Sunday, January 10, 2010

JAPANESE TOP NEWSPAPER FEATURE SEAPCP ORGANISERS

TOP DAILY NEWSPAPER ASAHI SHIMBUN OF JAPAN INTERVIEWED SEAPCP COMMUNITY ORGANISING NETWORK COORDINATOR JO HANN TAN ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES AND WORK IN MALAYSIA AND DIFFERENT ASIAN COUNTRIES.

THEY ALSO DID ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT MAKOTO ARAKAKI ABOUT HIS WORK AS AN ORGANISER IN OKINAWA.

BOTH STORIES WERE PUBLISHED IN A SPECIAL NEW YEAR FEATURE ON JANUARY 1st. 2010 IN JAPAN! THE STORIES WERE HIGHLIGHTED ALONGSIDE WITH ANOTHER STORY ABOUT USA PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND HIS EXPERIENCES AS A COMMUNITY ORGANISER BEFORE ENTERING POLITICS.

5 comments:

Hassan Nasir said...

dear jo hann, indeed a great achievement, however, it would be a great favour if we could get translated version in english so that we may also know the text!

jue said...

i like the last sentence . . . . probably . . . very likely . .. high chances . . . someday, one of our COs will be prime minister or president of his/her nation! :)

Tan Jo Hann said...

yes hassan i will ask kayo to translate the articles. Julie I didn't know you spoke japanese among your many talents!!?? ha ha

anuka said...

wooooow! congrats! i would love to read the english version too...Zola

Tan Jo Hann said...

ZOLA AND OTHERS,KAYO HAS ALREADY TRANSLATED THE ARTICLES BUT I HAVE TO EDIT AND CHECK WITH MAKOTO IF WE ARE ACCURATE IN THE TRANSLATION...HAPPY READING...LATER!