Pinnacle Club

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Pinnacle Club aims to foster closer S-E Asian ties
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Pinnacle Club members (from left) former Indonesian vice-president Try Sutrisno, Malaysian General (Ret) Hashim Mohd Ali
Lieutenant-General (Ret) Winston Choo and Bruneian General (Ret) Pehin Mohammad Hj Daud​

WHILE they may admit to being old soldiers, a group of retired military chiefs are not wont to fade away when it comes to improving diplomacy

The six former top generals - who include a former president and an ex-prime minister - have launched a club that will welcome others of the same titles who have left the uniformed services. Its aim is to foster closer ties between South-east Asian countries

Dubbed The Pinnacle Club, it can serve as a "diplomatic tool" to promote understanding among the younger generation of military men or even diplomats, said founding member Winston Choo, who served as Singapore's first Chief of Defence Force

The other members are former Thai prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh; former Philippine president Fidel Ramos; former Indonesian vice-president Try Sutrisno; Bruneian General (Ret) Pehin Mohammad Hj Daud; and Malaysian General (Ret) Hashim Mohd Ali

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Monarch Consented to an Audience with
Founding Patrons of the Pinnacle Club of ASEAN​

His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the Minister of Defence and the Supreme Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF), and His Royal Highness Prince General Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and General of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, in a group photo with the Founding Patrons of the Pinnacle Club of ASEAN​

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the Minister of Defence and the Supreme Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) yesterday afternoon consented to receive in audience the Founding Patrons of the Pinnacle Club of ASEAN

Also present at the ceremony was His Royal Highness Prince General Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and General of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces

His Majesty consented to receive in audience The Founding Patrons of the Pinnacle Club namely the Former Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency General (Rtd) Try Sutrisno; the Former Commander of Malaysian Armed Forces, His Excellency General (Rtd) Tan Sri Hashim Mohd Ali; the Former Commander of Singapore Armed Forces, His Excellency Lieutenant General (Rtd) Winston Choo; and the Former Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Dewa Major General (Rtd) Dato Seri Pahlawan Awg Haji Mohammad bin Haji Daud

The Pinnacle Club was formed to promote social contact, camaraderie and continued communication channels among retired defence and security chiefs, retired defence service chiefs, police inspector generals and police commissioners in ASEAN

Also present were the Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Dewa Dato Seri Setia Lim Jock Seng; the Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister's Office, Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Singamanteri Colonel (Rtd) Dato Seri Setia Dr. Awg Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar and the Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, Dato Paduka Haji Hamdan bin Haji Abu Bakar

The ceremony took place at the Istana Nurul Iman. ©BRUDIRECT.COM

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