THE 16TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The 16th General Assembly finally concluded on the last day of the 16th ACMR on 25 Aug 2003 at Tsukuba City, Japan. 11 of the 14 Full members attended the meeting. In addition, associate members and interested delegates from different parts of Asia and the world were also present.
 
The President reported on the completion of the 16th AFMR Conference. In particular, the meeting noted on the extremely good participation from both the local and oversea delegates.
 
A total of close to 1000 participants were present. The papers presented were also impressive and covered the range that was intended. As an initial assessment, it can be considered very successful.
 
The Permanent Secretariat made a summary report of the work done by the 16th Board. In particular the membership status, the constitution review, the setup of the websites at www.afmr73.org and the clearing up of the subscription arrears
 
Rev Brendan also made a detailed report on the constitution review, the changes that were made in particular on membership application, the new membership fee, the increase in the number of Honorary membership from 4 to 7. The General Assembly passed the revised constitution and also accepted the 16th’s board recommendation to admit Prof Kim Yong-Woo, Dr Tresista Inciong and Mr MK Wong as Honorary Members.
  
Prof Yamaguchi also provided an update on the ARC’s activities to the general assembly.
 

The election of the 17th Executive Board was conducted during the General Assembly and the elected board members are:

President:    Indonesia (Prof  F.A. Hadis)
Immediate Past President : Japan (Dr Masataka Arima)
1st Vice-President: ROC Taiwan (Dr Emily Lu)
2nd Vice-President: Singapore (Dr Francis Chen)
3rd Vice-President: Korea (Mr Bae Yun Chang)

Members at Large:   

Hong Kong ( Mr Silva Yeung Tak Wah)
Philippines (Dr Teresita G. Inciong)
Thailand ( Dr Vanrunee Komkris)
India (Mdm Pramila Balasundaram)

The Permanent Secretariat will continue to be in Singapore and will be managed by COL Tay Tiong Beng.
The general Assembly was successfully completed.
 
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