Dato Lim Jock Hoi assumes office as new Secretary-General of ASEAN

The ASEAN Secretariat officiated the transfer of office of the 14th Secretary-General of ASEAN at a handover ceremony held in Jakarta on 5 January 2018. Dato Lim Jock Hoi from Brunei Darussalam succeeded outgoing Secretary-General Le Luong Minh and will serve for the period of 2018-2022.

The transfer of office was witnessed by Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Permanent Representatives of ASEAN, senior government officials of Indonesia, the diplomatic community and representatives from the community.
With the new and emerging challenges, SG Dato Lim remarked that “the immediate tasks for ASEAN would be to prepare the people of ASEAN for the new technological age, and to ensure the region advances towards inclusive growth and sustainable development.”
Before his appointment as Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato’ Lim Jock Hoi was a Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Brunei Darussalam.
Following the ceremony, SG Lim received Papilionanda ASEAN Golden Jubilee, a special hybrid of orchid that symbolises the prosperity and unity of ASEAN produced by Singapore, Chair of ASEAN for 2018, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN.
On the same day, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, SG Lim Jock Hoi, Governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, and participants of the ceremony attended the groundbreaking ceremony to mark the construction of the new ASEAN Secretariat building which is being constructed by the Government of Indonesia.
Press-release at the ASEAN official web-site