Proceedings 23rd MC 88 (C1-10)

	1.	*Address by the President of SEAMEC and Protem Chairman of the Conference*
		His Excellency expressed appreciation of the support and cooperation he had received during his term of office as President of SEAMEC, from the Member Countries and Associate Member Countries. His Excellency also expressed satisfaction with the SEAMEO Units he was able to visit in Indonesia and Malaysia during his term of office.
	2.	*Election of the new President of SEAMEC and concurrent Chairman of the Conference*
		On the nomination of the Singapore delegation, and seconded by the Philippine delegation, his Excellency Professor Dr Fuad Hassan, Minister of Education and Culture and Head of the Indonesian delegation, was elected President of SEAMEC and concurrent Chairman of the Conference.
	3.	*Election of the Vice-Chairman of the Conference*
		On the nomination of the Thai delegation, and seconded by the Brunei Darussalam delegation, his Excellency Mr Anwar Ibrahim, Minister of Education and Head of the Malaysian delegation, was elected Vice-Chairman of the Conference.
	4.	Acceptance Speech by the newly elected President of SEAMEC and concurrent Chairman of the Conference
		Upon taking over the chair of the Conference, his Excellency Professor Dr Fuad Hassan thanked the Council members for electing him as SEAMEC President and concurrent Chairman of the 23^rd SEAMEC Conference. He expressed confidence in receiving the support of the Council members in his endeavour to conduct the business of SEAMEO. His Excellency thanked his Excellency Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam for the latter's effective leadership in the preceeding Year. His Excellency also expressed appreciation to the Governments of Australia, France and New Zealand, and other friendly governments and international agencies for their continuous support and assistance.
		(The full text of the acceptance speech by the newly elected SEAMEC President and concurrent Chairman of the 23^rd SEAMEC Conference is attached to this report)
	5.	Presentation of the Testimonial Plaque
		On behalf of the Council, the newly elected SEAMEC President presented a Testimonial Plaque to his Excellency Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, the out-going President, in recognition of his effective leadership of the Organisation during his term of office.
		The citation on the Plaque reads as follows:
		"In appreciation of the services of H E Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, Minister for Education, Singapore, and President of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council 1987-1988. Presented by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, 4 February 1988, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia."
	6.	Adoption of the Agenda
		The Conference adopted the agenda as proposed by the Secretariat (a copy of the agenda is attached to this report).
		The Conference also endorsed the Chairman's proposal that the schedule for the final Plenary Session be advanced from Saturday, 6 February 1988,1000-1200 hrs, to Friday, 5 February 1988, 1600-1800 hrs.
	7.	Statements by the Delegations of Member Countries, and Associate Member Countries
		On the invitation of the Chairman, the following delegations of Member Countries and Associate Member Countries presented their statements:

	1)	Australia:
		H E Mr John F Dawkins Minister of Employment, Education, and Training and Head of the Australian delegation
	2)	Brunei Darussalam:
		H E Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Taib Minister of Education and Head of the Brunei Darussalam delegation
	3)	Canada:
		H E Mr Roland Penner Minister of Education, Manitoba Chairman, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada and Head of the Canadian delegation
	4)	France:
		Mr Edmond Legoutiere Technical Counsellor Ministry of National Education, and Head of the French delegation
	5)	Indonesia:
		Professor Dr Harsja W Bachtia Head, Office of Educational and Cultural Research and Development Ministry of Education and Culture and Deputy Head of the Indonesian delegation
	6)	Democratic Kampuchea:
		Mr Truong Mealy Head of Department of Education and Culture and Head of the Democratic Kampuchean delegation
	7)	Malaysia:
		H E Mr Anwar Ibrahim Minister of Education, and Head of the Malaysian delegation
	8)	New Zealand:
		Mr William Sherwin Edginton Senior Executive Officer (International Education) Department of Education, and Head of the New Zealand delegation
	9)	Philippines:
		H E Dr Lourdes R Quisumbing Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports and Head of the Philippine delegation
	10)	Singapore:
		H E Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam Minister for Education, and Head of the Singapore delegation
	11)	Thailand:
		H E Mr Marut Bunnag Minister of Education, and Head of the Thai delegation
	The texts of the statements are appended to this report.
	The Chairman thanked the speakers for the statements on behalf of their governments as well as their congratulations on his election as SEAMEC President and concurrent Chairman of the Conference.
8.	Statements by the Observers
	At the invitation of the Chairman, the following observers presented statements:
	1)	Japan:
		Mr Hiroshi Gyoda Planning Director Science and International Affairs Bureau Ministry of Education
	2)	Australian Education:
		Mr Geoffrey James Spring Secretary of Education Northern Territory Department of Education
	3)	Association of Canadian Community Collages (ACCC):
		Mr Yves Sanssouci President, ACCC
	4)	International Development Program of Australian Universities and Colleges (IDP):
		Professor Ken J C Back Executive Director, IDP
	5)	Unesco:
		Professor Dr M Makagiansar Assistant Director-General for Coordination of Unesco Activities in Asia and the Pacific and Director, Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
	6)	University of South Carolina (USC):
		Dr John D Mulhern Representative of University of South Carolina College of Education
	7)	World Bank:
		Dr Alexander H Ter Weele Chief, Asia Region, Population and Human Resources Technical Division

		The texts of the statements are appended to this report.
		The Chairman thanked the speakers for their statements and indications of continued support and cooperation.
9.	SEAMES Director's Annual Report 1987
	With the permission of the Chairman and the Council, the SEAMES Director presented his Annual Report 1987 together with the Working Paper on his Fund-Raising Efforts, MC-23/WP/7, because of the interrelatedness of the two subjects.
	He highlighted the visits of the SEAMEC President to RECSAM and BIOTROP; the admission to SEAMEO of Canada as the fourth Associate Member Country; the appointment of the first Director of the SPAFA Regional Centre, Professor M C Subhadradis Diskul; the appointment of the new Director of SEARCA, Professor Dr Arturo A Gomez; BIOTROP's Fourth Five-Year Development Plan 1988-1993 being presented to the Council for approval at this SEAMEC Conference; the evaluation of existing programmes and activities by the respective Centres/Project in line with the Council's directives to ensure the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of these programmes, and the efforts made to strengthen existing linkages and establish new linkages between SEAMEO and other organizations and institutions especially the linkages with tertiary institutions in Canada through the Institutional Cooperation Programme of the SEAMEO Pilot Project; and the status of the SEAMEO Educational Development Fund. He ended his report by acknowledging with appreciation the cooperation and assistance received from Member Countries, Associate Member Countries and agencies, as well as the SEAMEO Centres/Project and their Governing Board members.
	For his fund-raising efforts, the SEAMES Director reported to the Council that since his assumption of duties as SEAMES Director he had received encouraging responses which augured well for the continued funding and technical support of the activities of the SEAMEO Units. He then enumerated for the information of the Council the commitments so far received from Member Countries, Associate Member Countries, ex-Affiliate Member, other donor governments and agencies, and expressed SEAMEO's appreciation of their continued support.
	The Council took note of the SEAMES Director's report.
10.	Reports by the Centre Directors and TROPMED Coordinator
	The Centre Directors and TROPMED Project Coordinator presented reports on the activities of their respective Centres and Project during the year under review with audio-visual aid.
	The Chairman thanked the Centre Directors and Project Coordinator for their presentation.
	The Council took note of the reports.

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C.	Plenary Sessions
	The first plenary session was held on Thursday, 4 February 1988, at 11.30 a.m. and was chaired by his Excellency Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, the out-going President of SEAMEC.