The Singaporean Ministry of Health
(MoH) announced that a 49-year-old H1N1 patient, with multiple health
problems, died on July 18, becoming the first fatality of the disease
in the country so far.
The National Police (Polri)
Headquarters of Indonesia has set up a bombing information centre as a
means of communication and information exchange between the police and
the public, local news agency reported.
Foreign ministers of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to adopt a key document
concerning the setting up a regional human rights body, Xinhua news
agency reported.
The international community on July 17
condemned the two explosions that rocked the Ritz Carlton Hotel and the
nearby JW Marriot Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least nine
people and wounding 50.
The ASEAN Secretariat Policy Forum – a
platform for encouraging greater public involvement in the activities
of the Secretariat – was formally launched on July 14.
Indonesia and the European Union will
officially sign a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) later
this year, the EC delegation to Indonesia has announced.
The World Bank via the Clean Technology
Fund and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) are ready to
extend soft loans of 700 million USD to help Thailand develop
alternative energy and boost the efficiency of its energy consumption,
according to Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul.
Vietnam has taken the lead after taking
two first prizes at a badminton and table-tennis tournaments held for
embassy staff from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
in Russia.