Foreign ministers, (L-R) Brunei's Lim Jock Seng, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, Indonesia's Hassan Wirajuda, Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith, South Korea's Ban Ki-moon, China's Li Zhaoxing, Malaysia's Syed Hamid Albar, Japan's Taro Aso, Philippines' Alberto Romulo, Myanmar's U Nyan Win, Singapore's George Yeo, Thailand's Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Vietnam's Pham Gia Khiem, and ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong, pose for a photograph before the ASEAN + 3 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur July 26, 2006. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (MALAYSIA) 

Foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pose with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (7th L) and its Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong (R) after the opening of 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur July 25, 2006. From left, Vietnam's Pham Gia Khiem, Brunei's Lim Jock Seng, Cambodia's HOR Namhong, Indonesia's Hassan Wirajuda, Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysia' Syed Hamid Albar, Abdullah, Philippines Alberto Romulo, Myanmar's U Nyan Win, Singapore's George Yeo, Thailand's Kantathi Suphamongkhon and Ong. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pose with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (7th L) and its Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong (R) after the opening of 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur July 25, 2006. From left, Vietnam's Pham Gia Khiem, Brunei's Lim Jock Seng, Cambodia's HOR Namhong, Indonesia's Hassan Wirajuda, Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysia' Syed Hamid Albar, Abdullah, Philippines Alberto Romulo, Myanmar's U Nyan Win, Singapore's George Yeo, Thailand's Kantathi Suphamongkhon and Ong. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim (MALAYSIA) 

Foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pose with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (7th L) and its Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong (R) after the opening of 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur July 25, 2006. From left, Vietnam's Pham Gia Khiem, Brunei's Lim Jock Seng, Cambodia's HOR Namhong, Indonesia's Hassan Wirajuda, Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysia' Syed Hamid Albar, Abdullah, Philippines Alberto Romulo, Myanmar's U Nyan Win, Singapore's George Yeo, Thailand's Kantathi Suphamongkhon and Ong. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA) 

Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN), waves during a break at a regional trade ministers meeting in Manila May 15, 2006. Trade ministers from ASEAN are in Manila for a two-day long meeting. 

Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN), waves during a break at a regional trade ministers meeting in Manila May 15, 2006. Trade ministers from ASEAN are in Manila for a two-day long meeting.
REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo 

ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong (from L-R), Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo, Myanmar Foreign Minister U Nyan Win, Cambodia Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Brunei Foreign Minister Prince Mohamad Bolkiah, Laos Foreign Minister Lengsavad Somsavat, Philippine Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo, Thailand Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon, and Vietnam's Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Trung Thanh pose at Tampak Siring palace, Indonesia April 20, 2006. Southeast Asian foreign ministers will hold a two-day informal gathering on Bali island. REUTERS/Supri 

Secretary-General for Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Ong Keng Yong (L) speaks to Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak during a luncheon
meeting in Kuala Lumpur March 30, 2006. Neighbours China and India must coax Myanmar to hasten democratic reform, Ong said on Thursday, after an envoy from the Southeast Asian grouping failed to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad 

ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong (L) speaks to Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the Special Leaders Dialogue at the 2005 ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, held in conjunction with the 11th ASEAN Summit, in Kuala Lumpur December 11, 2005. Southeast Asian leaders may formally urge Myanmar to speed up democratic reform at a summit in Malaysia but will not set a deadline for the country's military rulers, Indoneisa's foreign minister said on Sunday. The ASEAN summit will be held in Kuala Lumpur December 12-14. REUTERS/Beawiharta 

Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer (L) applauds as his Malaysian counterpart Syed Hamid Albar (R) hands over to ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong the treaty document Australia signed on amity and cooperation ahead of the 11th ASEAN Summit, Kuala Lumpur December 10, 2005. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad 

U.S. President George W. Bush (C) meets leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Pusan November 18, 2005. Bush was expected to discuss, among other issues, his efforts to pressure Myanmar, formerly Burma, to make improvements in human rights. From L: Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Bush, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secreatary general Ong Keng Yong delivers a speech during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo August 24, 2005. Asian countries will not ignore U.S. interests when they hold an inaugural regional summit but they do not think President George W. Bush should be invited as an observer, a top ASEAN official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Issei Kato IK/TY 

Indonesian President Yudhoyono waves during photo session after marking ASEAN birthday anniversary in Jakarta. Indonesian President Sulilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C), accompanied by ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong (2nd L), Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda (2nd R) and children from southeast Asian countries, waves during a photo session after a speech marking the ASEAN's 38th birthday in Jakarta August 8, 2005. Southeast Asia's 10-strong political bloc must reform to give ordinary people more power to run their own affairs, Yudhoyono said on Monday. REUTERS/Supri 

