1) 23rd APCCA Conference Host
Hong Kong (China) will play host to the participating countries at the 23rd APCCA Conference in 2003.
2) APCCA Website’s New Look
With effect from October 2002, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has officially handed over the hosting of the APCCA website to the Singapore Prisons Department. The website has been given a new “look and feel”. The 21st and 22nd APCCA Conference Reports, discussion papers from several participating countries, as well as the June 2002 issue of the APCCA newsletter may now be found at the website. The most current contact details of the APCCA Permanent Secretariat are also available. Singapore Prisons Department cordially invites you to visit the website at http://www.apcca.org
The following countries/areas are gratefully acknowledged for their contributions to the APCCA Fund for the year 2002:
Northern Territory of Australia US$1000
Macao US$1000
Papua New Guinea US$956.95
Philippines US$500
Thailand US$1000
Member jurisdictions who wish to contribute to the APCCA Fund can either pay by bank draft in US dollars payable to "Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators" or by telegraphic transfer to the Fund's US dollars bank account 002-9-643038 with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited at 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong.
4) Donation to victims of the Bali bomb blast
APCCA wishes to extend our deepest condolences to the victims, their families and friends, of the 12 October 2002 Bali bomb blast. APCCA has also decided, at the recent 22nd Conference in Bali, that a donation of US $10,000 from the APCCA fund be donated to help the victims and their families through the local government.