MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) --
The Philippine central bank has issued for public circulation 50-peso
commemorative bills bearing the ASEAN logo to promote greater awareness
among the Filipinos as the Southeast Asian bloc prepares for one
community in 2015, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said today.
The limited edition bills, numbering only 10 million pieces, commemorate this year's 45th founding anniversary of ASEAN, the department said.
"The issuance of the commemorative bills is a joint project of the DFA-ASEAN and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to generate greater public awareness of ASEAN in preparation for the ASEAN Community in 2015," the agency said.
ASEAN or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is composed of 10 member states, namely, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
In 1967, the Philippines became one of the five founding members of ASEAN, together with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
The limited edition bills, numbering only 10 million pieces, commemorate this year's 45th founding anniversary of ASEAN, the department said.
"The issuance of the commemorative bills is a joint project of the DFA-ASEAN and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to generate greater public awareness of ASEAN in preparation for the ASEAN Community in 2015," the agency said.
ASEAN or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is composed of 10 member states, namely, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
In 1967, the Philippines became one of the five founding members of ASEAN, together with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