Indonesian President Yudhoyono waves during photo session after marking ASEAN birthday anniversary in Jakarta. Indonesian President Sulilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C), accompanied by ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong (2nd L), Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda (2nd R) and children from southeast Asian countries, waves during a photo session after a speech marking the ASEAN's 38th birthday in Jakarta August 8, 2005. Southeast Asia's 10-strong political bloc must reform to give ordinary people more power to run their own affairs, Yudhoyono said on Monday. REUTERS/Supri 

ASEAN Secretary General Ong goes hands-on as Laos FM Lengsavad and US Deputy Secretary of State Zoellick looks on in Vientiane. ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong (L) goes hands-on as Laos Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad (C) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick (L) looks on during the launch of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) website in Vientiane, Laos, July 29, 2005. North and South Korean foreign ministers met for only the third time on Thursday and agreed on the need for substantial developments in multilateral talks in Beijing to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons ambitions. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom 

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attend an opening ceremony of the 38th ASEAN Ministerial meeting in Vietntiane, Laos July 26,2005. Seen from left to right are Foreign Minister of Thailand Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Foreign Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Dy Nien, Foreign Minister of Brunei Mohamed Bolkiah, Foreign Minister of Cambodia Hor Namhong, Foreign Minister of Indonesia Hasan Wirayudha, Prime Minister of Laos Bounnyang Vorachit, Foreign Minister of Laos Somsavat Lengsavad, Foreign Minister of Malaysia Syed Hamid Albar, Foreign Minister of Myanmar Nyan Win, Foreign Minister of Philippines Alberto Romulo, Foreign Minister of Singapore George Yeo and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom CS/TY 

Foreign ministers of Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore and ASEAN's General Secretary Ong talk in Vientiane. (L to R) Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, Myanmar's Foreign Minister Major General Nyan Win, Philippine Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo, ASEAN General Secretary Ong Keng Yong and Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo talk after the opening ceremony of the 38th ASEAN Ministerial meeting at Don Chan Palace in Vientiane July 26, 2005. Myanmar's military junta is likely to come under pressure on Tuesday to skip its turn to chair southeast Asia's regional bloc and prevent its neighbours from being tainted by Yangon's poor human rights record. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom 

Foreign ministers of Malaysia, Myanmar and Philippines and the ASEAN General Secretary Ong talk in Vientiane. (L to R) Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, Myanmar's Foreign Minister Major General Nyan Win, Philippines Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo and ASEAN General Secretary Ong Keng Yong talk after the opening ceremony of the 38th ASEAN Ministerial meeting at Don Chan Palace in Vientiane July 26, 2005. Myanmar's military junta is likely to come under pressure on Tuesday to skip its turn to chair southeast Asia's regional bloc and prevent its neighbours from being tainted by Yangon's poor human rights record. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom 

Foreign Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) link arms before the start of their meeting at the island resort of Mactan, in central Philippines, April 11, 2005. Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered on Sunday, struggling to work out a compromise that would preserve the credibility of the regional grouping when Myanmar assumes leadership next year. (L-R): Thailand's Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien, Brunei Darussalam's Foreign Minister Prince Mohamad Bolkiah, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Nur Hassan Wirajuda, Laos' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Somsavat Lengsavad, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, Myanmar's Foreign Minister Major General Nyan Win, Philippines' Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon Yeo and the Secretary-General of ASEAN secretariat Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco RR/PN 

ASEAN Secretary-General Ong talks to Philippine Foreign Minister Romulo on Mactan island in central Philippines. Ong Keng Yong (L), Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretary-General, gestures while talking to Philippines' Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo before the start of their working dinner at the resort island of Mactan in central Philippines April 10, 2005. Foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asean countries arrived on Sunday in Mactan island seeking a collective decision on the Myanmar leadership issue that threatens the unity of the regional grouping. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ong Keng Yong and his wife (L) arrive at the Mactan international airport in central Philippines April 9, 2005. Foreign ministers and officials from 10 Southeast Asian countries began arriving on Saturday in the central Philippines resort island seeking a collective decision on the Myanmar leadership issue that threatens the unity of the regional grouping. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco RR/YH 

China's Commerce Minister Bo Xilai shakes hands with ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong as other ASEAN leaders look on at Summit in Vientiane, Laos. China's Commerce Minister Bo Xilai (R) shakes hands with ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong as Indonesia's Economic Minister Mari Pangestu (C) looks on after members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed deals with China during the 10th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos November 29, 2004. The trade agreements, including a dispute settlement mechanism and an agreement on trade in goods, are the first steps toward a China-ASEAN free trade area. Applauding in the background are (L-R) Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and China's Premier Wen Jiabao. REUTERS/Adrees Latif 

ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong (R), lights lamps while inaugurating the third India-ASEAN business summit as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) looks on in New Delhi October 19, 2004. The three-day summit begins on Tuesday. REUTERS/B Mathur AH/ 

