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| ASPAC asia-pacific region news | No 1: April 1999 No. 2: May 2000 No. 3: July 2001 |
| Project Financing | |
| Jon Lorentz (jlorentz@worley.co.nz)
from New Zealand has been nominated by the ASPAC Member
Associations as a Correspondent to the FIDIC-EFCA Task
Force on Project Financing chaired by Wilhelm Reismann w.reismann@iC-vienna.at)
from Austria. The Task Force has internal FIDIC.org web
area for communications and document archiving (contact FIDIC for password). The display of interest by Member Associations in providing the correspondent has shown how important an issue project financing is in ASPAC. Rather than leave matters to the Europeans, the ASPAC Chairman, Dick Kell, has proposed that MAs should form an ASPAC Working Group on Project Finance to discuss the issue in a regional context. As FIDIC has asked ASPAC to make a single nomination, Dick Kell has considered all the nominees and has decided that the ASPAC Working Party on Project Finance should be chaired jointly by ACEM (Malaysia) and AJCE (Japan). |
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| Message from ASPAC Chairman | |
| My greetings to all our ASPAC colleagues
and friends. This is Issue No 1 of a planned regular ASPAC Newsletter, in which we can exchange news and experiences of FIDIC consulting engineers in our region. Subject to support from ASPAC MAs, we expect to distribute two or three issues per year. The concept of an ASPAC Newsletter was born in discussion at FIDIC, Edmonton and at previous meetings, concerning the difficulties and costs involved in ASPAC representatives getting together. This Newsletter may go some way to providing a forum for regular exchange of views and information. Good fortune to all of you for 1999 - I certainly hope that we will see the beginning of a strong upturn in the economies of our region. DICK KELL AM |
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| ASPAC Member Associations (MAs) | |
| Attached is a list of ASPAC MA contacts.
Those who have responded to our request for current
details are noted and thanked. We would appreciate
details of current office holders from all MAs. Thanks. |
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| ASPAC Issues Paper | |
| Many ASPAC MAs have responded with
comments on Dick Kell’s paper and we encourage the
remainder to reply by 30 April 1999. Responses to date
have been positive, which will be helpful in developing a
programme of activities for the ASPAC Group. |
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| World Trade Organisation – General Agreement on Trade in Services | |
| The WTO has embarked on a series of
negotiating rounds designed to liberalize international
trade in services. Accountancy was chosen as the test
case and work on developing an agreed set of principles
is drawing to a close. The next profession to be
"negotiated" is engineering, with the round
scheduled to begin in October 1999. While national governments will be doing the negotiating, they will all benefit from the advice and assistance of their professional engineering and associations. This could be an issue in which ASPAC plays a role, and MA comments on the concept of developing a cooperative position are welcomed. |
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| APEC Engineer | |
| This concept of a set of qualifications
that would enable engineers from any APEC country to work
in any other is being developed by the authorities
responsible for setting professional engineering
qualifications in the region. It might be that ASPAC
should become involved in these discussions, as it is an
issue at the nub of many current difficulties in
exchanges between MA countries. Dick Kell would welcome
responses on this point. |
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| UN Technical Consultancy Development Program for Asia and the Pacific (TCDPAP) | |
| Since 1992 the UN, through ESCAP, has
administered the TCDPAP, which is designed to promote the
role of local consultants in national and regional
projects through continuous upgrading of consultancy
capabilities. The TCDPAP Secretariate is located in New
Delhi. Several ASPAC MAs are members of TCDPAP, which has
strong parallels with a former FIDIC program, Consultant
Management Training. The Director of TCDPAP, Dr JF Elliott, briefed the September 1998 ASPAC meeting on the program. It was agreed that cooperation in the area of consultant education was possible. A further meeting was held in November 1998 between Marshall Gysi of FIDIC and Dr Elliott at which the concept of operating together was further refined. It is up to ASPAC now to develop this relationship in a way that harmonises interests and serves ASPAC MAs as well as TCDPAP. Dick Kell would welcome proposals from MAs on this point. |
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| ASPAC Meetings Proposals for 1999 | |
| We will hold our traditional ASPAC
meeting at FIDIC 99 in the Hague during 19 - 22 September
1999. FIDIC has organised an outstanding conference
program on the theme Expanding The
Boundaries and we hope that as many
