ISSUE NO.6 20 OCTOBER 2018

by Chooi Yew Tzen and Aaron Bryan Lopez

Delegates of the 26th Asia-Pacific Re-gional Scout Conference unanimously agreed to hold the 2021 Asia-Pacific

Regional Scout Conference in Taiwan.With the theme “Scouting: Integrated

Versatility,” which would reflect the Asia-Pa-cific Region’s intent to cherish diversity and focus on unity to achieve common goals, the Conference will be held on the 25th to 30th

of October 2021 in Taiwan at Hall 2, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Centre (TaipeiEx), an

See you in Taiwan!imposing purpose-built exhibition complex in Nangang District, Taipei. Hall 2 is an ad-dition to TaipeiEx and expected to be open next March.

The Conference hotel would be the “Courtyard by Marriott Hotel” (Courtyard Taipei), which lies between the 7th to 30th

floor of the building where the Nangang MRT, Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Taiwan Railway and Transportation meet. It is within a five-minute drive from TaipeiEx. The hotel lies between TaipeiEx and Taipei Taoyuan International Airport.

The rates are USD320 per person for

delegates and observers, USD300 per per-son for those interested in the “accompany-ing persons” program and USD125 for youth participants.

Contact Scouts of China (Taiwan) Dep-uty Secretary General Chang Wen Shing at email wschang@scout.org.tw or call +886 (0) 2 2740 1336 for more information.

Delegates also decided to award the hosting of the 32nd Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree 2021 in Bangladesh Scouts. The Jamboree will be held 11th to 19th of De-cember, 2021 at Patenga, Chittagong. The Jamboree site faces the Bay of Bengal.

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“The answer to the membership “problem” is Program. Program keeps the youth members in the Movement. Needless to say, all other depart-ments must not forget that Program is the lifeblood of Scouting. With-out the young people in the Program, other support services would have nothing to support. The Scout organization cannot survive on the sale of uniforms or organizing conferences.”.

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EditorialThe Scouting program

EDITORIAL BOARDNixon A. CanlapanJanice Q. CartagoLuz L. Taray Samuel O. SalterTheresa Quine Kenny Ralph S. Fernando Neil Christian BolandrinaAdvisors

Berthold Berty SinaulanChooi Yew TzenContributing Editor Kim Robert C. De Leon Editor-in-Chief

UNLAD, the official publication of the 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference, is being published by the Public Relations and Communications Office of the Boy Scouts of the Philip-pines, in partnership with the World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific Support Centre

Kalikasan U. CastilloManaging Editor

Gil Alcira III Chief Photographer

Lorwin B. Sayco Chief Videographer

Frederick D. Cantos Production/Circulation Manager

Adrian Uy Yung ChengIsaias Florante III FerminJun S. FlorendoWind Love P. Cucal

Medel B. AngaraReporters

Jade M. SevillaJessie B. AlagaoProduction/Circulation Staff

Karl Lyel LimMa. Virlyn S. AgoncilloCalista Anneliesse BlancasGraphic Artists

Mark Joshua MarquezJanine Maye AntonioPhotographers/ Videographers

Gilberta D.C. AviadoChrechelle C. San JuanJohannes HongMedia Relations/Desk Assistant

Aaron Bryan A. LopezDigital Content Manager

Program is the heart of Scouting. No Program, No Scouting. It can’t be more obvious than this. In most countries, young people join Scouting be-

cause they are attracted to its program. Scouting is a voluntary education program. No one is forced to join. Hence, since young people cannot be forced into the program. They have to be convinced. It follows, there-fore, that the Program should be very good. If not, it must be made very good. (Are we being obvious or obvious?) Major resources should, must, need to be pointed at Program.

We can recruit them, but can we hold them? In most countries, membership is on retreat. The answer to the membership “problem” is Good Program. Program keeps the youth members in the Movement. Needless to say, all other departments must not forget that Pro-gram is the lifeblood of Scouting. Without the young people in the Program, other support services would have nothing to support. The Scout organization cannot live on the sale of uniforms or organizing conferences.

That being clear (presumably), what program shall the Scout Movement use? The old, well-worn Program? Or the new new-fangled formula of a Program? Come to think of it, the old, well-worn Program might be too worn-out to use. On the other hand, the new-fangled Program could… would contain bugs. Shall we use a Program that adults like, or shall we use a program that young people like?

Back in the good old days, it was easy to hook the young in Scouting. Back in the day, gadgets weren’t invented yet.

Scouts would think that Scouting is a program of fun that has an added ingredient of learning.

