Mr. Yukiyasu Aoyama welcomed the participants and observers on behalf of Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF).
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Deputy Director-General of the World Customs Organizatin (WCO), opened the Meeting.
Dean Masahiro Kawai of Asian Development Bank Institute delivered his welcome remarks.
Ms. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, VP, KM & SD of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), addressed the participants.
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya discussed "Trade Facilitation and the Role of WCO".
Mr. Teruo Ujiie, Meeting Coordinator, introduced the new regional technical assistance (RETA 6355) and its components.
Mr. Pen Siman of Cambodia, Mr. Haris Shabudin of Brunei-Darrusalam and Mr. Kama Tshulthrim of Bhutan
Mr. Tevita Banuve of Fiji and Mr. JK Batra of India
Mr. Masakazu Sakaguchi of Japan's MOF and Mr. Teguh Indrayana of Indonesia
Mr. N. Chuluunbaatar of Mongolia, Mr. Ibrahim Rashad of Maldives and Ms. Mardina Alwi of Malaysia
From Right to Left: Mr.Napoleon Morales of the Philippines, Mr. Gary Victor Juffa of PNG, Mr. Shahid Rahim Sheikh of Pakistan, Mr. Rajan Khanal of Nepal, Mr. N. Chuluunbaatar of Mongolia, Mr. Ibrahim Rashad of Maldives, Ms. Mardina Alwi of Malaysia and Ms. Kit Sam of Macau.
Mr. P. D. K. Fernando of Sri Lanka, Mr. Peter Rapasia of the Solomon Islands and Mr. R. McDonagh of WCO.
First Row: Mr. Ngoc Anh Vu of Viet Nam; Mr. Manas Kampakdee of Thailand; Mr. Ping Jao of Taipei, China; Second Row: Mr. Takashi Matsumoto of WCO; Mr. Douglas Brooks of ADBI and Mr. Fan Zhai of ADB.
First Row: Bernardo Sales and Verne Enciso of the Philippines, Ms. Rapeah Abd Hadi of Malaysia, Mr. Bin Aun of Cambodia, Mr. Ali Rahman Tasim of Brunei-Darrusalam. Second Row: Mr. Umemoto and Mr. Nakai of ADB Institute
Mr. WC Chung of Japan Representative Office; Ms. Shou Lu of Taipei,China; Mr. Bernardo Sales and Verne Enciso of the Philippines; Ms. Rapeah Abd Hadi of Malaysia and Mr. Bin Aun of Cambodia
Resource Persons: Mr. Teruo Ujiie of ADB, Mr. Takashi Matsumoto of WCO, Mr. Douglas H. Brooks of ADBI, Mr. Fan Zhai of ADB, and Mr. R. McDonagh of WCO
Exchanging business cards: Mr. Kampakdee of Thailand and Mr. Fernando of Sri Lanka.
Exchanging business cards, too: Mr. Fan Zhai of ADB and Ms. Shou Lu of Taipei,China
ADB's VP for KM & SD Ursula Schaefer-Preuss and WCO's Deputy Director-General Kunio Mikuriya
Mr. Masahiro Kawai of ADB Institute and Ms. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss of ADB
Mr. R. McDonagh of WCO and Mr. JK Batra of India
Mr. Masakazu Sakaguchi of Japan's MOF and Mr. Peter Rapasia of Solomon Islands
Mr. Mazaaki Kazuka of Japan's MOF, Mr. Donghong Wang of PRC and Mr. Ngoc Anh Vu of Viet Nam
Mr. Pen Siman of Cambodia and Mr. Kunio Mikuriya of WCO
Mr. Shahid Rahim Skeikh of Pakistan, Mr. JK Batra of India and Mr. Nakai of ADBI
Ms. Rapeah Abd Hadi and Ms. Mardina Alwi of Malaysia
Mr. P.D.K. Fernando of Pakistan and Mr. Takashi Matsumoto of WCO