{"id":5699,"date":"2013-08-09T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T03:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/?post_type=conference&#038;p=5699"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:45:33","slug":"apsl-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"conference","link":"https:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/conference\/apsl-graduation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"APSL Graduation Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date: 09\/08\/2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 9 August 2013, a graduation ceremony was held for those who had just completed the Higher Diploma in Sign Linguistics. Opening remarks were given by Prof. James Woodward and Prof. Gladys Tang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was followed by a recorded message of congratulations and encouragement from regional director of the World Federation of the Deaf Regional Secretariat for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Ichiro Miyamoto. Additionally, Deaf teachers from abroad who could not attend the event, Dr. David McKee, Prof. Gaurav Mathur, Mr. Benjamin Lewis and Ms. Peoungpaka Janyawong, delivered their congratulatory messages to the students through video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To conclude the ceremony, certificates were presented to the graduates by Dr. Felix Sze of the Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies along with an honorary guest from the Nippon Foundation, Ms. Eriko Takahashi. In addition to the graduates from the higher diploma program, students who had completed foundational diplomas were also presented with certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We would like to extend our congratulations to the first graduating class of the Asia Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training Program, who have received the Higher Diploma in Sign Linguistics.<br>Higher diploma program graduates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Geshani M.K.G. Amila<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adhi Kusumo Bharoto<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenny Kwan Ngai Chu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connie Chun Yi Lo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lisa Sui Wah Lo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brayan K.K. Susantha<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laura Lesmana Wijaya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adhi Kusumo Bharoto, Kenny Kwan Ngai Chu, as well as Laura Lesmana Wijaya received special recognition for their outstanding academic performance.<br>Foundation diploma recipients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Masumi Ikeda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daigo Isobe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pubodha K. Sarani<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mohamed Razak Mohamed Ramees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iwan Satryawan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asinate Tinai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aaron Yiu Leung Wong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brenda Wai Lam Yu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Messages from our trainees<\/strong><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">View video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Messages from Mr. Miyamoto<\/strong><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Miyamoto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Messages from Oversea teacher<\/strong><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Benjamin Lewis<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">David McKee<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">E. Lynn Jacobowitz<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Osugi<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Peoungpaka Janyawong<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Messages from Local teacher<\/strong><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Felix Sze<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Cat Fung<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Philip Thierfelder<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Sompor Wannapat Suranant<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Joe Mak<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Prudence Lau<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Yiu Cheng<\/a><br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Jafi Lee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"template-content-canvas.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"conference-category":[52],"class_list":["post-5699","conference","type-conference","status-publish","hentry","conference-category-organised"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conference\/5699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conference"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/conference"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"conference-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conference-category?post=5699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}