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2008-08-25

(Update) Asean Final Medal Tally from the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Update 2008-08-27 Wed: Corrected the medal count and added the Malaysia to the list, which was correctly tallied in the original Asean Tally page. Thanks to Global Voices Online, I re-checked the count (the tally was done manually :p ).

The Beijing 2008 Olympics closed at 12:21am of 2008-08-25 Monday, the Closing Ceremony started at 08:08pm of 2008-08-24 Sunday, ACT (Asean Common Time). [Note: ACT and China Local Time are both UTC+0800, no DST.] The next Summer Olympics will be on 2012, London, England (for the 3rd time!)

But before we get excited about London 2012 Olympics, here are the Asean Beijing 2008 Olympics Final Medal Tally, the updates that transpired, and the results of the Wushu Special Event during the Olympics.

(Trivia: The International Olympics Committee never allowed any other competitions in the host city during the Olympics - 1 Week Before up to 1 Week After. The Wushu Competition was allowed due to the fact that it is embedded in the Chinese culture. This is a first in Olympics history, and Wushu is on a bid to be part of the 2012 Olympics.)

Congratulations to All Asean Athletes! The same goes to the Special Olympics Event (the first in Olympic history) - Wushu.

Wushu Medal Tally

Asean Total - 1 Gold; 4 Silver; 9 Bronze = 14 Medals
Indonesia - 1 Bronze = 1 Medal
Malaysia - 2 Silver; 3 Bronze = 5 Medals
Philippines - 1 Gold; 1 Silver; 2 Bronze = 4 Medals
VietNam - 1 Silver; 3 Bronze = 4 Medals

Under the Taolu discipline:

Men's Nanquan & Nangun combined
- Willy Wang (PHI) won Gold
- Pui Fook Chien (MAS) won Bronze
Men's Jianshu & Qiangshu combined
- Lim Yew Fai (MAS) won Silver
- Nguyen Huy Thanh (VIE) won Bronze
Women's Daoshu & Gunshu combined
- Chai Fong Wei (MAS) won Bronze
Women's Nanquan & Nandao combined
- Diana Bong Siong Lin (MAS) won Bronze
Women's Jianshu & Qiangshu combined
- Nguyen Mai Phuong (VIE) won Bronze
Women's Taijiquan & Taijijian combined
- Chai Fong Ying (MAS) won Silver

Under the Sanshou discipline:

Men's 56kg
- Benjie Rivera (PHI) won Bronze
Women's 52kg
- Mary Jane Estimar (PHI) won Silver
- Nguyen Thuy Ngan (VIE) won Bronze
Women's 60kg
- Luong Thi Hoa (VIE) won Silver
- Mariane Mariano (PHI) won Bronze

Nation				Total
ASEAN (Grand Total)	3	6	3	12
Indonesia [INA]	1	1	3	5
Malaysia [MAS]	0	1	0	1
Singapore [SIN]	0	1	0	1
Thailand [THA]	2	2	0	4
VietNam [VIE]	0	1	0	1

Updates Summary from Asean 2008 Olympics Medal Tally

UPDATE #7 (2008-08-23 SAT @10:00am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Congratulations to Thailand's Gold Medallist JONGJOHOR Somjit for winning the Boxing Men's Fly (51kg) division and Silver Medallist BOONJUMNONG Manus for the Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) division (I watched Manus' fight a few hours ago). That gives Thailand 2 Gold and 2 Silver Medals.

UPDATE #6 (2008-08-21 THU @09:40am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Congratulations goes to PUEDPONG Buttree of Thailand for winning the Silver Medal in the Women's 49kg Taekwondo competition.

UPDATE #5 (2008-08-18 MON @08:20am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Yesterday, ASEANs brought home a lot of medals from the Olympics.

