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General Report

The 1st Forum of Asian Graphic Arts Technology

The process to the 1st FAGAT
Preparatory Meeting
As you know that the Preparatory Meeting of The Forum of Asian Graphic Arts Technology was held at February 1996, participating Japan, Korea, China and Thailand. It was decided that the forum should be held, and Japan would take charge of host country.
Request participating in FAGAT
According to the decision of the Preparatory Meeting, at June JAGAT staffs visited Asian countries to request participating in FAGAT. And Malaysia, Philippine, Singapore applied for membership of FAGAT.

1.The schedule of the 1st FORUM

The 1st FAGAT was held at Sunshine City of Ikebukuro Tokyo, between 9th to 11th of September in 1996.
The members of FAGAT of Korea, China, Malaysia, Philippine, Singapore, Thailand and Japan participated.
Twenty two members from abroad and one hundred sixteen members domestic was attended at Information Exchange Meeting. It was held very successfully.

The schedule of the 1st FORUM was as follows.

  • September 8(Sun) Arrived in Tokyo
  • September 9(Mon) Factory Tour
      General Meeting
      Invitation party for participants of the General Meeting
  • September 10(Tues)Information Exchange Meeting
      Reception Party of Information Exchange Meeting
  • September 11(Wed)Information Exchange Meeting
  • September 12(Thurs) Visiting PRINTEK '96 TOKYO
  • September 13(Fri) Return to home town

2. General Meeting

General Meeting was held at Sunshine City Bunkakaikan Room 710. According to the Draft of the FAGAT, Mr. Sozaburo Miyagi, Chairman of JAGAT filled the role of chairman of the Meeting. And Mr. Fujio Saito, Director of JAGAT assisted.
（１）The summary of the opening Address by Mr.Miyagi, chairman of JAGAT
In Japan we say that printing is the mother of modern culture. And as markets, men, materials interchange globally, information will exchange internationally too.
Now we can transmit and receive text data and image data with two way by the development of electronic technology. As well as it, we can choose the suited area globally to produce the printing materials of paper.
For the purpose of its realization, we must improve the common fundamentals of technology internationally.
I hope that our FAGAT will be the foothold, and contribute for the realization of high information society internationally.

（２）A power of attorney by China
China could not participate at the Inaugural General Meeting by domestic situation, so a power of attorney was presented to chairman.

（３）The main discussing items
  1. The draft proposed at the Preparatory Meeting was agreed with no question.
  2. JAGAT reported the estimation of the revenue and expenditure of 1st FAGAT, and recommended to lower the expenses for the participating countries.
  3. It was decided that 2nd FAGAT will be held in Korea at September 1997.
  4. Although the Draft fixed that the Information Report should be issued 3 times a year, it could be change issue times in occasionally by the situation of each country.
  5. The election of staffs for 2nd FAGAT is trusted to Korea.

（４）The presentation of the Home Page of Internet(World Wide Web) opened by JAGAT
The Home page of Internet (World Wide Web) by JAGAT was presented and Home Pages of FAGAT was demonstrated after meeting.

（５）Press Conference: Announcement of Establishment of FAGAT
Press Conference to announce the Establishment of the Forum of Asian Graphic Art Technology was held with participating Representatives and Japanese journalists.
Mr. Miyagi, Chairman of FAGAT announced the Establishment and the ceremony to sign to Draft by Representatives was held.

（６）Invitation Party for participants of the General Meeting
The invitation party for participants of the General Meeting was held at the Matenro 58F Sunshine 60 in the evening.

Introduction of members who attended at the General Meeting.

Japan：Japan Association of Graphic Arts Technology
Korea：Federation of Printing Industry Cooperatives
Malaysia：Malaysian Printers Assocaition
Philippine：Philippine Printing Technical Foundation
Singapore：Master Printers' Association
Thailand：The Federation of Thai Printing Industries 　　　　
China：China Printing Technology Association
　　　　　

3.Information Exchange Meeting

The main event, Information Exchange Meeting was held at Sunshine City Bunkakaikan Room502.
（１）The summary of opening Address by Mr.Tsukada Supreme Adviser of JAGAT

I want to say some words as one of advocators of this FORUM.
Many people say that the coming society will be uniformed by the globalization and technology of digitalization. The information technology claims the precondition that the world society to be one and those technical environment should be sheer opened in one hand. But on the other hand, it claims to build the economic block and the boarder of nation. That is a kind of contradiction.
On the moment of organizing this FORUM, we only want not to loose our own culture. We want to pursuit common interest and technology of computerized imaging, and to develop each culture of Asian countries by using the technical information of Graphic Arts.
Let us exchange mutually our information through the FORUM of Asian Graphic Arts Technology.

（２）Lectures of each country
(Sept.10)　
  1. Printing Industry in Singapore
    Presenter by Mr.Tan Boon Khiong Jeffrey (President of Master Printers' Association(Singapore) )　 　
  2. Printing Industry in Malaysia
    Presenter by Mr.Yong Khoon Sam (Formerly Chairman and Current Assistant and Secretary General of Malaysia Printers Association)
  3. The Printing and Publishing Industry in the Philippines
    Presenter by Mr.Bernabe A. KitaneU( Formerly President and Current Chairman of Technical Assistance Committee of Philippine Printing Technical Foundation)
  4. Printing Education in Korea
    Presenter by Jick-Seung Kim ( President of The Korea Federation of Printing Industry Cooperatives)
Special Lecture：
Multimedia and the Printing Industry
Presenter by Mr.Tohru Simabukuro (Managing Director of Toppan Printing Co.,ltd)
(Sept.11)
  1. The Policy of Printing Industry of Thailand
    Presenter by Mr. Pathom Suthathikulchai (Chairman of the Federation of Thai Printing Industry)
  2. Education in Printing Industry in China
    Presenter by Mr. Bai Xiangmin (The Member of China Printing Technology Association)
  3. Digitalization in Printing in Japan(DTP Certification System)
    Presenter by Mr. Ryoichi Yamauchi (Director of Japan Association of Graphic Arts Technology)
（３）Reception Party of Information Exchange Meeting

In the evening of first day of Information Exchange Meeting, the Reception Party was held participating twenty two members from abroad and one hundred sixteen domestic members at the room Niji of Prince Hotel at Sunshine City.
Opening Speech: Mr. Miyagi, Chairman
A congratulatory address: Mr. Hiroaki Taneoka, Director of Paper, Pulp and Printing Industry Div, Consumer Goods Industries Bureau of Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Toast: Atsushi Hatakeyama, the Executive Director of the Japan Federation of Printing Industries.

The members of each country were introduced and information in depth was exchanged, and participants have a pleasant chat ..

Closing Speech: Mr. Jick-Seung Kim informed the message for the next FAGAT.

4. And others

We have held the Factory Tour of Kinmei Printing Co., Ltd at 9th of September, and visited PRINTEK '96TOKYO at 12th of September.

A supplementary note

Members of seven countries met at the 1st FAGAT for the first time, and they might understood the concept and purpose of the FORUM, although the culture of each country and the situation of printing industry were very different.
We guess that they studied aggressively and exchange information friendly, so would have obtained good results.
Thank you very much for your eager participation and good cooperation.

This General Report was prepared by Hiroshi Satori, Manager of JAGAT on October 25,1996.

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