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| December 1975, Indonesian troops invaded Timor-Leste
causing untold sufferings to the Timorese people. At that time, Timor-Leste
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In 1998, H.E. Ambassador
Eric Hotung bought a former Royal Australian Navy survey vessel, H.M.A.S.
Morsby, and renamed it after his wife, Patricia Anne Hotung, to transport
refugees from Indonesia back to Dili/Com Timor-Leste; over 12,000
refugees have been returned home safely by sea from the refugee camps.
The ship carried 400 tons of emergency aid and materials during the
first stage of international help after the crisis in December 1999
from Darwin Australia to Dili.
In addition, as a gift to the people of Timor-Leste, H.E. Ambassador
Eric Hotung extensively refurbished and upgraded the Comoro International
Airport in Dili. This included the donation of an air-conditioned
pre-fabricated medical building at the Bairo Pite Clinic which is
helping medical teams tend to the needs of the sick.
In April 2000, H.E. Ambassador Eric Hotung was awarded the Certificate
of Appreciation from the Bairo Pite Clinic, Timor-Leste.
August 2002, the Timor-Leste government appointed H.E. Ambassador
Eric Hotung as Ambassador at Large for Timor-Leste.
September 2002, H.E. Ambassador Eric Hotung was the host to the official
delegation in New York & Washington that attended the occasion
of Timor-Leste becoming a member of the UN General Assembly.
On the 12th June 2003 in New York, The annual Path to Peace Award
was bestowed upon H.E Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, H.E Ambassador Eric
Hotung at the same time received the Servitor Pacis Award in recognition
for services to humanity.
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| President Xanana Gusmao welcomes H.E.
Ambassador Eric Hotung. |
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| January 2000, H.E. Ambassador Eric Hotung
with President Gusmao of Timor-Leste and Qi Huai Yuan, of the
People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. |
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| Photo taken at Beijing with President
Xanana Gusmao and Senior Minister & Minister of Foreign
Affairs, H.E. Mr Jose Ramos-Horta. |
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| Flag raising ceremony at the UN Headquarters
in New York. Timor-Leste President Gusmao, H.E. Kofi Annan,
Prime Minister H.E. Mari Alkatiri, H.E. Ambassador Eric Hotung
and H.E. Jose Ramos-Horta. |
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| Timor-Leste President Gusmao, Minister
for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Jose Ramos-Horta and H.E. Ambassador
Hotung at a dinner given in honour of President Gusmao in New
York at the residence (Osborne) of H.E. Ambassador Hotung. |
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| H.E. Ambassador Eric Hotung and Mrs Hotung
with H.E. Bishop D. Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belos at a reception
given by H.E. Kofi Annan, UN headquarters in New York. |
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| On occasion of the Independence of Timor-Leste,
H.E. Ambassador Eric Hotung receives The Falintil Gold Medal
of Resistance from the Comandante Em-Chief Da F.D.T.L., Taur
Matan Ruak. |
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| MV. Patricia Anne Hotung loaded with refugees
that have been returned to Timor-Leste from the refugee camps
in Indonesia. |
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