Adults know that Scouting is a system of learning with a garnish of fun. So, which is the safer working defini-tion for convinc-ing young people that Scouting is for their own good? Maybe we should ask young people? They probably just want to have fun. If they think that Scouting is a system of non-formal education, they might reject or avoid it like school. Could fun be the indispensable ingredient of Program? Just between us, fun is the “secret” weapon in the arsenal of Program. We’ve got to be dead serious about fun. Make them feel useful to others for which they will be appreciated. Make them do good and feel good. Put in challenges, but not stress. Let Scouting activities serve as a rite of passage, but not a provocation for frustration. Let Scouting be the Program that youth would want to join, not a program they would want to avoid.

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News7 female leaders named to APR subcommittees

Seven female Scout leaders tread on new grounds as they were named members of four APR Scout Subcommittees this morning.

The seven represent six National Scout Or-ganizations (NSOs); Dr. Virin Daenraj (Thailand), Aishath Aham (Maldives), Belinda Wang Ling Yu (Scouts of China or SoC), Fahmida (Bangladesh), Kim Yoobinara (Korea), Sara Ma Hsiu Lan (SoC) and Veena Pradhan (India).

Delegates attending the sixth day of the 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference welcomed the seven female Scout leaders who are now mem-bers to four of the five Subcommittees except the Financial Management Subcommittee.

The APR Communications and Partnership Subcommittee, chaired by Dr. Ahmad Sabri Saad (Malaysia), welcomed Fahmida and Sara Ma, who are joined by Berthold Sinaulan (Indonesia), Darren Tay Fu Wen (Singapore), Hussain Jawad (Maldives), Justin Kim Hyoung Gyun (Korea), Muhammad Rizwan Jaffar (Pakistan), Tsang Wing Hong (Hong Kong), Ut Sangjitt (Thailand), Yorimasa Matsudaira (Japan) and Muhammad Naufal Othhman (Malay-sia) as the YAMG member in the Subcommittee.

The adviser for this Subcommittee is APR Scout Committee member Chay Hong Leng (Sin-gapore) and supported by Luz Taray (APR Support Centre).

Kim and Dr. Virin joins Cedrick Gayona Train (Philippines), who chairs the APR Programme subcommittee. The other members of the Sub-committee are Hon Teng Fong (Macau), Hussain Mohamed Haneef (Maldives), Ling Kay Kau (Hong Kong), Mohammad Atiquz Zaman (Bangladesh), Rio Ashadi (Indonesia), Sherman Sheng Hsiao Ming (SoC), Stephen Tyas (Australia), Yang Chen (Singapore) and Edwin Chow Yik Mau (Hong Kong), the YAMG member.

Newly elected APR Scout Committee member Elston Hyd (Australia) shoulders the role as adviser.

Aishath is the sole female presence in the APR Adults in Scouting Subcommittee, chaired by Antong Shahrudin Rahmat (Singapore). The other Subcommittee members are Allan L. Rellon (Philippines), Banchong Chompoowong (Thailand), Bishow Shrestha (Nepal), Dr. Cyrus Wadia (India), Em Piseth (Cambodia), Hidehito Okubo (Japan), Mohammad Laiyin Nento (Indonesia), Wilson Lai

by Chooi Yew TzenWai Sang (Hong Kong), Zahid Mahmood (Pakistan) and Kumar Ritesh Agarwal (India) as the YAMG mem-ber in this Subcommittee.

APR Scout Commit-tee member Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Khan (Bang-ladesh) is the adviser for this Subcommittee.

Both APR Programme Subcommittee and APR Adults in Scouting Sub-committee are supported by Syd Castillo (APR Support Centre).

Meanwhile, Belinda Wang and Veena takes on heavy roles as members of the APR Govern-ance Subcommittee, chaired by Neville Tomkins (Australia). Other members of this Subcommittee are Dr. Anbarasan Thuraimanikam (Singapore), Dr. Muhammad Tariq Masood (Pakistan), Paramasivam Palany (Malaysia), Prabath Kularathna (Sri Lanka), Settanun Ungkulpasvich (Thailand), Simon Rhee Hang Bock (Korea), Tam Kwok Kuen (Hong Kong), Yukinori Ideta (Japan) while Hasan Mohamed (Mal-dives) is the YAMG member.

Dr. Ie-Bin Lian (SoC) is the adviser for this Subcommittee, supported by Prassanna Srivastava (APR Support Centre).

The APR Financial Management Subcommit-tee, which is chaired by Jimmy Ang (Phillipines), is the only all-male Subcommittee. The remaining 11 members are Ahmed Anwar (Maldives), Chuan Yang Hoo (Singapore), Dr. Awang Zainin bin Hj Suntim (Malaysia), Dr. Kim Si Bum (Korea), Dr. Kr-ishna Kumar Khandelwal (India), Liaw Hsueh Chun (SoC), Mohammad Mahmudul Haque (Bangladesh), Terrence Ho Wai Keung (Hong Kong), Zubair Al-Fa-rooq Lodhi (Pakistan) and Daniel Ruan Chun Lin (SoC), the YAMG member.

