Welcome to APRAG's Newest Member

2 June 2008 - APRAG is pleased to announce that the Karachi Centre for Dispute Resolution (KCDR) joined APRAG with effect from 2 June 2008. To learn more about KCDR, please visit <www.kcdr.org>.

APRAG members look forward to working closely with this new member to improve and promote arbitration and ADR in the region.

APRAG Newsletter - April 2008

12 April 2008 - With the support of the member organisations, the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group ("APRAG") is pleased to announce that the April 2008 issue of APRAG Newsletter has been published. This issue provides you with updates of the latest updates of the APRAG and international arbitration highlights; as well as news items from various member organisations including Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Australian Commercial Disputes Centre, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Malaysia Branch), China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, ICC Asia, Indonesian National Board of Arbitration, and Western Australian Institute of Dispute Management.

Please click here to view the newsletter.

Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration - Kuala Lumpur, 1-14 June 2008

11 April 2008 - The Malaysian and Australian Branches of the Chartered Institute will copresent the Diploma Course in International Commercial Arbitration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For the past two years the course has been run by the Australian Branch in Sydney at the University of New South Wales and at the offices of major Sydney law firms. This year will be the first time that the course has been run outside of Australia with the intention of attracting more participants from South-East Asia who will be spared from making the long air flight to Australia.

Please click here for details in relation to the event.

Forty-eighth Session of the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration) - New York,
4-8 February 2008

4 March 2008 - The Forty-eighth Session of the UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration) was held in New York on 4-8 February 2008. APRAG was represented by Dr. Clyde Croft SC, Mr. Christopher Kee and Mr. William Ho.

Please click here for the report and here for the Appendices in relation to the discussions of the Working Group.

Bidding for APRAG Conference 2008

18 January 2008 - All APRAG Member Organisations are cordially invited to consider apply to host the next biennial APRAG Conference (Conference). As to the Conference date, it can be fixed by potential interested Members provided that they have sufficient time to organiser the event. However, the preferred Conference date should be ideally be within the period of December 2008 and February 2009, before the APRAG Annual General Meeting.

Should your organisation wish to consider to be the next host, please complete and return the application form, together with supporting documentation (if any) on/before Friday, 15 February 2008 to the APRAG Secretariat by email secretary@aprag.org.

Please click here to download the application form for hosting the APRAG Conference 2008 by Member Organisations.

HKIAC Boosts Mainland Ties with New Hire

18 January 2008 - The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Liu Jing as Deputy Secretary-General with effect from 1 February 2008.

Mr. Liu's new position will be in charge of Mainland Affairs.

Please click here to view the press release.