Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has topped the
list in the The Gold Standard Award in Political Communications.
The
president saw off eight other nominees to secure award, which forms
part of the PublicAffairsAsia Gold Standard Awards programme.
The
president’s son, Edhie Yudhoyono, collected the award at a gala
reception for senior PA professionals organised by PublicAffairsAsia at
the Foreign Correspondent’s Club in Hong Kong on February 4.
I Watch SBY formally accept the award I
Yudhoyono
was nominated by Hans Vriens, the founding managing director of Vriens
& Partners, the Singapore based PA firm which is linked with
Jakarta-based Kiroyan Partners.
Yudhoyono saw off Thai prime
minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who was nominated by Sebastian Beaumont,
the managing director of the Marque Consulting Group, a specialist
public affairs and consulting firm in Thailand.
The third
finalist was Ryan Gawn, a British charity campaigner who mounted a
highly effective programme to mobilise British government support for
Save the Children’s work in Afghanistan.
Yudhoyono topped the contest after securing a historic second term victory in
last year’s presidential election.
Commenting
on the award, PublicAffairsAsia’s vice president, Mark O’Brien, said:
“This award allows professional political communicators and lobbying
professionals to identify achievement by the politicians and
campaigners with whom they work.
“Through his election
victories, and his work both domestically and internationally, SBY has
shown himself to be a formidable communicator and a highly effective
modern politician.”
Sumber:
http://www.publicaffairsasia.com/publicaffairsasia/NewsView.do?id=1034&siteID=108
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