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No.27 November 2003 Report from the Chairperson of APMP THE CURRENT STATUS OF QUALITY SYSTEMS IN APMP NMIs DEC and Needs of its Members Report on APMP Award and IIZUKA Prize Quality System Review of APMP NMIs in support of the CIPM MRA Joint APMP-SIM Workshop on the Implementation of Quality Systems in National Metrology Institutes, Ottawa, 30 July to 1 August 2003 REPORT ON THE FIRST APMP TC CHAIRS MEETING APMP Technical Committee on Quality Systems NMIJ'S 100th Anniversary Commemorative Seminar Final Report of APMP Key Comparison ( APMP .M.P-K1c ) 19th General Assembly for Asia Pacific Metrology Programme Calendar of Events APMP Secretariat	NMIJ'S 100th Anniversary Commemorative Seminar    In 1903, the Central Inspection Institute of Weights and Measures, forerunner of NMIJ, was established to disseminate the modern measurement standards in Japan. To commemorate the 100th anniversary, the NMIJ held a ceremony on 20 May 2003 in Tokyo. The following day, 21 May 2003, APMP and NMIJ held a joint seminar entitled "Mission of the APMP to materialize the Global MRA" and "Scaling up the service of MetrologyÓ. Thanks to the following four special guests who presented their lecture, we had more than 100 participants from NMIs, industry and other fields.    Dr. Lee Sekyung, President, KRISS Korea    Dr. Ngo Huy Van, Director, VMI Vietnam    Prof. Dr. Ernst Otto Goel, President, PTB, Germany    Prof. Dr. Andrew Wallard, Deputy Director and Director designate, BIPM    Dr. L. Sekyung talked about the KRISS activities for the Global MRA and emphasized on the importance of initiating RMO key comparisons, supporting pilot labs financially and assisting developing NMIs to foster the global MRA in APMP.    Dr. N. H. Van pointed out the problems, needs and suggestions for developing NMIs when they wish to join the global MRA in his lecture, Cooperation of developing economies NMIs in APMP to encourage them joining global MRA. Prof. E. O. Gobel presented future needs in metrology referring to PTBfs experience and activities in fundamentals of metrology, metrology for society, metrology for economy and international affairs. He summarized requested metrology fields in his lecture Future Challenges for Metrology. Prof. A. Wallard gave a lecture the Extension of Metrology Fields. Following each presentation, there was time for Qs & As.