Chairman:
Mr. Nam Tak Kim,
Acting President of the Korea Industrial Safety Corporation

Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention (IFAP), Western Australia

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Malaysia
Central Inspectorate of Mines (CIM), Pakistan
National Safety Council (NSC), U.S.A.
Mr. Seiji Machida, the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Apologies:

Fiji National Training Council
United Arab Emirates University (FMHS)
Mr. M. Marbun (Seoul 98), Indonesia
Mr. C B Gareware (Mel 96), India

1. Welcoming Remarks

1.1.
The Chairman extended a warm welcome to all APOSHO members, observers and honorary
members, and expressed sincere appreciation for full cooperation in making the 14th APOSHO
Conference a success.
The meeting was called to order.

1.2.
The Chairman introduced the representatives of membership applicants: IFAP of Western Australia,
NIOSH of Malaysia, CIM of Pakistan, and NSC of the U.S.A. The Chairman also introduced
Mr. Seiji Machida of the ILO who was invited to the Annual Meeting.

2. Confirmation of Minutes of the 13th APOSHO Annual Meeting

2.1.
Mr. Wah-shing Tang of Hong Kong OSHC reported the minutes.

It was proposed that Mongolia should be listed under 'Members' rather than under 'apologies',
since Mongolia attended the Meeting.

2.2.
The Meeting agreed to confirm the minutes of last meeting subject to the amendment as proposed.

3. Report and Recommendations of the Constitution Review Committee

3.1.
The Chairman asked Mr. D. C. Seo of KISCO to report the Committee Meeting results. Vietnam
requested to correct the name to "Socialist Republic," from "Democratic Republic".

3.2.
There being no other comments or objections to the Amendments of the Constitution proposed
by the Constitution Review Committee, the recommendations were adopted and members were
asked to co-sign the amended Constitution.

Moved: Indonesia
Seconded: India

4. Report and Recommendations of the Membership Screening Committee

4.1.
All new membership applicants were requested to withdraw from the Meeting before the
deliberation began.

4.2.
The Chairman asked Mr. D. C. Seo to report the Committee Meeting results. Mr. Seo of KISCO
summarized the recommendations which were unanimously agreed by the Membership Screening
Committee. The Meeting agreed to the following recommendations:

(a) The Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention (IFAP) of Australia
and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of Malaysia be accepted as Affiliate Members under the
Article 3-c-1 of the Constitution.

(b) The National Safety Council (NSC) of the U.S.A. be accepted as an
Affiliate Member under the Article 3-c-2 of the Constitution.

(c) The Central Inspectorate of Mines (CIM) of Pakistan be accepted as
an Associate Member under the Article 3-b of the Constitution.

(d) Mr. M. Marbun of Indonesia be accepted as an Honorary Member
under the Article 3-d of the Constitution.
 

4.3.
All newly accepted members were asked to re-enter and the Meeting applauded.

(a) IFAP of Australia expressed appreciation for being accepted, and also
that it was an honor to be associated with colleagues promoting
and developing occupational safety and health. A special thanks
to Mr. Jim Whiting of NSCA for his support.

(b) NIOSH of Malaysia expressed sincere appreciation for being
accepted, and that they would aim to fulfill the objectives of
APOSHO.

(c) CIM of Pakistan expressed appreciation for being accepted as an
Associate Member, and that they would strive to organize a non-
profit safety council which will be a prospective Full Member.
As a member of APOSHO, they said that they would work to better
achieve safety and health in Pakistan.

(d) NSC of the U.S.A. expressed appreciation for being accepted as
a new member and thanked Chairman, Mr. D. C. Seo and KISCO
for an outstanding conference. NSC stated that APOSHO's inclusive
strategy to accept NSC of the U.S.A. in spite of its geographical
location was a positive and beneficial move, and that this
international cooperation would bring major benefits to all.


4.4.
The recommendations to disqualify the following member organizations were adopted
by the Meeting:

(a) Thai National Safety Association
(b) Fiji National Training Council
(c) United Arab Emirates University

4.5.
Bangladesh Occupational Safety Society and Ceylon Society for Prevention of Accidents
of Sri Lanka were recommended to remain members under the condition that their activity
reports are collected by the Secretariat.

5. Report and Recommendations of the OHSMS Committee

5.1.
Committee Chairman, Mr. J. Whiting, presented the report of the OHSMS Committee with
the following three recommendations:

(a) The 14th APOSHO Annual Meeting agree for the OHSMS Committee
(through a subcommittee of Australia/New Zealand, India, Japan,
Korea) to identify and draft the common core elements/clauses of
a voluntary guideline, AP1004 OHSMS for the APOSHO.

(b) The APOSHO members agree that until the finalization of the next
draft, each member will encourage its national bodies to use
ISO 14004 and AS/NZ 4804 as guidance for further national
development of OHSMS.

