Africa

MAURITIUS

Education & Training

Chinese schooling at SinFa Primary School until the age of 9, then Cassis Government School for Western Education.

Royal College, Port-Louis, Mauritius.

BA Hons. English and French, University of London, as an external student.

Diploma in Diplomacy, Graduate Institute for International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, on a Fellowship from Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace.

ILO Training Course on Salary Negotiations, Holte, Denmark.

Strategies for Public Sector Reform, organised by Commonwealth Secretariat, New Zealand School of Business and Government Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Current Positions

Member of Panel of Eminent Persons, African Peer Review Mechanism, African Union, Addis Ababa;
CPTM Companion, Smart Partner and Member of International Advisory Council (Commonwealth
Part-nership in Technological Management) London, UK;
Consultant/GuoWen, Chinese Overseas Exchanges Association, -COA, Beijing, China;
Board Director Chinese Overseas Association for the Promotion of Cultural Exchange, Meixian, China;
Chairman, Chinese Diaspora and Heritage, Mauritius;
Chairman, Association for African Agenda 2063;
Chairman: King Business Group (Mauritius) ; Vice-Chairman, Tropicana Studios, Mauriitus;
Has occupied positions as President or Vice President of several socio-cultural or literary associations, including Guan Di
Temple, Mauritius Writers’ Association.

Publications

Poésies: Paupières Vitales- Poésies: Légendaire, Séduire la Mort, Instantanés, Vie Multiple.;
Le Grand Chant Hakkka ; Hakka Epic; Gejia shishi 各家 史诗;
Essai: Francophonie Mauricienne., Langue Francaise et Littérature Mauricienne;
Biographie : Destins Croisés: Parcours auprès de Raymond Chasle;
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the Rare Diplomat;
Entering the Chinese Mind;

Careers

Minister of Arts and Culture,
Minister of Civil Service Affairs;
Member of Parliament for Port Louis Constituency;
Mauritius Labour Party Secretary-General;
Deputy Director, Commonwealth Foundation, London;
Counsellor, Mauritius Embassy, Paris and Brussels; Minister
Counsellor, Ministry of External Affairs, Mauritius;
Education Officer, Royal College, Port-Louis, Secondary School Teacher, Chinese National High School,
Bhujoharry College, St Andrew’s School; Reporter, Chinese Daily News.

Initiatives and realisations as Mauritius Minister of Arts and Culture:
National Library, Port-Louis; National
Art Gallery, Port-Louis; National
History Museum, Mahébourg;
Nelson Mandela Centre for African Culture;
Frederik Hendrik Museum, Grand Port;
Serge Constantin Theatre, Vacoas;
A dozen CLAC’s or Centres de Lecture et d’Animation Culturelle in Mauritius and Rodrigues;
Celebration of 30th Independence Anniversary, attracting the largest crowd ever on the Port-Louis Waterfront;
Statue of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Father of the Nation, on the Port-Louis Waterfront;
Launching of Local film production and competition;
Promotion of Mauritius as a film making centre;
Mauritius Council of Registered Librarian Act No 4 of 2000;
Signature of Cultural Agreements with China and Senegal;
Setting up of Creators and Performers’ Day;
Celebration of Music Day.

As Chairman, Chinese Diaspora and Heritage
Memorial to mark the First Arrival of Chinese in Mauritius on 1 May 1654, at Vieux Grand Port.

Decoration: GRAND OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE STAR AND KEY – GOSK
For distinguished contribution in the fields of literature, culture, diplomacy and politics.

AFRICA

APR Panel member in charge of Chad, Djibouti, Togo, Egypt and Angola.

Member of Prime Minister’s Delegations to Assemblies of OAU/African Union in Kenya, Libya
First Mission to Niger, for the setting up of Cultural and Technical Cooperation Agency –ACCT International, OIF –
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie ;
Evaluation Mission in Djibouti, August 2015 ;
Africa Week, United Nations, New York , October 2015;
Evaluation Reports on Algeria and Burkina Faso presented to the Pan African Parliament, Midrand, South Africa, 2015;
Evaluation Mission in Chad, March 2016 ;
Evaluation Reports on Benin and South Africa presented to the Pan African Parliament, Midrand, South Africa, May 2016

Articles, Keynote speeches and Poems:

Mauritius Reconnecting with Africa, UoM, Jan/Feb 2015, Réduit, Mauritius ;
L’Intégration Economique et les Moyens d’y parvenir en Région CEEAC, Ndjamena, Chad, May 2014 ;
A Continental Framework as a Key to African Renaissance, at PALU – Pan-African Lawyers Association,
Yaoun-dé, June 2014 ;
African Lawyers for the World, at ILFA – International Lawyers for Africa, London, September 2014 ;
Mauritius and the African Union, in Mauritius Times, 6-12 February 2015;
Poems on Niger, Ethiopia and Madagascar in French;
Sonnets on Africa, African Renaissance and African Leaders; Visit to some 30 countries on the African continent

Décoration : CHEVALIER DANS L’ORDRE DU LION DU SENEGAL, reçu du Président Léopold Sédar Senghor