AFRO-ASIAN VOICES
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1st August 2002

Dear Sir/Madam,

The Views Paper  `AFRO-ASIAN VOICES' (AAV)


As you  would appreciate, it is a well recognized and regrettable fact that
the views of the people of Afro-Asian countries are not adequately reflected
in the International news media.

With a view to seeking at least some minor redress it is proposed to launch
a Views Paper on the World Wide Web reflecting the views of citizens of
countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.  The Interactive Views Paper
will be titled `AFRO-ASIAN VOICES and will initially be published on a
quarterly basis.  A printed version would be published if and when there
will be an adequate demand for such a publication.

AAV will primarily carry views on issues that affect countries in Africa,
Middle East and Asia in general like Globalization, International Pollution,
Global warming, The roles of the UN and WTO, Asian Financial crisis, World
Bank and IMF policies, the World after September 11, aims and objectives of
NGO's etc.

It will not publish letters that deal with the internal matters of any
country or regarding disputes between any countries in the region.

Editor of AAV is Mr. Bernard Wijedoru, a Chartered Engineer cum writer from
Sri Lanka.  Since coming to Hong Kong in 1976 after reading Transportation
on a Japanese Government Research Scholarship, he has worked for the Hong
Kong British Government and Consultants. He subsequently ran his own
Contracts and Dispute Resolution Consultancy. He was also a Chinese
Government appointed adviser related to the Hong Kong 1997 Transition.

He writes on a wide variety of topics and a number of his articles have
appeared in the local and regional media as well as in Local, Regional and
International Professional journals. He is  also  a  columnist in the
Chinese newspapers `Wen Wei Po' and `Ta Kung Pao'.  A selection of a few of
his articles and more details of his background could be viewed on his home
page at http://www.geocities.com/wijedoru.

We shall be grateful if you would be pleased to favourably consider
honouring AFRO-ASIAN VOICES with a message for publication in its first
issue, which will be on the World Wide Web from 28 October 2002.

Yours faithfully,
AFRO-ASIAN VOICES

Bernard Wijedoru
Editor