Gold from KIDO Markis, SETIAWAN Hendra from Indonesia for the Badminton Men's Doubles
Silver from LILIYANA, WIDIANTO Nova from Indonesia for the Badminton Mixed Doubles
Silver from LEE Chong Wei from Malaysia for the Badminton Men's Singles
Silver from FENG Tianwei, LI Jia Wei, WANG Yue Gu, SUN Bei Bei from Singapore for the Table Tennis Women's Team

Congratulations to all Athletes, their respective Nations, and the ASEANs for bringing home Medals from the Beijing 2008 Olympics!!

UPDATE #4 (2008-08-16 SAT @10:30am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Another Bronze for Indonesia! YULIANTI Maria Kristin won in the Badminton Women's Singles today. Congratulations!!

UPDATE #3 (2008-08-12 TUE @7:20am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Indonesia brought ASEAN another Medal! TRIYATNO won Bronze in the Men's 62kg Weightlifting sports competition. Congratulations to TRIYATNO, Indonesia, and all ASEANs!!

UPDATE #2 (2008-08-10 SUN @11:00pm ACT [Asean Common Time])

VietNam's HOANG Anh Tuan and Indonesia's IRAWAN Eko Yuli won Silver and Bronze medals respectively in the Men's 56kg Weightlifting competition tonight. Congratulations to the athletes and to VietNam and Indonesia.

One-by-one, ASEAN Athletes are bringing home medals to our great region - the ASEAN Community.

UPDATE #1 (2008-08-10 SUN @6:10pm ACT [Asean Common Time])

Thailand brought us the first Olympic Gold for ASEANs!! Congratulations to JAROENRATTANATARAKOON Prapawadee and to Thailand for winning the Olympic Gold for Women's 53kg Weightlifting.
Read the official news here.

2008-08-18

(UPDATE #7) ASEAN 2008 Olympics Medal Tally

First posted on 2008-08-09 @02:19am ACT [Asean Common Time]

For the duration of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, we will keep a list of Olympic Medals won by each ASEAN Nation and a total for the whole. We are also including Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste who both have shown interest in joining, however, they will not be included in the ASEAN Grand Total.

You can also help us update this ASEAN Medal Tally, just reply back with your information. It will be much appreciated if we can all provide the sports event where each country won their respective medals.

Enjoy the Beijing 2008 Olympics - ONE ASEAN COMMUNITY!!

UPDATE #7 (2008-08-23 SAT @10:00am ACT [Asean Common Time])

UPDATE #6 (2008-08-21 THU @09:40am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Congratulations goes to PUEDPONG Buttree of Thailand for winning the Silver Medal in the Women's 49kg Taekwondo competition.

Nation				Total
ASEAN (Grand Total)	3	6	3	12
Brunei Darussalam [BRU]	0	0	0	0
Camdodia [CAM]	0	0	0	0
Indonesia [INA]	1	1	3	5
Laos [LAO]	0	0	0	0
Malaysia [MAS]	0	1	0	1
Myanmar (Burma) [MYA]	0	0	0	0
Philippines [PHI]	0	0	0	0
Singapore [SIN]	0	1	0	1
Thailand [THA]	2	2	0	4
VietNam [VIE]	0	1	0	1

Nation				Total
Papua New Guinea [PNG]	0	0	0	0
Timor-Leste [TLS]	0	0	0	0

* Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste have shown interest in joining the ASEAN Community and currently have Observer status.
** Medal Photos Copyright by 2008 Beijing Olympics.

UPDATE #7 (2008-08-23 SAT @10:00am ACT [Asean Common Time])

UPDATE #6 (2008-08-21 THU @09:40am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Congratulations goes to PUEDPONG Buttree of Thailand for winning the Silver Medal in the Women's 49kg Taekwondo competition.

UPDATE #5 (2008-08-18 MON @08:20am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Yesterday, ASEANs brought home a lot of medals from the Olympics.

Gold from KIDO Markis, SETIAWAN Hendra from Indonesia for the Badminton Men's Doubles
Silver from LILIYANA, WIDIANTO Nova from Indonesia for the Badminton Mixed Doubles
Silver from LEE Chong Wei from Malaysia for the Badminton Men's Singles
Silver from FENG Tianwei, LI Jia Wei, WANG Yue Gu, SUN Bei Bei from Singapore for the Table Tennis Women's Team

Congratulations to all Athletes, their respective Nations, and the ASEANs for bringing home Medals from the Beijing 2008 Olympics!!