(c) The 14th APOSHO Annual Meeting agree to a timetable of early
completion of the next Draft AP1004 for final adoption by the 15th
APOSHO Annual Meeting in the Philippines.
The Meeting adopted the recommendations.

6. Report and Recommendations of the Technical Committee

6.1
The Chairman asked Mr. S. J. Kang of KISCO to present the report with the following
four recommendations:

(a) The name of the agenda, Statutes, is changed to Terms of Reference
of Technical Committee.

(b) The other detailed programs and technical agenda, such as standard
for industrial safety helmet, and exchanging information and data
should be discussed after the Terms of Reference is adopted by the
Annual Meeting.

(c) Members of APOSHO can submit proposals to the Committee at any time.

(d) KISCO will chair the Committee for the next three (3) years.
The recommendations were adopted by the Meeting.

7. Report by Office of Technical Coordinator

7.1
Mr. J. Yusoff was requested by the Chairman to present the report. The Meeting agreed
to adopt the report as tabled and thanked Mr. Yusoff for his contributions to APOSHO.

8. Decision on Next Host Organizations

8.1
Venues for the 1999 and 2000 APOSHO Annual Meetings were decided on the Philippines
and Mauritius, respectively, at the 13th APOSHO Annual Meeting in Hong Kong. Initially, Taiwan
and New Zealand requested to host the 2001 Annual Meeting, however, New Zealand withdrew
to reconsider due to budget matters.

8.2
The venue for 2001 APOSHO Annual Meeting was agreed on Taiwan. The decision
was applauded by the Meeting.

9. Question Session on Activity Reports of Each Member Organization

9.1
The Chairman asked for any comments or questions on the distributed activity report documents.

9.2
JISHA of Japan extended an invitation to all members to attend the U.S. - Japan Joint Symposium
to be held in August or September of 1998, and thanked NSC of the U.S.A. for their cooperation.
JISHA informed that Japan International Center for Occupational Safety and Health would be open
in 1999.

9.3
NSCS of Singapore expressed gratitude to JISHA for including them in the Occupational Health Course
Fellowship Program in October, 1997.

9.4
In response to the question by NSC of the U.S.A., the Chairman instructed the new members
which joined the APOSHO in Seoul Meeting to submit annual activity reports from the next Annual
Meeting.

9.5
Mr. Gupta suggested to revive the APOSHO newsletter which was printed from 1993 to 1995. India
and Malaysia offered to print. The Meeting adopted Mr. Whiting's suggestion that the next host country,
the Philippines, should be the publisher of the next newsletter and receive and coordinate the
information with India and Malaysia assisting with the printing. It was also suggested to stay within
reasonable budget in publishing the newsletter to ensure continued issuance and not be pressured
by the extra expenses.

10. Closing Ceremony with Handover of APOSHO Flag and Memento to the Host of Next APOSHO
Annual Meeting

10.1
The Chairman presented the APOSHO flag to Prof. Geruncio H. Ilagan of SOPI, chairman of 1999
Annual Meeting. The Memento which was presented by the honorary members at the 13th APOSHO
Annual Meeting were passed on to SOPI.

10.2
On behalf of SOPI, Prof. Ilagan expressed pleasure and honor in being the host for the 15th APOSHO
Annual Meeting. He introduced the Philippine delegates and extended invitation to all members to
come to the Philippines next year.

11. Any Other Business

11.1
Papua New Guinea Occupational Health and Safety Association Incorporated expressed gratitude
to the host country and to colleagues for their hospitality. It was suggested that evaluation reports
should be made to follow-up on the programs implemented at the recommendations of the activity
reports.

11.2
Mr. J. Whiting suggested the host countries allow one free registration and not two in order to reduce
the expenses. However, Mr. Gupta recommended that such tradition should not be changed without
serious discussion, and therefore should remain as it is.

11.3
MSOSH of Malaysia proposed the following to provide opportunities for more countries participate
in the annual meetings:

(a) Some countries were not able to attend because of budget difficulties.
A system where such countries can notify a coordinator to request for
assistance should be set up.

(b) There are members who hope to host the annual meetings, but are
unable to do due to financial and budget constraints. If there are any
funds created by the APOSHO members, they should be notified.

11.4
Mongolia expressed deep gratitude to the KISCO. Pointing out there are many countries in the
Asia Pacific region who are not members, i.e., Russia and Kazakhstan, they proposed that
APOSHO should advertise and distribute information to those countries to allow them opportunities
to gain access.

11.5
Mr. J. Whiting moved to accept the Chairman's recommendation to further discuss the suggestions
made with regard to financial matters and to defer the item to the 15th APOSHO Annual Meeting.

11.6
The Chairman expressed appreciation to all the members for making the Meeting a great success
and wished them health and prosperity. There being no further business, the Chairman closed
the 14th APOSHO Annual Meeting, and asked the members to gather for a commemorative picture.