Asian Diver and Scuba Diver Issue 4-2020 (156) | Page 8

CONTENTS
2020 • ISSUE 4 • VOLUME 156
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Chairman Lim Geok Khoon
PUBLISHER John Thet | thet @ uw360 . asia
EDITORIAL Editor Shreya Acharya | editor @ asiangeo . com Associate Editor Ian Bongso-Seldrup | ian @ uw360 . asia
DESIGN Assistant Art Director Justin ( Tin Htwe ) | tintin @ asiangeo . com
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08 ADEX Pixel Virtual Expo ( World Ocean Week Report 2020 )
40 FEATURE The Best of Diving in Southeast Asia
By Shreya Acharya
62 FEATURE Meet the ( Marine ) Mammals
By Shreya Acharya
74 MAN & SEA The Sea Specialist : An Interview with Bret Gilliam
By Asian Diver
86 RESEARCH , EDUCATION & MEDICINE
By DAN World
© Bret Gilliam
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WEB / IT Dutch Catalon | dutch @ uw360 . asia
ADVERTISING / MARKETING & ADEX ( ASIA DIVE EXPO )
Regional Business Managers Desmond Ho | desmond @ asiangeo . com Elysee Tan | elysee @ asiangeo . com Karter Lee | karter @ uw360 . asia
Project & Events Manager Ellfrance Phang | ellfrance @ uw360 . asia
Marketing Manager Nora Ismail | nora @ uw360 . asia
CIRCULATIONS / PRODUCTION Traffic / Production / Circulation Senior Manager Victor Ow | victor @ uw360 . asia
MEDIA CORRESPONDENTS media @ uw360 . asia Indonesia Cipto Aji Gunawan Japan Keiichi Arantani Russia Andrey Bizyukin North America Matt Weiss Germany Dietmar W . Fuchs
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MEDIA PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE AWARDS
Publisher of the Year 2014 , 2015 , 2018 John THET
Editor of the Year 2015 Alice GRAINGER
Designer of the Year 2018 ( Silver ) Tin Htwe JUSTIN
Special Interest Media of the Year 2014 ASIAN DIVER
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A humpback whale in Tonga does a tail wave Image : Bret Gilliam
ASIA DIVE ACADEMY AWARDS Silent Hero of Marine Conservation 2014 Dive Industry Publisher of the Year 2015
John THET
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