THE 8th Asean Scout Association for Regional Cooperation (ASARC) meeting was held at the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Headquarters Building in Bandar Seri Begawan Negara Brunei Darussalam and was attended by scout representatives from eight countries – Brunei Darussalam (as the host), Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam.

Attendees included the Scout Chief Commissioner and International Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam; ASARC Chairman, Atty Wendel E Avisado of Boy Scouts of Philippines; ASARC Secretary General, Dr Mohd Effendy bin Rajab of the Singapore Scout Association; ASARC 1st Deputy Secretary General, Brata Tyrana Hardjosubroto of the Indonesian Scout Movement; and Deputy Secretary of State Agong 2 ASARC, Rajalingam Ramasamy from the Malaysian Scouts Association.

A number of issues were discussed during the meeting and the confirmation of the 6th Asean Scout Jamboree in Tagum City, Davao, Philippines from November 27 to December 2, 2017 as well as the confirmation of membership of the National Organisation of Vietnam Scouts. Also the delegation were brought to the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association Project at KM 12, Liang-Labi Road in Kampung Sungai Mau, the Belait District to survey a four-hectare tree-planting area initiated by the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association in 2008.

The ASARC aims to uphold Asean’s spirit of enhancing friendship and brotherhood, as well as fostering cooperation among the various scouts associations in Asean.