representatives of our ASPAC MAs as possible will attend. Consideration is also being given to ASPAC participation in the TCDPAP Workshop to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18-20 October, 1999. The workshop is being organised by ACEM and PWD Malaysia with the theme Strategies for Globalization Since many ASPAC members will be attending as TCDPAP members, this would seem an excellent opportunity for an ASPAC get together in the heart of our region. The theme is relevant and ASPAC/TCDPAP relationships could be reviewed. Your views on this proposal for ASPAC to meet jointly with TCDPAP will be most welcomed by our ASPAC Secretariat. |
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| Industry Prospects Surveys | |
| The Hong Kong and Singapore MAs have
recently conducted surveys into the prospects for
consulting engineering in their countries, while ACEA has
practice performance survey results going back several
years. These Associations will be pleased to share the
results if there is general interest. |
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| ISO 9000 Certification | |
| We would be interested to learn of the
experiences and views of Members on the benefits (or
otherwise) of certification of Quality Systems. Members
may be aware that ISO 9000 is being re-written and is due
for re-issue within 12 months, so comment from ASPAC
would be timely. |
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| ASPAC CONTACT LIST (as at 15 April 1999) | |
| Please consult www.fidic.org/directory for updated information. | |
Member Association |
Contact Details |
| Association
of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA) President: Ray Young CEO: Therese Charles ASPAC Delegate: Dick Kell |
PO
Box 1002, NORTH SYDNEY, NSW, 2059 AUSTRALIA P 612 9922 4711 F 612 9967 2484 |
| Bangladesh Association of Consulting Engineers (BACE) | 137,
Jahanara Garden, Green Road, DHAKA 1205 P 8802 911 8913, F 8802 822 251 |
| China
National Association of Engineering Consultants (CNAEC) Chairman: Shi Jianming Secretary General: Wang Yongyin |
11th
Floor, Sichuan Mansion, No 1 Fuchengmen Wai St BEIJING
100037 P 861 068 364 843, F 861 068 364 843 |
| Association
of Consulting Engineers, Hong Kong (ACEHK) Chairman: Kenneth Lau |
24/F
Citicorp Centre, 18 Whitfield Rd, Causeway Bay HONG KONG P 852 2503 6688, F 852 2807 1577 |
| China
Association of Engineering Consultants (CAEC) President: Chang Si-Min Secretary General: Yang I-Kuang |
15th
Fl, No 171, Sc5, Nanking E Rd, TAIPEI 105 P 886 2 2747 0656, F 886 2 2747 0853 E-mail: caec@ms23.hinet.net |
| Consulting Engineering Association of India (CEAI) | East
Court, Zone 4, Core 4B, 2nd Fl, India Habitat
Centre, Lodi Rd, NEW DELHI 110003 P 9111 460 1068, F 9111 464 2831 E-mail: cengr@del2.vsnl.net.in |
| National Association of Indonesian Engineering Consultants (INKINDO-TEKNIK) | Jl
Bendungan Hilir Raya 29, JAKARTA 10210 P 6221 573 3474, F 6221 573 3474 E-mail: msinggih@dnet.net.id |
| Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers (ISCE) | Daneshjou
Blvd 26 St Velenjak Ave, TEHERAN 19848 P 9821 240 6259, F 9821 240 6258 |
| Association
of Japanese Consulting Engineers (AJCE) Secretary General: Goro Fujie |
3-16-4
Ueno, Taito-ku, TOKYO 110 P 813 3839 8471, F 813 3839 8472 |
| Korean Council of Consulting Engineers (KCCE) | Engineering
Association Hall 6, 7th Fl, 474-14,
Pangbae-dong, Seocho-gu, SEOUL P 822 5237 546, F 822 5234 894 E-mail jemin61@nuri.net |
| Association
of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM) President: Ir Abu Hashim b Abd Ghani Honorary Secretary: Ir Phang Huah Keong ASPAC Delegate: Ir Rocky Wong Hon Thang |
63-2
& 65-2, Medan Setia 1, Damansara Heights, KUALA
LUMPUR 50490 P 603 255 0031, F 603 255 3499 E-mail: sec@acem.po.my |
| Society of Consulting Architectural and Engineering Firms (SCAEF) Nepal | C/o
Architects Collaborate (Nepal) Pvt, GPOB 1513, KATHMANDU P 9771 24 4632, F 9771 24 4583 |
| Association
of Consulting Engineers New Zealand (ACENZ) President: Ray O’Callaghan |
CEO:
Enrico Vink POB 10 247, WELLINGTON P 624 472 1202, F 624 473 3814 E-mail: service@acenz.org.nz |
| Association of Consulting Engineers (Pakistan) (ACEP) | Institution
of Engineers Bldg, 4th Fl, 177/2 Liaquat
Barracks, KARACHI 75530 P 9221 452 9825, F 9221 454 3604 E-mail: sezi@alliance.khi.sdnpk.undp.org |
| Council of Engineering Consultants of the Philippines(CECOPHIL) | 2nd
Fl AWIA Bldg, Sinag & Libertad Streets, Mandaluyong,
METRO MANILA 1550 P 632 638 8618, F 632 638 8618 E-mail: aablaza@info.com.ph |
| Association
of Consulting Engineers Singapore (ACES) President: Dr Kog Yue Choong |
#02-65
Anson Centre, 51 Anson Rd, SINGAPORE 079904 P 65 324 2682, F 65 324 2581 E-mail: acesing@cyberway.com.sg |
| Association of Consulting Engineers Sri Lanka (ACESL) | 415,
Bauddhaloka Mawatha, COLOMBO 7 P 941 687 143, F 941 687 288 E-mail: engcons@sri.lanka.net |
| The
Consulting Engineers Association of Thailand (CEAT) President: Somchai Achavanuntakul |
SPC
Bldg, 1 Sol Chaemchan, Sukhumvit 55, BANGKOK 10110 P 662 381 7223, F 662 381 9751 |
| Association of Turkish Consulting Engineers and Architects (ATCEA) | Ahmet
Rasim Sokak 35/2, TR-06550 Cankaya/Ankara P 90312 440 8970, F 90312 8972 E-mail: tmmmb@ada.net.tr |
| Vietnam
Engineering Consultants Association (VECAS) General Secretary; Dr Nguyen Canh Chat |
Hai
Ba Trung Dis, No 37 Le Dai Hanh St, HANOI CITY P 844 821 8093, F 844 974 0109 |
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