The adviser for this Subcommittee is APR Scout Committee member BI Nagarale (India), supported by Thian Hiong Boon (APR Support Centre).

Members of the other three Committees were also named; APR Foundation Management Committee, APR Messengers of Peace Regional Decision Committee (MoP RDC) and APR Awards Committee.

The APR Foundation Management Committee

is chaired by Dr Chao Shou-po (SoC), and joined by Dr. Chu Chun Ho (Hong Kong), Dr. Lee Bok Yie (Korea), Mohamed Ali Khalid (In-dia), Paulus Tjakrawan (Indonesia), Pansak Ransibrahmanakul (Thailand) and Tadashi Murayama (Japan), and advised by Dr. Ie-Bin Lian.

APR MoP RDC members comprise Paul Parkinson (Aus-tralia), Dale Corvera (Philippines) and JR Pangilinan (APR Sup-port Centre) while the APR Awards Committee comprise Ahmed Ali Maniku, Dr. Ie-Bin Lian, Reiko Suzuki, Seo Eun Bae, Mohamad Effendy Rajab and JR Pan-gilinan.

Dr. Virin Daeraj Fahmida

Belinda Wang Sara Ma

Kim Yoobinara

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was awarded to Korea Scout Association (KSA). The Jamboree is envisioned to be held at a location that is reflective of a unified Korea. More information will be released progressively. KSA is also hosting the 25th World Scout Jamboree 2023 which will be held at Saemangeum with the theme “Draw Your Dream.”

The 13th Asia-Pacific Rover Moot will be happening together with the 21st Australian Rover Moot, with the theme “Creating Better Rovers” or CBR, which also stand for Canber-ra where the Rover Moot will take place.

The 16th World Scout Moot in 2021 expects to have 500 International Patrols, Tribes, or Groups, 5,000 participants, 36 trails, and various IST opportunities. Preview of the Moot included aligning it with the Better World Framework, and sights including urban

Dublin and the wilderness of Ireland. The presentation ended with the Irish Scouts saying “Feiceanntú in Éirinn… Magkita-ki-tatayo sa Ireland!” which means “See you in Ireland!” spoken both in Irish Gaelic and Filipino languages.

The 24th World Scout Jamboree 2019 will be held in the State of West Virginia in the United States of America. The venue will be the Summit Bechtel Reserve, owned by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). It is designed to be the world’s most sustainable Scouting center.

The said Jamboree is a collective effort of these three NSOs in North America: BSA, Scouts Canada, and the Association of Scouts of Mexico. Running with the theme “Unlock a New World,” this WSJ will show a new per-spective on the Scout Movement.

The host organising committee, in Op-eration Bijoy, will sponsor 50 underprivileged Scouts from applicant countries to attend the Jamboree. The rates are USD250 per youth participant, Scout Leader and IST, USD10 per person for daily visitors, and USD75 per day for Scouting guests seeking accommodations to stay a maximum of three days and two nights on Jamboree grounds or USD30 per day for those staying for one day.

Bus transportation will be provided to ferry participants arriving at Shah Amanat International Airport or Chittagong Railway or Bus Station. Bangladesh had previously hosted the 5th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree 1981 and 14th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree 1994.

The subsequent Jamboree, the 33rd Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree 2025

Home of the next Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference Photo: www.twtcnangang.com

Welcome to Bangladesh the next adventure trail.

Featureby Isaias Florante III V. Fermin

The diverse programs offered by the Scout Move-ment to young people give them opportunities to participate in various events, activities, and

training courses. As the Movement continues to expand and widen its reach to different countries, it also brings interactions between Scouts. These interactions hap-pen big-time during international events, where Scouts gather and share interests, stories, and novelties.

In 1956, Guillermo Padolina was appointed Trav-eling Commissioner for the Far East, and was later named the Far East Regional Executive Commissioner.

In 1958, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) opened its arms for a big event of the APR. The 1st Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, one of the largest Regional events was held in the Philippines, at The Mansion in Baguio City.

Then, too, BSP was the first National Scout Organ-ization (NSO) in the Asia-Pacific Region (APR) to host a World Scout Jamboree. The 10th World Jamboree took place in the foothills of Mt. Makiling on 17 to 26 July 1959 gathering 11,856 participants from all the World Scout Regions.

Other international Jamborees have also been held again in the country. The first Asia-Pacific Regional Jamboree was held at the 10th World Jamboree site on 28 December 1973 to 4 January 1974. The event was made even more special because of the celebration of the Golden Jubilee celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Rotary’s founding of the Philippine Islands Council, Boy Scouts of America in 1923.

