The Cultural Service of the French Embassy always finds great pleasure in congratulating and supporting William Teo and Asia In Theatre Research Centre. This is especially so when they present Project Aspara, a showcase of the rich and diverse culture of Cambodia, narrates in an epic form the destruction of a nation and its culture and its traditional way of life. Epic and tragedy come close and this story touches us very deeply. As William Teo says: "It is an important historical tragedy that concerns not only the Cambodian people but the world as well".
The Arts has the privilege of reaching out to universal understanding and of making us feel the tragedy as if it was our own.
Thank you, William, for making us feel an emotion so strong and so sharp.
– Jean Claude Terrac (Counsellor - Cultural, Scientific and Technical Corporation)
