ASEAN Ladies Circle in Ankara Holds First General Assembly

ASEAN Ladies Circle (ALC) holds its first general assembly in Ankara on 23 January 2020. (Ankara PE photo)

ANKARA 31 January 2020 –– The newly formed ASEAN Ladies Circle (ALC) in Ankara held its first general assembly on 23 January 2020 at One Tower, Oran, Ankara. The well-attended luncheon gathering was hosted by its first President, Madame Ana Algabre Hernandez, spouse of the Philippine Ambassador to Turkey Raul S. Hernandez.

The ALC was formed by the spouses of the Heads of Posts of ASEAN countries in Ankara, namely Philippine Embassy ALC President Madame Ana Algabre Hernandez, Brunei Embassy ALC Vice President Madame Elma Darlini Sulaiman, Indonesia Embassy Madame Sinta M. Iqbal, Singapore Embassy Madame Chew Szee-Tow, and Vietnam Embassy Madame Dang Thi Kim Yen.

ALC’s aim is to encourage social and cultural exchanges, strengthen solidarity, understanding, cooperation among ASEAN ladies in Ankara and the whole of Turkey, as well as to help promote ASEAN in Turkey.

The ALC is also composed of female personnel and dependents of ASEAN Embassies in Ankara. END

Wives of the ASEAN Ladies Circle (ALC) Heads of Missions with ALC President Madam Ana Algabre-Hernandez at the center with (from left) Singapore Embassy Madame Chew Szee-Tow, Indonesia Embassy Madame Sinta M. Iqbal, Brunei Embassy ALC Vice President Madame Elma Darlini Sulaiman, and Vietnam Embassy Madame Dang Thi Kim Yen. (Ankara PE photo)

Philippine Embassy ALC Madame Ana Algabre-Hernandez gives her welcome remarks and introduction of ASEAN Ladies Circle (ALC). (Ankara PE photo)

Wives of the ASEAN Ladies Circle Heads of Missions give the token of appreciation to the winner of the ALC logo contest. From left: Brunei Embassy ALC Vice President Madame Elma Darlini, Singapore Embassy Madame Chew Szee-Tow, Indonesia Embassy Madame Sinta M. Iqbal, winner of the ALC logo contest Mrs. Genni Septya Mariyam of Indonesia, Madame Vietnam Embassy Dang Thi Kim Yen and Philippine Embassy ALC President Madame Ana Algabre-Hernandez. (Ankara PE photo)

From left: Thailand Embassy Mrs. Bang-orn Sevikul, Indonesia Embassy Madame Sinta M. Iqbal, Philippine Embassy ALC President Madame Ana Algabre-Hernandez, Singapore Embassy Madame Chew Szee-Tow, Vietnam Embassy Madame Dang Thi Kim Yen and Brunei Embassy ALC Vice President Madame Elma Darlini Sulaiman. (Ankara PE photo)

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