Ong Keng Yong, ASEAN Secretary General, speaks during the third India-ASEAN business summit in New Delhi October 19, 2004. A three-day long summit began in India on Tuesday. REUTERS/B Mathur S AH/ 

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh listens to a speech by Ong Keng Yong, ASEAN Secretary General, during the third India-ASEAN business summit in New Delhi October 19, 2004. The three-day summit began on Tuesday. REUTERS/B Mathur AH/TW 

ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov shake hands as they meet in Moscow. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands as they meet in Moscow, October 1, 2004. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin 

ASEAN Secretary General looks to Trade Commissioner of the European Union during talks with Indonesian Minister of Industry and Trade at a press conference in Jakarta. ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong (L) looks to Trade Commissioner of the European Union Pascal Lamy (R) during talks with Indonesian Minister of Industry and Trade Rini Suwandi (C) at an ASEAN economic ministers' press conference in Jakarta on September 5, 2004. The European Union has reached a compromise over military-ruled Myanmar that will allow a summit with Asian nations to go ahead in Vietnam next month, a senior EU official said on Sunday. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi 

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (L) greets Association of South East Asian (ASEAN) secretary general Ong Keng Yong before a meeting in Jakarta July 1, 2004. Foreign ministers from a range of countries are in Jakarta to meet their counterparts from ASEAN. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim ZH/FA 

Foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) + 3 pose during a group photo before their meeing in Jakarta July 1, 2004. From left to right are Singapore's S. Jayakumar, Thailand's Surakiart Sathirathai, Vietnam's Nguyen Dy Nien, Brunei's acting minister HRH. Princess Masna, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, South Korea's Ban Ki Moon, China's Li Zhaoxing, Indonesia's Hassan Wirajuda, Japan's Yoriko Kawaguchi, Lao's Samsavat Lengsavad, Malaysia's Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Myanmar's U Win Aung, Philippines' Rodolfo C. Saverino and ASEAN secretary general Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim ZH/LA 

The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General H.E. Ong Keng Yong (R) and Japan's Minister for Economic Trade and Industry Shoichi Nakagawa attend a news conference in Manila June 9, 2004. Southeast Asian energy ministers agreed on Wednesday to use more renewable energy sources for power generation, but did not cement any plans to build an oil stockpile to cushion against price shocks, officials said. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco RR/SH 

Finance ministers join hands at the opening ceremony of the 8th Asean Finance Ministers' Meeting in Singapore April 7, 2004. The ministers are (L to R) secretary general of ASEAN Keng Yong Ong, Laos finance minister Chansy Phosikham, Malaysia's finance minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Myanmar's minister of finance and revenue Major General Hla Tun, Philippines' finance secretary Juanita Amatong, Singapore's finance minister and deputy prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's second minister of finance Lim Hng Kiang, Thailand's vice finance minister Virachai Viramereekul, Vietnam's finance minister Dr Sinh Hung Nguyen, Brunei's deputy minister of finance Dato Paduka Haji Yakub bin Abu Bakar, Cambodia's finance and economy minister Chhon Keat and Indonesia's minister of finance Dr Boediono. REUTERS/Thomas White TW/CP 

ASEAN SECRETARY GENERAL AND THAI FOREIGN MINISTER LISTEN AS VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER MAKES A SPEECH IN HANOI. ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong (L) and Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai listen as Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai makes a speech at a meeting in Hanoi on March 3, 2004. REUTERS/Kham 

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (C) speaks at an opening
session of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) plus
Japan summit meeting in Tokyo December 11, 2003. At left is ASEAN
Secretary General Ong Keng Yong, of Myanmar, and at right is Lao Prime
Minister Bounnhang Vorachi. REUTERS/Itsuo Inouye/Pool

CP 

ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Secretary General Ong Keng Yong speaks during an interview in Jakarta on September 24, 2003. Ong, a Singaporean, said fighting terrorism in Southeast Asia, site of some of the worst attacks in the last year, involves changing the culture, not just a quick fix. 

ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong speaks during an interview in
Jakarta on September 24, 2003. Ong, a Singaporean, said fighting
terrorism in Southeast Asia - site of some of the worst attacks in the
last year - involves changing the culture, not just a quick fix.
REUTERS/Beawiharta

DW/CP 

ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong speaks during an interview in
Jakarta on September 24, 2003. Ong, a Singaporean, said fighting
terrorism in Southeast Asia - site of some of the worst attacks in the
last year - involves changing the culture, not just a quick fix.
REUTERS/Beawiharta

