{"id":22529,"date":"2026-07-01T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/?p=22529"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:11:54","slug":"jul-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/?p=22529","title":{"rendered":"Jul 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Zakri Abdul Hamid, Joint Chairman of the Malaysian Industry\u2013Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)\/ Founding Director of International Institute of Science Diplomacy and Sustainability (IISDS-UCSI), on the sidelines of the 39th Asia-Pacific Roundtable, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussion centred on the way forward on Malaysia’s proposal to establish an ASEAN Centre for Science Diplomacy (ACSD), aimed at advancing science-informed policymaking, strengthening capacity-building, and promoting knowledge exchange across ASEAN Member States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting also underscored the importance of science diplomacy as a bridge for regional cooperation, in alignment with the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 and the ASEAN Plan of Action on Science, Technology and Innovation (APASTI) 2026\u20132035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both sides reaffirmed their shared commitment to harnessing science diplomacy as a strategic tool for regional resilience, sustainability, and inclusive development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Zakri Abdul Hamid, Joint Chairman of the Malaysian Industry\u2013Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)\/ Founding Director…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22535,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22529\/revisions\/22535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}