The first meeting of the Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA) was held in Hong Kong in 1980. The idea of that meeting developed from discussions between the then Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology and the then Commissioner of the Hong Kong Prison Service. Since 1980 the conference has been held each year, apart from 1990. For most of that period, the conference was assisted by the Australian Institute of Criminology but since 1993 the conference has been supported by the APCCA Coordinator working in a private capacity.
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