10 Asean member countries, the Asean Media Portal, (www.aseanmedia.net) provides a window to the rich cultures of this region. The online portals were launched by Asean Secretary-General, Mr Ong Keng Yong, and witnessed by Singapore's Minister for Information, Communications and Arts, Dr Lee Boon Yang.
"Asean is home to 500 million people with a cultural heritage that encompasses some of the world's oldest civilisations. The Asean Culture and Information Portal and the complementary Asean Media Portal will profile this rich diversity to the rest of the world,while preserving the region's audiovisual heritage. They also will help to forge a stronger sense of Asean identity and reach out to tech-savvy youths," said Mr Ong. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
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