DW/CP 

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finance ministers and
representatives pose for a picture with Philippine President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo (7th-L) during the opening ceremony of the 7th ASEAN
Finance Ministers meeting in Manila August 6, 2003. The officials are
from L-R Cambodia's Keat Chhon, Indonesia representative Yousof Anwar,
Laos deputy governor Bank of Lao Phoupet Khamphounvong, Malaysian
ambassador Mohd Taufik Mohd Noor, Myanmar's General Hla Tun,
Philippines Finance secretary Isidro Camacho, Arroyo, Makati mayor
Jejomar Binay, Singapore 2nd minister of Finance Hng Kiang Lim,
Thailand minister of Finance Suchart Jaovisidha, Vietnam minister of
finance Nguyen Sinh Hung, Brunei Pehin Dato Haji Abdul Aziz Umar and
ASEAN secretary general Keng Yong Ong. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

EDC/CP 

Brunei Darussalam Trade Minister, Pehin Dt Abd. Rahman Taib (L),
Secretary General of ASEAN Ong Keng Yong (2nd-L), Singapore Minister
for Trade and Industry George Yeo (2nd-R) and Indonesia'S Trade
Minister Rini Soewandi (R) chat after the ASEAN meeting news conference
in Jakarta July 13, 2003. Singapore's economic performance should be
significantly better in the third quarter after a bad second quarter,
the city state's trade minister said on Sunday. REUTERS/Supri

SUPRI/FA 

ASEAN Foreign Ministers pose with their counterparts from Japan, China
and South Korea before the start of the Fourth ASEAN + 3 Foreign
Ministers meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on June 17, 2003. The Foreign
Ministers from left to right, Philippines Blas Ople, Singapore's S.
Jayakumar, Thailand's Surakiart Sathirathai, Vietnam's Nguyen Dy Nien,
Brunei's acting Foreign Minister Princess Masna, South Korea's Yoon
Young-kwan, China's Li Zhaoxing, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, Japan's Yoriko
Kawaguchi, Indonesia's Hasan Wirayuda, Laos Somsavat Lengsavad,
Malaysia's Syed Hamid Albar, Myanmar's Win Aung and ASEAN Secretary
General Ong Keng Yong. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim

ZH/TW 

ASEAN Foreign Ministers pose for a group photograph after the opening of the 36th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh on June 16, 2003. From left to right is Philippines Blas F. Ople, Singapore's S. Jayakumar, Thailand's Surakiart Sathirathai, Vietnaese Nguyen Dy Nien, Brunei's acting Foreign Minister Princess Masna, Cambodian Hor Nambong, Indonesia's Hassan Wirayuda, Laos Somsavat Lengsavad, Malaysia's Syed Hamid Albar, Myanmar's U Win Auug and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong. Southeast Asian foreign ministers opened a two-day meeting to discuss better cooperation to fight terror and amid signs they are edging towards an unprecedented hint of criticism of one of their own. 

Malaysia Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar (L), Myanmar's Foreign
Minister U Win Aung (C) and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong hold
hands for a group portrait after the opening ceremony of the 36th ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on June 16, 2003. Southeast
Asian foreign ministers opened a two-day meeting to discuss better
cooperation to fight terror and amid signs they are edging towards an
unprecedented hint of criticism of one of their own. REUTERS/Adrees
Latif

AL/PB 

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (C), National Police Chief
Da'i Bachtiar (R) and Asean Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong talk at the
opening of the Asean Police Chief Meeting in Jakarta on January 20,
2003. Asean Police Chief's are holding a two-day meeting in Jakarta to
discuss regional terrorism issues. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni

EN/RCS 

Singaporean Ong Keng Yong, the new secretary-general of the Association
of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), speaks at a handover ceremony in
Jakarta on January 6, 2003. Ong is a senior officer of Singapore's
Foreign Ministry and most recently was press secretary to Prime
Minister Goh Chok Tong. REUTERS/Dadang Tri

BEA/RCS 

Singaporean Ong Keng Yong (C), the new secretary-general of the
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), shakes hands with
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda (R) behind Rodolfo C
Severino (L), the outgoing secretary-general, at a handover ceremony in
Jakarta on January 6, 2003. Ong is a senior officer of Singapore's
Foreign Ministry and most recently was press secretary to Prime
Minister Goh Chok Tong. REUTERS/Dadang Tri

BEA/RCS 

Filipino ASEAN Secretary General Rodolfo Severino (R) talks with his
replacement, Singapore official Ong Keng Yong, before a meeting of
Southeast Asian foreign ministers and their counterparts from around
the world in Brunei's capital Bandar Seri Begawan August 1, 2002.
Severino is wrapping up his five-year term, and Ong was named to the
post on Tuesday. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad

JD/JS 

Singaporean official Ong Keng Yong smiles during a meeting at the
Istana in Singapore July 30, 2002. Southeast Asian foreign ministers on
Monday named Ong as new secretary general for ASEAN, replacing the
Philippines' Rodolfo Severino who is wrapping up a five-year term.
REUTERS/David Loh

LOH/CP