UPDATE #4 (2008-08-16 SAT @10:30am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Another Bronze for Indonesia! YULIANTI Maria Kristin won in the Badminton Women's Singles today. Congratulations!!

UPDATE #3 (2008-08-12 TUE @7:20am ACT [Asean Common Time])

Indonesia brought ASEAN another Medal! TRIYATNO won Bronze in the Men's 62kg Weightlifting sports competition. Congratulations to TRIYATNO, Indonesia, and all ASEANs!!

UPDATE #2 (2008-08-10 SUN @11:00pm ACT [Asean Common Time])

UPDATE #1 (2008-08-10 SUN @6:10pm ACT [Asean Common Time])

2008-08-11

Win U$20,000 and Be Part of History

On Sunday, 2007-November-25, I wrote the A Citizen's Summary of the 1st ASEAN Constitution and gave suggestions about the ASEAN Anthem which according to Article 40: ASEAN shall have an anthem – meaning that we do not have an Anthem yet. Some people have mistaken the ASEAN Hymn Song of Unity and ASEAN Community Song Let Us Move Ahead as the ASEAN Anthem, however, the ASEAN Charter says otherwise.

ASEAN Hymn: Song of Unity

ASEAN Community Song: Let Us Move Ahead

Article 40: ASEAN Anthem

This one, the ‘new’ ASEAN Anthem is still to be written and composed. I strongly suggest to our Secretary-General that you make this an open competition for all ASEAN Citizens. Entries must be recognized as “Asean", not as “Filipino/Philippines", “Singapore", “Laotian", “Khmer", and so on. Then open a fool-proof voting system online and let the people take part in the voting for some percentage. Then the other percentage will be taken from the decision of the high-level and/or top-level ASEAN Ministers.

For the ASEAN Citizens, I suggest you start writing and composing, then gather everyone’s contribution together, I am listening to three ASEAN songs while writing this.

The time has come for all ASEAN Citizens to submit their compositions for the ASEAN Anthem! The winning entry will be played and sung during the ASEAN Flag Raising Ceremony on the 14th ASEAN Summit in Thailand and will receive U$20,000.

Format of Competition

This is an Open Competition - open to all the Nationals of the 10-Member Countries of ASEAN.

Competition Rounds

1st Round: National Competition in each member countries. Only 20 compositions will be selected for each country
2nd Round: Regional Competition in Thailand in mid 2008-October. Only 20 compositions will be selected
Final Round: Of the Final-20 Compositions, one will be selected as the Official ASEAN Anthem

Criteria

Language: English
The Anthem should incorporate the following elements:
- Should reflect ASEAN Dignity, Coopration, and Solidarity;
- Reflect ASEAN's diverse culture and ethnicity;
- The ASEAN Anthem should be an original composition;
- Must be no longer than 60 seconds

Form of Entries and Timeline

Entries to be sent with score and sheet music (note and lyrics) with voice and musical instruments (preferably piano) recording submitted on CD;
Submission of compositions is open from the date the Member Country decides but will be only until 2008-September-20 for all;
Thailand, as host of the competition, will be responsible for rearrangement of the winning entry, as well as adaptation into a full orchestra version for use at the 14th ASEAN Summit in Thailand in 2008-December
Entries should be submitted to the ASEAN National Secretariat - visit this Official List to know the address and telephone numbers of your ASEAN National Secretariat

Copyright

The selected composition can be revised and rearranged into the Anthem of ASEAN. The ASEAN Anthem will be the Reserved Copyright of ASEAN.

Prize

The winning composition will receive U$20,000 (Twenty Thousand US Dollars).

ASEAN Composers Forum

We require that National representations to the ASEAN Composers Forum are able to judge on both lyrics and melody of all entries.

