ASEAN SUMMIT in CEBU

[tolstoi]

ASEAN SUMMIT MOVED TO JANUARY DUE TO STORM

CEBU (Updated 4:25 p.m.) -- The annual Southeast Asian summit, scheduled for next week, has been postponed to January because of a strong storm bearing down on the meeting site, an organizing official said Friday.

The storm is expected to hit Cebu province over the weekend, when leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations would be flying in for the summit. It was scheduled to be held Monday and Tuesday, followed by the second East Asia summit on Wednesday.

"All the ministerial meetings shall proceed as scheduled," said Domingo Lucinario, a member of the Philippine government's organizing committee, referring to prior discussions by foreign ministers and other officials. "The leaders' summit has been reset to January."

No new date was immediately announced.

Forecasters say tropical storm Seniang (international codename: Utor) could intensify into a typhoon. It was packing winds of up to 75 kilometers (46 miles) per hour and gusts of 90 kph (56 mph) early Friday.(AP)

[Sanosuke]

Mao na siya gi tawag... "SURPRISE"!!!!

Ilaha gi-postponed kay basi ug mokalit lang ug ka-wala ang atop inig kusog sa hangin (40 km/hr)....... Unya basta sige ug ulan magbaha ra ba na ang atubangan ug likod sa CICC......

[tolstoi]

confirmed naba ni na ma postpone??

[Namnori]

Confirmed postponed until January 2007 as per ANC coverage of "live" press conference at CICC Cebu.

Press is questioning whether it was postponed because of the now "Typhoon Seniang/Utor" or because of real or perceived terrorist threats.

[Redman]

YeheY!

[--Makoy--]

mao jud.. pagspalto lang raba ilang giasikaso, ang drainage wala.. tapulan gyud ning gobyerno, or i should say, KURAKOT!!

[angelicax]

presscon @ NBN this time cancel daw... with a storm of 55 KPH... wakiki patay ang atong preparation

[cc_3125]

nindut ning sugat sa atong new year!!!!! traffic!!!!

[tolstoi]

maaaaaaayu nuon matumong ug SINULOG..wohooooooooooooo :mrgreen:

[baron]

The ASEAN National Organizing Committee deemed it best to change the date of the ASEAN summit due to the typhoon. As per the press conference being held today, the committee cannot simply forego the idea that the typhoon could intensify and the leaders are at stake.

More so, the president cannot simply chair the ASEAN Summit while there might be people who might be severely affected with the typhoon. Anyway, the change of date of the ASEAN Summit will only be for around three weeks.