The hosting of international events by the BSP also stood out in the ASEAN. The 1st ASEAN Jamboree was attended by 17,790 Scouts and Scouters from ASEAN countries back on 28 December 1993 to 4 January 1994. It carried the theme “Building Bridges to Understand-ing.”

The 1st Border Jamboree was held in January 2001 in Zamboanga.

To commemorate significant events in the history of the Scout Movement in the Philippines, the BSP has put up markers as memorials of events past. The 50-ft totem pole which stands at Mt.Makiling serves as the monument marking the hosting of the 10th World Jam-boree. There is also a 1st Asia-Pacific Jamboree marker in Makiling.

These stories will be continually retold to other Scouts. The memories made in those events tell us that something great has to start somewhere, and it would always be part of our story of service, growth, and sta-bility in Scouting.

Philippine Scouting Firsts

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relationship between BSP and PPM remains strong and committed as both our NSOs share common identity and values. On behalf of PPM, I thank BSP for this wonderful occasion.”

BSP National President Atty. Wendell E. Avisado together with WOSM Scout Commit-tee Chairman Craig Turpie, Secretary General

by Jun S. Florendo

A multicultural celebration

The cameras clicked at every move to capture happy moments. Everyone is in high spirit, dancing to the beat of the

contemporary music. Smiling faces lit the room. The night was filled with magic as guests, dressed in their traditional costumes met old friends and made new ones. It was a night of celebration as the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) bid goodbye to Scouting friends and delegates of the 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference during the Inter-national Night and Farewell Dinner.

The evening showcased cultural and tra-ditional dances of the Philippines, performed by Sindaw Philippines Performing Arts and other National Scout Organizations (NSOs) like Pathfinder Scouts Association of Vietnam and Bangladesh Scouts.

Scout leaders from several NSOs were honoured with awards in recognition for their Scouting contributions. For example, Perseku-tuan Pengakap Malaysia (PPM) Deputy Nation-al Chief Commissioner Dr. Awang Zaini was bestowed the International Friendship Award. “This recognition is a great honour. The

Ahmad Alhendawi, APR Scout Committee Chairman Paul Parkinson, APR Director J.R. C. Pangilinan, BSP Secretary General Engr. Rogelio S. Villa, Jr. and other equally significant WOSM and NSO personalities, joined for a toast to a productive, fruitful and successful hosting of the conference.

What are your thoughts about the Conference?

Participants gave a rousing thumbs up when asked their thoughts about the 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference.

Many shared favourable comments about the hospitality of the host, Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP), the efficiency, politeness and tactfulness of assigned Scouts and Rovers.

The Singapore Scout Association delegate MICHAEL POH CHER HUAT: “We had the opportunity to experience Philippines and learn about regional objectives as well as the activities of other NSOs during this Conference.”

Scout Association of Hong Kong Deputy Chief Commissioner WILSON LAI WAI-SANG: “I am delighted to join the 26th APR Conference and thank BSP for their efforts and hospitality.”

Vietnamese Scout Association International Commissioner NGUYEN TUAN: “I am very glad to be here and aspire to be a member

in one of the committees someday to learn and contribute. I have learned much from the Conference and wish to share these important lessons with my Scout leaders in Vietnam. I was also able to make friends with many Scouts from different parts of the Region. Many thanks to APR Scouts, WOSM and BSP for hosting.”

Scouts of China (Taiwan) Rover Scout DA-VID YEN-CHENG LAI, “I experienced ‘World Scouting’ during the Conference. Even if we speak in different languages, observe different cultures, we are in Scout uniform, wear a scarf and as Scouts, we are one.”

The Scout Association of Australia National General Manager CATHY MORCOM: “This is my first APR Conference and the experience has been terrific. It has been a real honour and privilege to attend the Conference in this beau-tiful country of the Philippines. It is fantastic to

partake in some of the workshops and breakout groups. I enjoyed the really intensify collabora-tion between my peers across the Region.”

National Scout Organization of Thailand’s delegate DR. LERCHNTE SEELVANGSAHET: “The Conference is nice and has many fruitful events. We were treated with wonderful and warm hospitality from BSP, our amazing host. Thank you very much and hope everyone en-joyed as well.”

Persekutuan Pengakap Negara Brunei Darussalam Public Relation Commissioner SYO-HMI HOLIMSHOH: “I appreciated the oppor-tunity to attend this Conference and see many things up close. I learned a lot and saw updates on aligning my NSO’s plan with APR and WOSM. In addition, we can connect with other partici-pants, promote our programmes and update other NSOs about our activities.”

by Jessie B. Alagao and Jade M. Sevilla

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A night of fun and remembrance.