Thailand will convene an "ASEAN Composers Forum" consisting of one prominent composer from each Member Countries plus up to three prominent musical experts from a musical institution in a neutral country, in mind 2008-October.

Sources:

2008-08-10

ASEANs won 3 Medals Today from the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Today, Sunday is when the ASEAN Community took home its first 3 Medals from the Beijing 2008 Olympics - One Gold, One Silver, and One Bronze from Thailand, VietNam, and Indonesia respectively.

These are all from the Weightlifting competition. Thailand's JAROENRATTANATARAKOON Prapawadee won Gold Medal for the Women's 53kg Weightlifting and two from the Men's 56kg Weightlifting category by HOANG Anh Tuan of VietNam who won Silver and IRAWAN Eko Yuli of Indonesia who won Bronze Medal.

Congratulations to the Athletes, to their Nations, and to the ASEAN People!! GO FOR GOLD!

See the latest and updated tally for ASEAN only here.

2008-03-22

VietNam, 6th Country to Ratify the ASEAN Charter

==Ratification of the Asean Charter==
For the 1st Asean Charter to become legally binding, it has been agreed upon that all ten member nations must ratify the Charter before the next ASEAN Summit this December 2008. The Charter will become effective on the 30th day after the 10th "Instrument of Ratification" has been submitted to the ASEAN Secretary-General, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan.

To date, the following countries ratified and submitted the "Instrument of Ratification":

Remember what I said before in this post: 5th Country to Ratify the ASEAN Charter?

The next five that will ratify it are (in the following order of my prediction): VietNam, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Myanmar.

VietNam ratified the ASEAN Charter last March 6th and submitted the Intrument of Ratification on March 14th. It was signed by VietNam President Nguyen Minh Triet and submitted to ASEAN and the Foreign Ministers of member countries by VietNam Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem.

Four countries left, namely - Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, and Myanmar. With the recent developments, I am more inclined that Thailand will ratify the Charter before Indonesia. The road for the new ASEAN is getting clearer, and slowly, the heavy burden is being put on the shoulders of Myanmar. The next three countries (Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines) are the founding fathers of ASEAN, if Myanmar ratifies the charter before them, then that will be big news.

Let's all hope for the best!

Member State	Government Ratification	Deposit of Instrument of Ratification	Signed by
Singapore	Tuesday, 2007 December 18	Monday, 2008 January 07	Prime Minister
Brunei Darussalam	Thursday, 2008 January 31	Friday, 2008 February 15	Sultan of Brunei Darussalam
Malaysia	Thursday, 2008 February 14	Wednesday, 2008 February 20	Foreign Minister
Lao PDR	Thursday, 2008 February 14	Wednesday, 2008 February 20	Prime Minister
Cambodia	Tuesday, 2008 February 25	not yet submitted	?
VietNam	Tuesday, 2008 March 06	Friday, 2008 March 14	President

2008-02-26

5th Country to Ratify the ASEAN Charter

My first prediction came true, Cambodia will be the next country to ratify the Asean Charter and so it was. ~~Today~~ Yesterday, February 26 25, 2008, the Cambodian National Assembly unanimously approved the ASEAN Charter.

Pen Pagna, Chairman of the legislation and justice committee of the parliament said that the ASEAN Charter can help Cambodia to "rule by law and walk to democracy and development". They are also very much interested in the economic and social integration with their ASEAN neighbors, as laid down and written in the ASEAN Charter.

This is great news, Cambodia showing interest and believes in the ASEAN Charter as a tool for democracy and the rule of law. This can be used as a leverage for Myanmar (Burma). The ASEAN Charter is now approved by half of its 10-member states. First was Singapore last January 7, 2008; then Brunei last February 15, 2008; third is Malaysia on February 18, 2008; Laos fourth, on February 20, 2008; and now Cambodia, February 26 25, 2008.

The next five that will ratify it are (in the following order of my prediction): VietNam, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Myanmar.

Thailand already said that they will ratify it by June; Philippines gave word that they will start its ratification anytime soon. Indonesia on the other hand will seem to have some problems ratifying the it, but I am still optimistic that they will approve the ASEAN Charter before Thailand.

