APOSHO Annual Conference

15th Annual Conference(October 1999)

Minutes of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the APOSHO
held in the Meeting Room 12, PICC, Manila on
Saturday, 30 October 1999 at 1:30 PM

Chairman:

Engr. Geruncio H. llagan
President of Safety Organization of the Philippines. Inc. (SOPI)

Members:

1. National Safety Council of Australia Ltd. (NSCA)
2. Ministry of Development of Brunei Darussalam
3. Chinese Society for Science and Technology of Labour Protection (CSSTLP)
4. The Safety and Environmental Protection Research Institute (SEPRI), China
5. Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Association (HKOSHA)
6. Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC), Hong Kong China
7. National Safety Council of India (NSCI)
8. National Safety and Health Council of Indonesia (NSHCI)
9. Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA)
10. Korea Industrial Safety Corporation (KISCO)
11. Department for Labour and Employment Affairs (DSTE), Macau
12. Malaysian Society for Occupational Safety and Health (MSOSH)
13. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Malaysia
14. Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Management (IOSHM), Mauritius
15. Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc. (SOPI)
16. The National Safety Council of Singapore (NSCS)
17. The Chinese Taipei Industrial Safety and Health Association (ISHA), Taiwan
18. The Bureau of the National Safety Council of Thailand (BNSCT)
19. The Safety and Health at Work Promotion Association (SHAWPAT), Thailand
20. National Safety Council (NSC), U.S.A.
21. National Institute of Labour Protection (NILP), Vietnam


Honorary Members:

Mr. Wing Hou Wong(Mel 96), New Zealand
Mr. Chi Ming LAW (KL 94), Hong Kong
Mr. Oscar O. Yu (KL 94), Philippines

Participants attending at the invitation of the Chairman:

Ms. Pia Markkanen, International Labour Organization, Thailand
Mr. Jim Whiting, Australia

Apologies:

Bangladesh Occupational Safety Society (BOSS)
Central Inspectorate of Mines, Pakistan
Ceylon Society for Prevention of Accidents. Sri Lanka
Mongolian Labour Protection Movement
Occupational Safety and Health Service, New Zealand
Pakistan Labour Federation
Occupational Health and Safety Association Incorporated (OHSA)
Department of Labour, Nepal
Institute of Occupational Safety and Health of England
lan Chisholm
C D Gareware
Russell Leith
Masayuki Nomiyama
David Palandri

1. Welcoming Remarks

1.1. The Chairman extended a warm welcome to all APOSHO members, observers and honorary
members, and expressed sincerest appreciation for full cooperation in making the 15th APOSHO
Conference success. The meeting was called to order.

1.2. The Chairman read the proposed agenda for the 15th Annual General Meeting, there being
no other comments or objections to the proposed agenda, the meeting proceeded.

1.3. The Chairman introduced the representative from International Labour Organization
of Thailand, Ms. Pia Markannen who was invited to the Annual Meeting.

2. Confirmation of Minutes of the 14th APOSHO Annual Meeting

2.1. Mr. Jalaludin Yusoff of NSCS proposed to insert the word Western in the IFAP, Australia
and it should be read now as IFAP, Western Australia.

2.2. Mr. Yusoff also corrected the typographical error in the article 9.3 of page 6, "cost" should
be typed as course.

2.3. The Body agreed to confirm the minutes of last meeting subject to the amendment
as proposed.

3. Report and Recommendations of the Constitution and Review

Committee:

3.1. The Chairman, in behalf of the Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc. (SOPI) submitted
a proposed talking points for consideration by the constitution of the Constitution Review Committee
and that is the Promulgation of APOSHO OSH Philosophy to be enshrined in the preamble
of the APOSHO Constitution.

After adoption of OSH Philosophy, installation of declaration of APOSHO
principles.

The rationale of APOSHO OSH Philosophy:

1. To provide unity, organization stability and to avoid misunderstanding in the future.

2. To serve as basis in the definition of what is ASIA and PACIFIC

3. To guide membership expansion growth and development

4. To serve as basis for cooperation with other regional and global OSH organizations

3.2. Mr. Jalaludin Yusoff proposed that Honorary Members could be a member of at least
one of the 4 existing committees of the organization.

3.3. There being no other comments or objections to the amendments of the Constitution
Review Committee, the recommendations were adopted.

4. Report and Recommendations of the Membership Screening Committee

4.1. The Chairman summarized the recommendations which were unanimously agreed
by the Membership Screening Committee. The organization agreed to the following
recommendations:

a) To defer the applications from the Department of Labour, Nepal, the Pakistan Labour
Federation, and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health of England, these organizations
were encouraged to actively pursue the membership application with full documentation
to be submitted to the 16th APOSHO Annual Meeting at Mauritius.

b) Mr. Masayuki Nomiyama former President of JISHA be accepted as Honorary Member.

