第一九八期 No. 198 4.3.2002

New Regional Pharmacy Association Headed by CUHK Member Prof. Moses Chow (left) and Prof. Sumon Sakolchai Prof. Moses Chow, director of the School of Pharmacy, has been elected as the first president of the Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy (AASP). The association was established last year at the First Asian Pharmacy Educators Meeting held in Pattaya, Thailand. Participating in the meeting were 101 deans and educators of 53 pharmacy education institutions from 15 Asian countries. The main objective of AASP is to promote collaboration in the advancement of pharmacy education and research among member schools, to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of ideas and information of pharmacy education, research, and professional practice, and to establish liaison with other health professionals, governmental and other agencies that may lead to the development, support, and improvement of pharmaceutical education, research, and practice. Prof. Chow hopes to set a new direction for Asian pharmacy education and research so that AASP can play an important role not only in the Asian but the international pharmacy scene. Prof. Sumon Sakolchai, Secretary-General of AASP and dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Khon Kaen University, Thailand, visited the University on 24th January to acquaint himself with the CUHK School of Pharmacy and to give a seminar on 'Pharmacy Education in Thailand'. He also discussed exchange programmes and items on the AASP agenda with Prof. Chow.

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