VietNam, being one of the countries that most benefited from ASEAN is set to ratify it next, and if you are not aware, VietNam is the most active ASEAN member to date having hosted many functions in different ASEAN sectors, as well as boasting how ASEAN could implement the ASEAN Economic Integration by 2010, 5 years ahead of schedule.

Philippines and Myanmar, I see the Philippines ratifying it before Myanmar, as the former already gave a statement on their change-of-heart. This is good, as once 9-member states ratify the Asean Charter, Myanmar will feel the pressure to ratify it before the 14th Asean Summit this December at Bangkok, Thailand, where it all began.

In fact, there will be a celebration already scheduled for the ratification of the ASEAN Charter by all 10-member countries, this will be held at the Saranrom Palace, where the ASEAN Declaration was signed on 8th of August 1967, 41 years ago by that time. Truly historic and a day to remember.

And I expect that this year's ASEAN Day, as per the ASEAN Charter, all 10-member countries must recognize, it will be a great day of celebration and the best time to spread ASEAN to the people themselves (enough of the Elite level media hyping). After all, August 8, 2008 is 888, for those who believes in numerology. What will happen on that day? I don't know, but I sure hope it will be positively memorable, and all countries declare it an official non-working holiday.

Congratulations to Cambodia! Thank you for your support of the ASEAN Charter, my Asean brothers and sisters!!

Sources:
Cambodian NA approves ASEAN Charter
Cambodian National Assembly approves ASEAN Charter

PS
"Asia's Perfect 10" founder, Denith, told us last week that Cambodia ratified the ASEAN Charter already, but news didn't came out until today. I can only imagine how it is like to see and hear TV and Radio stations filled with "ASEAN" and the "ASEAN Charter". I have yet to see and hear reports about it here in the Philippines. Until then, I can only imagine....

2008-02-18

ASEAN Reports 2008-02-18

This first ish are links to reports related to the ASEAN that we found to be interesting for ordinary people like YOU and me. This will be a regular thing, and I call this the "ASEAN Reports". I originally envisioned this on a supposed to be a "group blog" called "ASEAN Citizens" but I'm moving it here.

Next issues could be reports written by YOU, so just submit it to us with the subject "ASEAN Reports". Proper credits will be given. So without further ado:

ASEAN air force chiefs sign declaration of support to address terrorism
Summary: Air Force chiefs from all 10 member natios reaffirmed their commitment to fight terrorism together. They will share information, train together, and keep the communication line open. (Personal note: This could pave way to a real "Asean Air Force (AAF)" sometime in the future.)

Asean capital market forum kicks off today in Hanoi
Quoted: Participants will seek to engender legislations for businesses to issue shares in other countries to facilitate free-flowing capital within a manageable regional framework.

Now, the BEST news I've read today is:
Malaysian agrees to ratify Asean Charter
Summary: Simple, Malaysia is the 2nd member Nation (and one of the founder of ASEAN) to ratify the 1st ASEAN Charter/Constitution. (Personal note: My dear Philippine leaders, please, as one of the founder of ASEAN, and as a respect to our ancestors to whom the idea of a regional body originated, please ratify the Asean Charter!)

That's all for today!

Always remember: ASEAN: One Vision, One Identity, One Community

Greetings

2008-08-25

(Update) Asean Final Medal Tally from the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Wushu Medal Tally

2008-08-18

(UPDATE #7) ASEAN 2008 Olympics Medal Tally

2008-08-11

Win U$20,000 and Be Part of History

Format of Competition

Competition Rounds

Criteria

Form of Entries and Timeline

Copyright

Prize

ASEAN Composers Forum

2008-08-10

ASEANs won 3 Medals Today from the Beijing 2008 Olympics

2008-03-22

VietNam, 6th Country to Ratify the ASEAN Charter

2008-02-26

5th Country to Ratify the ASEAN Charter

2008-02-18

ASEAN Reports 2008-02-18