Tuesday, November 23, 2004

India-ASEAN Car Rally

(Guwahati, India) About 250 competitors started their engines and raced off yesterday in the inaugural India-ASEAN [Association of South East Asian Nations] Car Rally.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waved the starting flag for the race on Monday in the presence of local officials and senior ASEAN representatives, including secretary-general Ong Keng Yong ....

The 8,000-kilometer rally will pass through Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore before culminating in Batam, Indonesia, on Dec. 11.
The rally is aimed at enhancing cultural and economic ties among the nations on the route and raise public awareness about India-ASEAN relations in preparation for the establishment of a Free Trade framework for the region.

With a duration of 20 days, the rally is expected to be grueling and fraught with danger. Before starting, the drivers were given a course of anti-malarial medication and warnings to use "maximum discretion" to avoid armed rebels (who have killed thousands), heroin traffickers, HIV-AIDS infection, and malarial mosquitoes.

Sounds like the India-ASEAN Rally would be popular as a video game.

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