Mr. Tadashi Shiiya, president of JISHA expressed his sincerest appreciation in behalf of
Mr. Nomiyama for being accepted as Honorary Member.

c) Mr. James Whiting former CEO of NSC, Australia be accepted as Honorary Member.

Mr. Whiting expressed appreciation and feel honored to be accepted as Honorary Member
and he assured the organization that he will continue to contribute in the development of APOSHO.

5. Report and Recommendations of the OHSMS Committee

5.1. The Chairman asked the OHSMS Committee Chairman Jim Whiting to present the report
with the following recommendations:

a) to continue with the development and dissemination of APOSHO Standard on Occupational
Safety and Health.

5.2. A suggestion to expand the membership of the committee for the wider participation of
as many organizations who want to join the APOSHO committee.

5.3. A request for Mr. Jim Whiting to continue chairmanship of OHSMS Committee even if
he was confirmed as an Honorary Member.

Mr. Whiting was honored to accept the request.

6. Report and Recommendations of the Technical Committee

6.1. The Chairman asked Mr. Dong-Chul Seo of KISCO to present the report:

a) Mr. Seo in behalf of KISCO, announced that KISCO would be renamed to Korea
Occupational Safety and Health Agency(KOSHA) starting January 01, 2000.

b) KOSHA is proud to announce the newly designed APOSHO Homepage for the development
of Occupational Safety and Health in the Asia Pacific and for the member organizations
to exchange ideas and information with each other.

c) Mr. Kris Kaunhye of IOSHM, Mauritius suggested to KOSHA to ask the APOSHO member
organizations especially those without their own homepage address to submit at least
one page of information of their organization.

7. Report and Recommendations of the Technical Coordinator

7.1. Mr. Jalaluidn Yusoff was requested by the Chairman to present the report. The Meeting
agreed to adopt the report as tabled and expressed their appreciation for his continuing support
and great contributions to the organization.

7.2. Mr. Jim Whiting suggested to change the position's name to Honorary Secretary General
and make the position permanent.

Moved: Thailand
Seconded: Mauritius

8. Decision on Next Host Organizations

8.1. Venues for the 2000 and 2001 APOSHO Annual Meetings were decided on Mauritius and
Taiwan respectively.

8.2. The venue for 2002 APOSHO Annual Meeting was agreed on Vietnam.
The decision was applauded by the Meeting.

9. Question Session on Activity Report of Each Member Organization

9.1. The Chairman asked representative of each organizations to give a brief report on their
activity report.

9.2. Mr. Chaiyuth Chavalitnitikul of The Safety and Health at Work Promotion Association of Thailand
extended the invitation to the APEC Conference on Safety and Productivity in Small Medium Sized
Enterprises to be held in Thailand on November 22-24, 1999

9.3. The Chairman also gave opportunity to the invited guest and Honorary members to give
their observations / comments:

a) Ms. Pia Markannen of ILO, Thailand was delighted to the APOSHO Organizing Committee
for making her part of the Annual General Meeting and also congratulated KOSHA for creating
a databank for APOSHO. This homepage could be the link of exchanging ideas and information
between the APOSHO and ILO.

b) Mr. Chi Ming Law suggested that every member organizations should be given ample time
to prepare for the APOSHO.

c) Mr. Wang Winghou congratulated the Chairman for the success of the APOSHO 15 and
expressed sincerest appreciation to his co-Honorary Members for continuing contributions
to the organization.

d) Mr. Oscar Yu expressed delight in witnessing such encouraging development of the APOSHO.

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 Mr. Kris Kaunhye of IOSHM, chairman of 2000
Annual Meeting.

10.2. On behalf of IOSHM, Mr. Kris Kaunhye expressed pleasure and honor for being the host for the
16th APOSHO Conference on April 24-27, 2000. He extended invitation to all members to come
to Mauritius and presented a short film showing to encourage and see for themselves the beauty
of their country.

11. Other Business

11.1. The Chairman asked everybody to offer one minute silence for APOSHO Honorary Member
Dr. Soekarno(HK 97) who passed away last April 1999.

11.2. The Honorary Secretary General called the attention of the Chairman to liik back at the last article
on The Constitution of APOSHO, Industrial Safety and Health Association of ROC should be wrote
as Industrial Safety and Health Association of Taiwan.

11.3. Mr. John Merritt proposed to create Education and Training Committee.
Moved: India
Seconded: Indonesia
Japan
Thailand
Mr. Merritt in behalf of National Safety Council of Australia volunteer to be the Coordinator of the said
Committee with Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia as Members.

11.4. The Chairman expressed appreciation to all members for making the Meeting a great success.
There being no further business, the Chairman closed the 15th APOSHO Annual Meeting and asked
the members to gather for a commemorative picture.