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AFFA
14th General Membership Meeting
INOTHING stopped the ASEAN Freight Forwarders
Association (AFFA) from holding its 14th General
Membership Meeting, not even the political crisis
in Myanmar, which caused a last-minute change
in venue to Thailand.
The meeting was held last November 25 at the
Windsor Suites Hotel in Bangkok.
AFFA is composed of freight forwarding associations
from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam.
A total of 27 delegates attended the meeting,
including Ms. Geetha Karandawala from the United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
The Philippine delegation was well represented,
headed by FEDFAP President Angelito Colona. Other
participants were: PISFA President Erich Lingad,
PISFA EVP Irene Manguiat, PISFA Director Barbie
Rivadeneira, PISFA Cebu EVP Monette Cuenca, AFPI
President Cynthia Tsui and AFFA website coordinator
Lio Barayang.
The meeting provided an opportunity for various
countries to bring up their concerns. Also taken
up during the meeting were training and education,
trade facilitation, publicity and industry issues.
The good news is that our very own Angelito Colona
was once again voted as chairman of AFFA. His
new term will be for another two years. Given
the great amount of work to be accomplished, it
was deemed best that continuity be preserved and
Mr. Colona remain as chairman.
The next AFFA meeting will be in Bali, Indonesia
in 2005.
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