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NEWS their roles, functions and responsibili- derates, Geopolitical Relations of Auditing and Financial Management. ties while accompanying the officers China with ASEAN Nations: A Psycho- The participants were also required to abroad. logical Perspective, International Ne- sit for a short test as part of the course gotiations and Environmental Crisis. module. For the second week, the ASEAN-China Young Diplomats participants were exposed to topics Training Course 2014 Apart from lectures, a number of study ranging from Protocol and Consular visits were organised, including visits Matters, Preparation before Posting, The ASEAN-China Young Diplomats to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grooming and Etiquette, Language Training Course 2014 was conducted Ministry of Tourism and Culture and and Communication. from 19 to 30 May 2014. The Putrajaya as well as a three-day visit to two-week course was attended by 16 Langkawi Island. Malaysian Technical Cooperation participants from Brunei, Cambodia, Programme (MTCP): English China, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Orientation Course for Secretaries Language for Diplomacy Course The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Executive Officers 1/2014 Vietnam and ASEAN Secretariat. The Orientation Course for Secretaries IDFR organised the Malaysian Techni- and Executive Officers was conducted cal Cooperation Programme (MTCP): from 19 until 30 May 2014. It was English Language and Diplomacy attended by 16 secretaries and execu- Course series 1/2014. Twenty-three tive officers from the Ministry of participants namely from Azerbaijan, Foreign Affairs. The course was Bhutan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Burkina conducted at the request of the Minis- Faso, Cambodia, Comoros, Domini- try in preparing the participants for can Republic, Georgia, Kenya, Kiribati, their duties and responsibilities at the Lao PDR, Myanmar, Maldives, Mauri- Ministry and missions. tius, Morocco, Senegal, Sri Lanka, The objectives of this course were to Sudan, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Togo, enhance the awareness of young The modules of the course were moni- Uzbekistan and Vietnam attended the diplomats on ASEAN-China Strategic tored closely by the Ministry so as to two-week course. Partnership and to encourage ensure strict adherence to its prac- people-to-people exchanges between tices, rules and regulations. During the The objective of the programme was ASEAN and China. first week of the course, participants to enhance the participants’ proficien- went through lectures on Financial cy in the use of English specifically in Throughout the course, the partici- Matters delivered by officers from the the realm of diplomacy and interna- pants were exposed to issues and Ministry including Asset Management, tional relations. Apart from that, the topics exemplified by experts course also aimed at enhancing the concerning diplomacy and interna- participants’ general English Langu- tional relations from the Malaysian age proficiency in the four skills areas perspective. Among the topics of listening, speaking, reading and discussed were Malaysia’s Foreign writing. Policy, Asean Community 2015, ASEAN Economic Pillar and External In line with the objectives, IDFR Relations, Global Movements of Mo- arranged interactive modules such as 22 bulletin@idfr.gov.my