President Message

PAST PRESIDENT


2018-2021                                Prof Syed Atiqul Haq (Bangladesh)


2016-2018                                Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Japan)


2014-2016                                Kevin Pile (Australia)


2012-2014                                Zhanguo Li (China)


2010-2012                                Rohini Handa (India)


2008-2010                                Ho-Youn Kim (Korea)


2006-2008                                Chak-Sing Lau (Hong Kong)


2004-2006                                Kusuki Nishioka (Japan)


2002-2004                                Prakash K Pispati (India)


2000-2002                                SL Chen (China)


1998-2000                                M Vatanasuk (Thailand)


1996-1998                                Pao Hsii Feng (Singapore)


1992-1996                                J Darmawan (Indonesia)


1988-1992                                DE Caughey (New Zealand)


1984-1988                                TP Torralba (Philippines)


1980-1984                                KD Muirden (Australia)


1976-1980                                S Sasaki (Japan)


1972-1976                                MM Desai (India)


1968-1972                                RG Robinson (Australia)


1963-1968                                SG Nelson (Australia)

⚠️ Important Security Alert from APLAR

We have been alerted to fraudulent emails sent from the following addresses, falsely claiming to be from the APLAR President and APLAR President-Elect:

presidetn2024@gmail.com
persidentcochair@gmail.com

🔴 Please note: These emails are not from APLAR and are an attempt to impersonate our leadership.

We strongly advise all members to:
• 🚫 Do not reply or engage with the sender
• 📎 Do not click on any links or open attachments
• 🗑️ Delete the email immediately
• 🛡️ Report it as spam or phishing to your email provider

✅ Official APLAR communications will always come from verified @aplar.org email addresses.

If you have any doubts or concerns, please contact:
📧 secretariat@aplar.org | ☎️ (65) 6774 5201

Thank you for staying alert.
— APLAR Secretariat