Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai: (Courtesy of The Star)
The Star executive
director and group chief editor Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai has been elected Asia
News Network (ANN) chairman.
He
takes over from India’s
The Statesman editor and managing director Ravindra Kumar.
Wong, who will hold the position for the 2012-2013 tenure, was
elected at the ANN’s annual board meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal, on
Feb. 16 and 17.
Wong thanked his fellow editors for their unanimous decision to elect
him and shared his vision to see ANN becoming more dynamic in tandem
with Asia’s increasing role in global affairs.
“We need to take ANN to another platform. At present, we have been
successful in editorial content sharing but we need to look at a
possible business model for ANN.
“There are many areas with revenue possibilities which we can explore,” said Wong.
He added that ANN should consider introducing a CEO-level meeting
that would also include participation from business development and
marketing directors of the various member countries.
Wong said ANN had been recognised as a formidable media group in the region and he believed more could be achieved.
ANN is the world’s most active newspaper alliance with 21 member newspapers in 18 countries.
The alliance was founded in 1998 to provide avenues for cooperation among Asian press under the motto “We Know Asia Better”.
The members
are China Daily (China), The China Post (Taiwan), The Yomiuri Shimbun and The
Daily Yomiuri (Japan), The Island (Sri Lanka), The Korea Herald (South Korea),
The Statesman (India), The Straits Times (Singapore), The Nation (Thailand),
Vietnam News (Vietnam), The Daily Star (Bangla-desh), the Philippine Daily
Inquirer (The Philippines), The Jakarta Post (Indonesia), The Star and Sin Chew
Daily (Malaysia), The Kathmandu Post (Nepal), Vientiane Times (Laos), Rasmei
Kampuchea (Cambodia), The Brunei Times (Brunei), Kuensel (Bhutan) and Dawn
(Pakistan).
